Bill Text: NJ AR93 | 2020-2021 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Urges President and Congress to reintroduce and enact "Humane Cosmetics Act of 2019."

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-06-02 - Reported out of Assembly Comm. with Amendments, 2nd Reading [AR93 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2020-AR93-Amended.html

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[First Reprint]

ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION No. 93

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

219th LEGISLATURE

 

INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 13, 2020

 

 

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman  CAROL A. MURPHY

District 7 (Burlington)

Assemblyman  DANIEL R. BENSON

District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Urges President and Congress to reintroduce and enact "Humane Cosmetics Act of 2019."  

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As reported by the Assembly Consumer Affairs Committee on June 2, 2021, with amendments.

 

An Assembly Resolution urging the President and Congress of the United States to ¹reintroduce and¹ enact the "Humane Cosmetics Act of 2019," concerning cosmetics testing on animals.

 

Whereas, Every year, countless animals are injured and killed in tests that attempt to evaluate the hazards of consumer products and their ingredients; and

Whereas, In an effort to measure toxicity, rats, mice, guinea pigs, rabbits, and other animals are forced to swallow or inhale massive quantities of test substances or have a chemical spread in their eyes or on their skin; and

Whereas, Tests on animals often do not predict outcomes in humans, and many non-animal test methods are available and continue to be developed; and

Whereas, Acute toxicity testing, eye and skin irritation testing, skin sensitization testing, carcinogenicity testing, and reproductive and developmental toxicity testing cause great pain to animals without necessarily providing more accurate conclusions about the safety of consumer products than non-animal testing alternatives; and

Whereas, The United States Food and Drug Administration advises cosmetics manufacturers to employ whatever testing is appropriate and effective for substantiating the safety of their products while noting that the federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act does not specifically require the use of animals in testing cosmetics for safety; and

Whereas, The United States Consumer Product Safety Commission's animal testing policy states that neither the Federal Hazardous Substances Act nor the commission's regulations require animal testing and only require that a product be labeled to reflect the hazards associated with that product; and

Whereas, While some countries, such as China, require specific animal tests for these products, the European Union, Israel, and India have banned the sale of any cosmetics or cosmetics ingredients that have been tested on animals; and

Whereas, The "Humane Cosmetics Act of 2019," ¹was¹ introduced on November 18, 2019 as S.2886 and H.R.5141, ¹and if reintroduced and enacted,¹ would prohibit testing cosmetics on animals, as well as the sale or transport of any cosmetics in interstate commerce if any component of the final product was developed or manufactured using animal testing; and

Whereas, ¹[By banning] Banning¹ animal testing in the United States and prohibiting the sale and transport of products that have been tested on animals ¹[, the "Humane Cosmetics Act of 2019"]¹ would help reduce animal cosmetics testing worldwide; and

Whereas, The cosmetics industry already has safer, more cost-effective methods of testing that do not harm animals and American companies face no economic risk from this legislation; and

Whereas, The cosmetics industry is already using alternative cutting-edge testing methods that are safer and cheaper and which do not hurt animals, and the United States should show moral leadership by standing against the inhumane treatment of animals; and

Whereas, ¹[The] If reintroduced and enacted, the¹ "Humane Cosmetics Act of 2019" would bring the United States' cosmetics policy in line with more than 30 countries that have already implemented bans on animal testing and the sale of animal-tested cosmetics, including the European Union, Israel, Norway, Switzerland, and India; and

Whereas, Of the 13 biggest importers of American cosmetics, eight countries have bans in place or legislation under consideration regarding animal testing, and American cosmetics companies already have to comply with these animal testing bans; and

Whereas, Seven hundred cosmetics brands in North America do not test products or ingredients on animals, and instead use other affordable, proven methods of testing and innovate with thousands of ingredients already proven safe for use; and

Whereas, The "Humane Cosmetics Act of 2019" ¹[has been] was¹ endorsed by 250 companies in the cosmetics industry, and ¹[is] was¹ supported by both Republican and Democratic cosponsors; now, therefore,

 

      1.   This House urges the President and Congress of the United States to ¹reintroduce and¹ enact ¹[legislation (currently S.2886 and H.R.5141)] S.2886 and H.R.5141 of the 116^th Congress¹, known as the "Humane Cosmetics Act of 2019," to ban the testing of cosmetics on animals and the sale of any cosmetics product that uses animal testing.

 

     2.    Copies of this resolution, as filed with the Secretary of State, shall be transmitted by the Clerk of the General Assembly to the President of the United States, the Majority and Minority Leaders of the United States Senate, the Speaker and Minority Leader of the United States House of Representatives, and every member of the congressional delegation from the State of New Jersey.