Bill Text: CA AB496 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Cosmetic safety.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-10-08 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 441, Statutes of 2023. [AB496 Detail]

Download: California-2023-AB496-Enrolled.html

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Enrolled  September 08, 2023

Passed  IN  Senate  September 06, 2023

Passed  IN  Assembly  March 23, 2023

Amended  IN  Assembly  March 08, 2023

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 496

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Introduced by Assembly Member Friedman
(Coauthor: Assembly Member Lee)

February 07, 2023

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An act to amend Section 108980 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to public health.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 496, Friedman. Cosmetic safety.

Existing law, commencing January 1, 2025, prohibits a person or entity from manufacturing, selling, delivering, holding, or offering for sale in commerce any cosmetic product that contains any of several specified intentionally added ingredients except under specified circumstances.

This bill would, commencing January 1, 2027, expand that prohibition by adding specified banned ingredients.

Digest Key

Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: NO   Local Program: NO  

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Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

 Section 108980 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:

108980.

 (a) Commencing January 1, 2025, no person or entity shall manufacture, sell, deliver, hold, or offer for sale in commerce any cosmetic product that contains any of the following intentionally added ingredients:

(1) Dibutyl phthalate (CAS no. 84-74-2).

(2) Diethylhexyl phthalate (CAS no. 117-81-7).

(3) Formaldehyde (CAS no. 50-00-0).

(4) Paraformaldehyde (CAS no. 30525-89-4).

(5) Methylene glycol (CAS no. 463-57-0).

(6) Quaternium-15 (CAS no. 51229-78-8).

(7) Mercury (CAS no. 7439-97-6).

(8) Isobutylparaben (CAS no. 4247-02-3).

(9) Isopropylparaben (CAS no. 4191-73-5).

(10) m-Phenylenediamine and its salts (CAS no. 108-45-2).

(11) o-Phenylenediamine and its salts (CAS no. 95-54-5).

(12) The following per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and their salts:

(A) Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS); heptadecafluorooctane-1-sulfonic acid (CAS no. 1763-23-1).

(B) Potassium perfluorooctanesulfonate; potassium heptadecafluorooctane-1-sulfonate (CAS no. 2795-39-3).

(C) Diethanolamine perfluorooctane sulfonate (CAS 70225-14-8).

(D) Ammonium perfluorooctane sulfonate; ammonium heptadecafluorooctanesulfonate (CAS 29081-56-9).

(E) Lithium perfluorooctane sulfonate; lithium heptadecafluorooctanesulfonate (CAS 29457-72-5).

(F) Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA)(CAS no. 335-67-1).

(G) Ammonium pentadecafluorooctanoate (CAS no. 3825-26-1).

(H) Nonadecafluorodecanoic acid (CAS no. 355-76-2).

(I) Ammonium nonadecafluorodecanoate (CAS no. 3108-42-7).

(J) Sodium nonadecafluorodecanoate (CAS no. 3830-45-3).

(K) Perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA)(CAS no. 375-95-1).

(L) Sodium heptadecafluorononanoate (CAS no. 21049-39-8).

(M) Ammonium perfluorononanoate (CAS no. 4149-60-4).

(b) Commencing January 1, 2027, no person or entity shall manufacture, sell, deliver, hold, or offer for sale in commerce any cosmetic product that contains any of the following intentionally added ingredients:

(1) Lily aldehyde (CAS no. 80-54-6).

(2) Acetaldehyde (CAS no. 75-07-0).

(3) Cyclohexylamine (CAS no. 108-91-8).

(4) Cyclotetrasiloxane (CAS no. 556-67-2).

(5) Phytonadione (CAS no. 84-80-0).

(6) Sodium perborate (CAS no. 15120-21-5).

(7) Styrene (CAS no. 100-42-5).

(8) Trichloroacetic acid (CAS no. 76-03-9).

(9) Tricresyl phosphate (CAS no. 1330-78-5).

(10) Vinyl acetate (CAS no. 108-05-4).

(11) 2-Chloracetamide (CAS no. 79-07-2).

(12) Allyl isothiocyanate (CAS no. 57-06-7).

(13) Anthraquinone (CAS no. 84-65-1).

(14) Malachite green (CAS no. 569-64-2).

(15) Oil from the seeds of Laurus nobilis L. (CAS no. 84603-73-6).

(16) Pyrogallol (CAS no. 87-66-1).

(17) C.I. disperse blue 1 (CAS no. 2475-45-8).

(18) Trisodium nitrilotriacetate (CAS no. 5064-31-3).

(19) The following boron substances:

(A) Perboric acids:

(i) Sodium salt (CAS no. 11138-47-9).

(ii) Sodium salt, monohydrate (CAS no. 12040-72-1).

(iii) Sodium perborate monohydrate (CAS no. 10332-33-9).

(B) Boric acid (CAS nos. 10043-35-3 and 11113-50-1).

(C) Borates, tetraborates, octaborates, and boric acid salts and esters, including all of the following:

(i) Disodium octaborate anhydrous (CAS no. 12008-41-2).

(ii) Disodium octaborate tetrahydrate (CAS no. 12280-03-4).

(iii) 2-Aminoethanol, monoester with boric acid (CAS no. 10377-81-8).

(iv) 2-Hydroxypropyl ammonium dihydrogen orthoborate (CAS no. 68003-13-4).

(v) Potassium borate, boric acid potassium salt (CAS no. 12712-38-8).

(vi) Trioctyldodecyl borate.

(vii) Zinc borate (CAS no. 1332-07-6).

(viii) Sodium borate, disodium tetraborate anhydrous; boric acid, sodium salt (CAS no. 1330-43-4).

(ix) Tetraboron disodium heptaoxide, hydrate (CAS no. 12267-73-1).

(x) Orthoboric acid, sodium salt (CAS no. 13840-56-7).

(xi) Disodium tetraborate decahydrate; borax decahydrate (CAS no. 1303-96-4).

(xii) Disodium tetraborate pentahydrate; borax pentahydrate (CAS no. 12179-04-3).

(20) C.I. disperse blue 3 (CAS no. 2475-46-9).

(21) Basic green 1 (CAS no. 633-03-4).

(22) Basic blue 7 (CAS no. 2390-60-5).

(23) 3(or5)-((4-(benzylmethylamino)phenyl)azo)-1,2 -(or1,4)-dimethyl-1H-1,2,4-triazolium and its salts (CAS nos. 89959-98-8 and 12221-69-1).

(24) Basic violet 4 (CAS no. 2390-59-2).

(25) Basic blue 3 (CAS no. 33203-82-6).

(26) Basic blue 9 (CAS no. 61-73-4).

(c) If a cosmetic product made through manufacturing processes intended to comply with this chapter contains a technically unavoidable trace quantity of an ingredient listed in subdivision (a) or (b) and that trace quantity stems from impurities of natural or synthetic ingredients, the manufacturing process, storage, or migration from packaging, that trace quantity shall not cause the cosmetic product to be in violation of this section.

(d) For purposes of this section, “ingredient” has the same meaning as defined in Section 111791.5.