Assembly Bill A6969

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Provides for the regulation of ingredients in personal care products and cosmetics

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  • Delivered to Governor
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2023-A6969 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 37 Title 11 §§37-1101 - 37-1111, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A7978
2021-2022: A143

2023-A6969 - Summary

Enacts the "beauty justice act"; provides for the regulation of ingredients in personal care products and cosmetics; prohibits the sale of personal care products and cosmetic products containing certain restricted products.

2023-A6969 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6969
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 9, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. GLICK -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation  to  the
   regulation of ingredients in personal care products and cosmetics
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
 the "safe personal care and cosmetics act".
   § 2. Legislative findings and intent.  Thousands of chemicals are used
 in  cosmetics  and  personal  care products. Some of these chemicals are
 associated with asthma, allergies, hormone disruption,  neurodevelopmen-
 tal  problems,  infertility,  even cancer. Exposure to personal care and
 cosmetic products typically begins in infancy,  with  products  such  as
 baby  shampoo,  lotion, and diaper cream, and continues throughout their
 lifespan.  According to the Environmental Working  Group,  "on  average,
 women  use  12  personal care products a day, exposing themselves to 168
 chemical ingredients. Men use six,  exposing  themselves  to  85  unique
 chemicals."
   Further,  The  National Institutes of Health (NIH) conducted an eight-
 year study of over  46,000  women  who  used  permanent  hair  dyes  and
 straighteners.  They  found  that women of color who regularly used dyes
 and straighteners had a 45 percent  higher  breast  cancer  risk.  White
 women faced a 7 percent higher breast cancer risk.
   European  Union  countries  prohibit  (with few exceptions) substances
 classified as carcinogenic, mutagenic,  or  toxic  for  reproduction  in
 cosmetic  products. The Canadian government regularly updates a Cosmetic
 Ingredient Hotlist that includes hundreds of chemicals and  contaminants
 prohibited  and restricted from cosmetics, such as formaldehyde, triclo-
 san, and more. Furthermore, over 40 countries including Japan, Cambodia,
 and Vietnam, have stricter restrictions on chemicals  in  personal  care
 products than does the United States.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07027-03-3
              

co-Sponsors

2023-A6969A - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 37 Title 11 §§37-1101 - 37-1111, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A7978
2021-2022: A143

2023-A6969A - Summary

Enacts the "beauty justice act"; provides for the regulation of ingredients in personal care products and cosmetics; prohibits the sale of personal care products and cosmetic products containing certain restricted products.

2023-A6969A - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6969--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 9, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. GLICK, LUNSFORD, L. ROSENTHAL, COLTON, STECK,
   O'DONNELL, SIMONE, DICKENS, GUNTHER, SHIMSKY,  SIMON,  RAMOS,  TAYLOR,
   LEE,  KELLES,  DINOWITZ,  DURSO,  GANDOLFO,  NOVAKHOV,  THIELE, STERN,
   JACOBSON, ROZIC, RAJKUMAR, McMAHON, ANDERSON, KIM, BARRETT,  SANTABAR-
   BARA, EPSTEIN, CLARK, RA, FORREST, BICHOTTE HERMELYN, CARROLL, PAULIN,
   MAMDANI,  SEAWRIGHT,  SHRESTHA,  LAVINE,  BURGOS,  SLATER, CUNNINGHAM,
   EACHUS, SAYEGH, GALLAGHER, OTIS, LEVENBERG, K. BROWN, REYES,  WOERNER,
   HUNTER,  SOLAGES,  BENEDETTO, PRETLOW, FAHY, MEEKS, BRONSON, McDONALD,
   PHEFFER AMATO, MANKTELOW, JENSEN,  GALLAHAN,  BURDICK,  ARDILA,  RAGA,
   LUPARDO,   GONZALEZ-ROJAS,  WEPRIN,  SIMPSON,  SILLITTI,  JEAN-PIERRE,
   BORES, BENDETT, DeSTEFANO, MCGOWAN, HEVESI -- read once  and  referred
   to  the  Committee  on  Environmental  Conservation  --  reported  and
   referred to the Committee on Codes -- reported  and  referred  to  the
   Committee  on  Ways  and Means -- recommitted to the Committee on Ways
   and Means in accordance with Assembly Rule  3,  sec.  2  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee

