Bill Text: HI HB819 | 2018 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating To Oxybenzone.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-11-30 - Carried over to 2018 Regular Session. [HB819 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2018-HB819-Introduced.html

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	819
TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2017
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

relating to oxybenzone.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 

     SECTION 1.  Chapter 328, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

     "§328-    Sunscreen; oxybenzone; labeling.  (a)  The sale, offering for sale, or distribution of any sunscreen containing oxybenzone shall be prohibited in the State unless the sunscreen label contains the following statement:  "Oxybenzone, when used in nearshore waters, poses serious hazards to coral and reef health."

     (b)  For purposes of this section, "oxybenzone" means the chemical (2-Hydroxy-4-methoxyphenyl)-phenylmethanone under the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry chemical nomenclature registry, which has a chemical abstract service registry number 131-57-7, and includes benzophenone-3 and 4-methoxy-2-hydroxybenzophenone (trade names Escalol 567, Eusolex 4360, KAHSCREEN BZ-3, and Milestab 9) and is intended to be used as a sunscreen to provide broad-spectrum ultraviolet coverage."

     SECTION 2.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2017.

 

INTRODUCED BY:	_____________________________

 

 

Report Title:

Oxybenzone; Sunscreen; Labeling; Prohibition

 

Description:

Prohibits the sale, offering for sale, or distribution of any sunscreen containing oxybenzone in the State, unless the sunscreen label contains a warning that the use of oxybenzone in nearshore waters poses serious hazards to coral and reef health.

 

 

 

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