Cosmetic safety: vaginal suppositories.
Summary
Existing law, beginning on January 1, 2027, 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, including boric acid, except under specified circumstances. This bill would extend that prohibition to January 1, 2035, for vaginal suppositories containing intentionally added boric acid. The bill would require, beginning on January 1, 2027, any vaginal suppository product containing boric acid to include a product label, as defined, warning consumers that the product should not be used during pregnancy and other specified conditions. The bill would also exempt a vaginal suppository product from the above-mentioned prohibitions if the product becomes regulated by the United States Food and Drug Administration. The bill would make related findings and declarations. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 108980 of the Health and Safety Code proposed by AB 60 to be operative only if this bill and AB 60 are enacted and this bill is enacted last. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2024
Committee Review
Jun 2025
Senate Passage
Aug 2025
Assembly Passage
Sep 2025
Signed into Law
Oct 2025
Introduced Dec 3, 2024
Signed Oct 1, 2025
Floor votes · Senate Sep 11, 2025 · Assembly Sep 8, 2025
How they voted
40–0
Passed
Total votes 40
Sep 11, 2025
D
Democratic30
100% Yea
R
Republican10
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
34
Key actions
15
Committee
5
Amendments
11
Oct 1, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor.
legislature
Sep 11, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (40-0)
senate
Sep 11, 2025
Upper · Passed
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2901.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
upper
Sep 8, 2025
Assembly · Passed
Assembly Vote: pass (77-0-2)
assembly
Sep 8, 2025
Introduced
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
upper
Sep 8, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2980.) Ordered to the Senate.
lower
Sep 2, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time and amended.
lower
Aug 18, 2025
Upper · Passed
Action rescinded whereby bill was read a third time, urgency clause adopted, passed, and ordered to the Senate.
upper
Jun 27, 2025
Introduced
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
upper
Jun 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2341.) Ordered to the Senate.
lower
Jun 18, 2025
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 17).
lower
Jun 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.S & T.M.
lower
May 8, 2025
Lower · Passed
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.S & T.M.
lower
Apr 28, 2025
Committee
Referred to Com. on E.S & T.M.
lower
Mar 28, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 584.) Ordered to the Assembly.
upper
Mar 19, 2025
Upper · Passed
From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 421.) (March 19).
upper
Feb 27, 2025
Upper · Passed
March 5 hearing postponed by committee.
upper
Feb 11, 2025
Upper · Passed
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.Q.
upper
Jan 29, 2025
Committee
Referred to Com. on E.Q.
upper
Dec 3, 2024
Introduced
Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Akilah Weber Pierson
DDemocratic
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