HVACR Industry PFAS Prohibition Policy Tracker

Additional State-by-State PFAS Info

Alabama
No prohibition has been introduced or adopted.

Alaska
Prohibition Policy Adopted. The adopted prohibition does not affect the HVACR industry.

Arizona
Prohibition Policy Adopted. The adopted prohibition does not affect the HVACR industry.

Arkansas
No prohibition has been introduced or adopted.

California
Prohibition policy introduced and adopted. The adopted prohibition does not affect the HVACR industry.
The legislation introduced in the 2025 session exempts the HVACR industry until 2040. Then the industry must apply for an additional unavoidable use exemption every 3 years.

Colorado
Prohibition policy adopted. The adopted prohibition does not affect the HVACR industry.

Connecticut
Prohibition policy introduced and adopted. The adopted prohibition does not affect the HVACR industry. The legislation introduced in the 2025 session exempts the HVACR industry until 2040, but refrigerants are exempt indefinitely.

Delaware
No prohibition has been introduced or adopted.

Florida
Prohibition policy introduced and adopted. The adopted prohibition does not affect the HVACR industry. The prohibition introduced does not affect the HVACR industry.

Georgia
Prohibition policy adopted. The adopted prohibition does not affect the HVACR industry.

Hawaii
Prohibition policy adopted. The adopted prohibition does not affect the HVACR industry.

Idaho
No prohibition has been introduced or adopted.

Illinois
Prohibition policy introduced and adopted. The adopted prohibition does not affect the HVACR industry. The legislation introduced in the 2025 session would create a reporting requirement for PFAS products, i.e. refrigerants.

Indiana
Prohibition policy adopted. The adopted prohibition does not affect the HVACR industry.

Iowa
No prohibition has been introduced or adopted.

Kansas
No prohibition has been introduced or adopted.

Kentucky
Prohibition policy adopted. The adopted prohibition does not affect the HVACR industry.

Louisiana
Prohibition policy adopted. The adopted prohibition does not affect the HVACR industry.

Maine
Prohibition policy adopted. Maine DEP adopted the prohibition that exempts the HVACR industry through 2040 and refrigerants indefinitely.

Maryland
Prohibition policy introduced and adopted. The adopted prohibition does not affect the HVACR industry. The legislation introduced in the 2025 session did not pass but would have prohibitions affecting the HVACR industry.

Massachusetts
Prohibition policy introduced and adopted. The adopted and introduced prohibitions do not affect the HVACR industry.

Michigan
Prohibition policy introduced and adopted. The adopted prohibition does not affect the HVACR industry.

Minnesota
Prohibition policy adopted. The adopted prohibition prohibits the use of PFAS in HVACR products, such as refrigerants, systems, and components, beginning in 2032. Unless a currently unavoidable use exemption is applied for and granted.

Mississippi
Prohibition policy introduced. The prohibition introduced does not affect the HVACR industry.

Missouri
Prohibition policy introduced. The prohibition introduced does not affect the HVACR industry.

Montana
Prohibition policy introduced. The prohibition introduced does not affect the HVACR industry.

Nebraska
No prohibition has been introduced or adopted.

Nevada
Prohibition policy introduced and adopted. The adopted prohibition does not affect the HVACR industry. The prohibition introduced does not affect the HVACR industry.

New Hampshire
Prohibition policy adopted. The legislation passed in the 2024 session exempts refrigerants indefinitely.

New Jersey
Prohibition policy adopted. The adopted prohibition does not affect the HVACR industry.

New Mexico
Prohibition policy adopted. The prohibition legislation passed in the 2025 session exempts refrigerants indefinitely.

New York
Prohibition policy adopted. The adopted prohibition does not affect the HVACR industry.

North Carolina
Prohibition policy introduced. The prohibition introduced would ban the manufacture, use, and distribution of PFAS and PFAS-containing products, except where federally allowed. (Unclear if includes SNAP)

North Dakota
No prohibition has been introduced or adopted.

Ohio
No prohibition has been introduced or adopted.

Oklahoma
Prohibition policy introduced. The prohibition introduced does not affect the HVACR industry.

Oregon
Prohibition policy introduced and adopted. The prohibition adopted does not affect the HVACR industry. The prohibition introduced would prohibit PFAS in new refrigerators sold. As such, this affects the refrigeration subsector of the HVACR industry.

Pennsylvania
Prohibition policy introduced. The prohibition introduced does not affect the HVACR industry.

Rhode Island
Prohibition policy introduced. The prohibition introduced does not affect the HVACR industry.

South Carolina
Prohibition policy introduced. The prohibition introduced does not affect the HVACR industry.

South Dakota
No prohibition has been introduced or adopted.

Tennessee
No prohibition has been introduced or adopted.

Texas
Prohibition policy introduced. The prohibition introduced does not affect the HVACR industry.

Utah
No prohibition has been introduced or adopted.

Vermont
Prohibition policy introduced and adopted. The introduced prohibition prohibits the use of PFAS in HVACR consumer products, such as refrigerants, systems, and components, beginning in 2033. Unless a currently unavoidable use exemption is applied for and granted. The adopted prohibition does not affect the HVACR industry.

Virginia
Prohibition policy introduced and adopted. The adopted prohibition does not affect the HVACR industry. The prohibition introduced does not affect the HVACR industry.

Washington
Prohibition policy adopted. The adopted prohibition does not affect the HVACR industry.

West Virginia
Prohibition policy adopted. The adopted prohibition does not affect the HVACR industry.

Wisconsin
Prohibition policy adopted. The adopted prohibition does not affect the HVACR industry.

Wyoming
No prohibition has been introduced or adopted.