With Minnesota PFAS, the State has enacted one of the widest-ranging state systems in the country to restrict these “forever chemicals” in items, packaging, and water.
The hub of this system—informally known as Amara’s Law (Minn. Stat. §116.943)—phases in measures starting January 1, 2025, to January 1, 2032, when the sale of products that include deliberately added PFAS is broadly prohibited unless the state determines that a use is “currently unavoidable.”
Below is what companies, compliance teams, and retailers need to know.
Minnesota prohibits deliberately added PFAS, effective January 1, 2025, on 11 product categories:
Additionally, packaging that is incorporated into these products is covered.
With 2025 legislative changes, products containing PFAS added purposely only in electronic or internal components are not subject to the 2025 bans (they are still within the broader 2032 ban unless an exception is currently unavoidable). The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) has incorporated this exclusion in its guidance.
These class prohibitions complement earlier prohibitions that became effective January 1, 2024, on PFAS in fire fighting foam (restricted uses) and PFAS in food packaging under Minn. Stat. §325F.075.
Amara’s Law also creates a PFAS products reporting program within MPCA. Originally set for January 1, 2026, MPCA has moved the first deadline to July 1, 2026, to give companies time to set up supplier contracts and learn the new reporting system (PRISM), set for fall 2025. First annual recertifications/updates are due February 1, 2027.
What is reported? Description of product, purpose/function PFAS is used for, and amount of each type of PFAS (among other categories). Fees and some information are in the process of finalization through rulemaking.
Minnesota prohibits, on January 1, 2032, the sale of any product with intentionally added PFAS except where the state finds the use is presently unavoidable (CUU). Similarly to Maine PFAS, the CUU procedure – as well as fees and reporting – is being worked out by MPCA by public rulemaking.
As noted, 2025 amendments exempt products with PFAS solely in electronic or other internal parts from the 2025 category’s prohibitions.
The Legislature delayed the prohibition for certain fixed firefighting systems in airport hangars until January 1, 2028, with MPCA empowered to grant one-year extensions in specific situations.
While Minnesota product standards are directed toward upstream prevention, state and federal governments continue to tighten drinking water standards for PFAS. MDH sets health-based values to guide risk management, and EPA’s final national MCLs for several PFAS were completed in April 2024. All these actions cumulatively increase the need to phase out PFAS at their source.
There is a separate Minnesota law that mandates the Department of Agriculture (MDA) to develop an equivalent PFAS program for pesticides, fertilizers, soil/plant amendments, and related materials.
Highlight SKUs that may contain intentionally added PFAS—especially cookware coatings (e.g., PTFE), stain-resistant clothing, cosmetics, and ski wax. Don’t forget the internal-component carve-out only excludes 2025 category prohibitions, not the 2032 horizon.
Obtain written statements regarding PFAS content and intent; create flow-down provisions and data fields to document what Minnesota will require in reports. MPCA actively encourages supplier agreements and will utilize PRISM to drive standardization in collecting data.
For affected product lines, develop a timeline for switching to PFAS-free alternatives. MPCA reports that many safer options already exist in the 2025 categories.
CUU/rules and reporting/fees will shape the long-term landscape; stakeholder input is present within rulemaking.
Drinking water standards and disposal recommendations are tightening up; product compliance assurance to downstream risk management reduces liability.
Minnesota’s approach combines early product phase-outs (2025) across self-evident PFAS-contaminated categories, widespread reporting (2026) to spotlight remaining uses, and a broad phase-out (2032) unless an application can be demonstrated presently unavoidable. Earlier amendments—July 1, 2026 deadline extension, electronics/internal-component exemption to the 2025 phase-outs, and airport-hangar timeline postponement—give industry more certainty without derailing the state’s path. Companies that build supplier data pipelines now, audit SKUs in high risk, and engage in rulemaking will be most ready for compliance and marketplace resilience in Minnesota.
Keep abreast of PFAS control and contact Enviropass for any questions!