 AN  ACT  to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the
   regulation of ingredients in personal care products and cosmetics
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 the "safe personal care and cosmetics act".
   § 2. Legislative findings and intent.  Thousands of chemicals are used
 in cosmetics and personal care products. Some  of  these  chemicals  are
 associated  with asthma, allergies, hormone disruption, neurodevelopmen-
 tal problems, infertility, even cancer. Exposure to  personal  care  and
 cosmetic  products  typically  begins  in infancy, with products such as
 baby shampoo, lotion, and diaper cream, and continues  throughout  their
 lifespan.    According  to the Environmental Working Group, "on average,
 women use 12 personal care products a day, exposing  themselves  to  168
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07027-11-4
              

co-Sponsors

2023-A6969B (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 37 Title 11 §§37-1101 - 37-1111, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A7978
2021-2022: A143

2023-A6969B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "beauty justice act"; provides for the regulation of ingredients in personal care products and cosmetics; prohibits the sale of personal care products and cosmetic products containing certain restricted products.

2023-A6969B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6969--B
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 9, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. GLICK, LUNSFORD, L. ROSENTHAL, COLTON, STECK,
   O'DONNELL, SIMONE, DICKENS, GUNTHER, SHIMSKY,  SIMON,  RAMOS,  TAYLOR,
   LEE,  KELLES,  DINOWITZ,  DURSO,  GANDOLFO,  NOVAKHOV,  THIELE, STERN,
   JACOBSON, ROZIC, RAJKUMAR, McMAHON, ANDERSON, KIM, BARRETT,  SANTABAR-
   BARA, EPSTEIN, CLARK, RA, FORREST, BICHOTTE HERMELYN, CARROLL, PAULIN,
   MAMDANI,  SEAWRIGHT,  SHRESTHA,  LAVINE,  BURGOS,  SLATER, CUNNINGHAM,
   EACHUS, SAYEGH, GALLAGHER, OTIS, LEVENBERG, K. BROWN, REYES,  WOERNER,
   HUNTER,  SOLAGES,  BENEDETTO, PRETLOW, FAHY, MEEKS, BRONSON, McDONALD,
   PHEFFER AMATO, MANKTELOW, JENSEN,  GALLAHAN,  BURDICK,  ARDILA,  RAGA,
   LUPARDO,   GONZALEZ-ROJAS,  WEPRIN,  SIMPSON,  SILLITTI,  JEAN-PIERRE,
   BORES, BENDETT, DeSTEFANO, MCGOWAN, HEVESI -- read once  and  referred
   to  the  Committee  on  Environmental  Conservation  --  reported  and
   referred to the Committee on Codes -- reported  and  referred  to  the
   Committee  on  Ways  and Means -- recommitted to the Committee on Ways
   and Means in accordance with Assembly Rule  3,  sec.  2  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to  said  committee  -- again reported from said committee with amend-
   ments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation  to  the
   regulation of ingredients in personal care products and cosmetics
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
 the "beauty justice act".
   § 2. Legislative findings and intent.  Thousands of chemicals are used
 in  cosmetics  and  personal  care products. Some of these chemicals are
 associated with asthma, allergies, hormone disruption,  neurodevelopmen-
 tal  problems,  infertility,  even cancer. Exposure to personal care and
 cosmetic products typically begins in infancy,  with  products  such  as
 baby  shampoo,  lotion, and diaper cream, and continues throughout their
 lifespan.  According to the Environmental Working  Group,  "on  average,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07027-13-4
              

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