Minnesota's PFAS Rules: 11 Banned Categories Now, a Reporting Deadline in September

Minnesota's PFAS law — Amara's Law, codified at Minn. Stat. 116.943 — creates two distinct obligations, and sellers routinely conflate them. One is a set of category bans that has been in force since January 1, 2025. The other is a reporting duty that applies to far more products than the bans do, with a deadline currently set for September 15, 2026, per MPCA's April 2026 extension — confirm current status with MPCA before relying on it. PFAS means per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, the family of chemicals used for water, oil, and stain resistance and for non-stick coatings. If you sell consumer goods into Minnesota — including through a national marketplace — both obligations deserve a careful read.

Since January 1, 2025, products with intentionally added PFAS cannot be sold or distributed in Minnesota in 11 categories:

1. Carpets or rugs
2. Cleaning products
3. Cookware
4. Cosmetics
5. Dental floss
6. Fabric treatments
7. Juvenile products
8. Menstruation products
9. Textile furnishings
10. Ski wax
11. Upholstered furniture

The practical meaning is blunt. If your product sits in one of these categories and PFAS is intentionally added — by you, your factory, or any sub-supplier along the way — you cannot sell it into Minnesota. Full stop, and not as of some future date: this has been the rule since the start of 2025. There is no labeling option and no notification option for these categories. (That is one way Minnesota differs from Connecticut, whose July 1, 2026 obligation is a label-and-notify requirement, not a ban — see our Connecticut guide.)

Note the operative phrase: intentionally added. The bans key on whether PFAS was put into the product on purpose to perform a function, which is also the phrase that should anchor every conversation you have with a supplier.

The second obligation is the one that catches sellers off guard. It is not limited to the 11 banned categories. Any product with intentionally added PFAS that is sold or distributed in Minnesota must be reported to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) — whatever the category.

The deadline has a history worth knowing, because it explains why you will see three different dates in circulation:

• The statute originally set the reporting deadline at January 1, 2026.
• MPCA moved it to July 1, 2026.
• On April 15, 2026, MPCA extended it again — to September 15, 2026.

That September 15, 2026 date is the one currently in effect, per MPCA's April 2026 extension — confirm current status with MPCA before relying on it. Given that the date has already moved twice, checking directly before you build a filing timeline around it is not paranoia; it is the lesson of this deadline's own history.

Two further dates sit alongside it. Requests for an extension or waiver must be submitted by August 16, 2026. Where an extension is granted, extended reports are due December 14, 2026. Filing carries a one-time fee of $800.

The reporting duty falls on manufacturers — and Minnesota's definition of manufacturer includes brand owners and importers. That wording matters more than it first appears. If you import a product, or sell it under your brand, the obligation can land on you, the seller. It does not stay behind with the factory that made the product. For a marketplace seller importing private-label goods, "manufacturer" is, in Minnesota's eyes, very likely you.

You cannot report what you do not know. The reporting duty turns on whether PFAS is intentionally added to your product — including in coatings, finishes, and treatments applied by sub-suppliers your factory may never have asked about. Which means the real work of Minnesota compliance is not the form or the fee; it is establishing, in writing, what is actually in your product.

That loops directly back to supplier verification: a written declaration naming your product and covering sub-supplier inputs, backed by test data where the risk justifies it. We cover the full conversation — what to ask, what a useful declaration looks like, and how to read screening results — in what to ask your supplier about PFAS. And when test reports arrive, check them before relying on them: see how to verify a supplier test report.

A common objection: my business is not in Minnesota, so why would Minnesota's rules apply to me? The law covers products sold or distributed in Minnesota. If you sell nationwide through a marketplace, orders are flowing into Minnesota whether or not you ever chose the state. For most national sellers, the honest operating assumption is that Minnesota's rules reach you.

Minnesota is also not alone. Maine's bans took effect January 1, 2026; New York's apparel ban has been in force since January 1, 2025, with fines of up to $1,000 per day ($2,500 for repeat violations); New Hampshire and New Mexico bans arrive in 2027; Washington combines reporting with coming restrictions. The state-by-state picture is on our PFAS state requirements map.

Worth keeping straight, because the failure modes differ. The bans are a sell-or-do-not-sell question for 11 categories, already in force since 2025. The reporting duty is a know-and-disclose question for every category, with a September 2026 deadline (as currently set), an August 16, 2026 deadline for extension requests, a December 14, 2026 date for extended reports, and an $800 fee. The first can be triggered by a single coated or treated input you never knew about; the second can be missed entirely by a seller who assumed reporting only applied to the banned categories.

To see which of these rules — and which other states' rules — actually hit your products and when, run your product category and states through our free Deadline Checker.

Which product categories are banned in Minnesota right now?

Since January 1, 2025, Minnesota bans intentionally added PFAS in 11 categories: carpets or rugs, cleaning products, cookware, cosmetics, dental floss, fabric treatments, juvenile products, menstruation products, textile furnishings, ski wax, and upholstered furniture. These bans are already in force, not a future deadline.

When is Minnesota's PFAS reporting deadline?

September 15, 2026, per MPCA's April 2026 extension — confirm current status with MPCA before relying on it. The deadline has moved twice: the statute said January 1, 2026, MPCA first set July 1, 2026, and in April 2026 MPCA extended it again.

Do brand owners and importers have to file the Minnesota PFAS report, or just factories?

The duty falls on manufacturers, and Minnesota's definition includes brand owners and importers. If you put your brand on a product or import it for sale into Minnesota, the reporting obligation can sit with you rather than with the overseas factory.

Does the reporting duty only cover the 11 banned categories?

No. The reporting duty covers any product with intentionally added PFAS sold or distributed in Minnesota, in any category. The 11-category bans and the reporting duty are two separate obligations under the same law.

Does Minnesota's law reach me if I just sell through a national marketplace?

If your products are sold or distributed into Minnesota, the rules apply whether or not you specifically target the state. Selling nationwide through a marketplace generally means Minnesota orders are reaching Minnesota buyers.