A02054 Summary:
| BILL NO | A02054A |
| SAME AS | SAME AS S02057-A |
| SPONSOR | Glick |
| COSPNSR | Lunsford, Rosenthal, Colton, Steck, Simone, Shimsky, Simon, Ramos, Taylor, Lee, Kelles, Dinowitz, Durso, Gandolfo, Novakhov, Stern, Jacobson, Rozic, Rajkumar, McMahon, Anderson, Kim, Barrett, Santabarbara, Epstein, Clark, Ra, Forrest, Bichotte Hermelyn, Carroll R, Paulin, Mamdani, Seawright, Shrestha, Slater, Cunningham, Eachus, Sayegh, Gallagher, Otis, Levenberg, Brown K, Reyes, Woerner, Hunter, Benedetto, Meeks, Bronson, Pheffer Amato, Manktelow, Jensen, Gallahan, Burdick, Raga, Lupardo, Gonzalez-Rojas, Weprin, Simpson, Bores, Bendett, DeStefano, Hevesi, Blumencranz, Tapia, Kay, Griffin, Romero, Schiavoni, Alvarez, Wright, Kassay, Valdez, Lasher, McDonald, Solages, Mitaynes, Stirpe, Davila, Gibbs, De Los Santos, Zinerman, Lavine, Conrad, Carroll P, Burke, Dilan, Rivera |
| MLTSPNSR | |
| Add Art 37 Title 12 §§37-1201 - 37-1207, amd §71-3703, En Con L | |
| 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. | |
A02054 Memo:
Go to topNEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the regulation of ingredients in personal care products and cosmetics PURPOSE: Enacts the Beauty Justice Act SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 states that this act shall be known as the "beauty justice act." Section 2 states the legislative findings and intent that outlines the need for regulation of cosmetics and personal care products. Section 3 amends article 37 of the Environmental Conservation law by adding a new title XII, Beauty Justice Act. This section adds new defi- nitions of restricted substances for use in personal care and cosmetic products and what it means for ingredients to be intentionally added. This section prohibits the sale of personal care products and cosmetics containing a restricted substance as an internationally added ingredient after January 1, 2029, or lead compounds at or above a level that DEC shall establish in regulation that is the lowest level that can feasibly achieved. DEC is authorized to identify a list of chemicals used in these products that release formaldehyde to deem as restricted substances. By January 1, 2028, the Department shall make available to industry a listing of safer alternatives to the restricted substances for use in product formulation. Section 4 amends section 71-3703 of the Environmental Conservation Law to add civil penalties on manufacturers that violate the provisions of the bill. Section 5 establishes a severability clause. Section 6 establishes the effective date, JUSTIFICATION: There are thousands of chemicals in personal care, household cleaning, and other consumer products, many of which have never been fully tested for potential impacts on human health or the environment. This has led national and international organizations to develop lists of chemicals of concern and require their disclosure, such as the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation's Household Cleaning Product Ingredient Disclosure Program (HCPIDP). Personal care products can contain chemicals associated with asthma, allergies, hormone disruption, neurodevelopmental problems, infertility, even cancer. Americans use an average of 10 personal care products every day, resulting in exposure to hundreds of unique chemicals, and multiple exposures to some. Exposure to chemicals in personal care products begins in utero - when chemicals absorbed by a pregnant mother are transferred across the placenta, and continues in infancy, with products such as baby shampoo and diaper cream, and continues throughout their lifespan. New York State is not alone in seeking to promote greater transparency and safety with personal care products. European Union countries prohib- it (with few exceptions) substances classified as carcinogenic, mutagen- ic, or toxic for reproduction in cosmetic products. The Canadian govern- ment regularly updates a Cosmetic Ingredient Hotlist that includes hundreds of chemicals and contaminants prohibited and restricted from cosmetics, such as formaldehyde, triclosan, selenium, nitrosamines, and 1,4-dioxane. Furthermore, over 40 countries including Japan, Cambodia, and Vietnam, have stricter restrictions on chemicals in personal care products than does the United States. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 2023-24: A.6969 - Reported referred to ways and means 2021-22: A.143 (Gottfried) - Referred to environmental conservation FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: To be determined. EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a law.