Relates to the sale of cosmetic products containing trace amounts of mercury
Summary
Provides that no person shall sell or offer for sale any cosmetic product or personal care product containing mercury, other than in trace amounts allowed by the food and drug administration as unavoidable under conditions of good manufacturing practice or necessary for use as a preservative in the absence of an effective and safe nonmercurial preservative substitute.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2023
Committee Review
Feb 2023
Assembly Passage
Feb 2023
Senate Passage
Feb 2023
Signed into Law
Mar 2023
Introduced Jan 10, 2023
Signed Mar 3, 2023
Floor votes · Senate Feb 8, 2023 · Assembly Feb 8, 2023
How they voted
62–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 63
Feb 8, 2023
D
Democratic42
97% Yea
R
Republican21
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
14
Key actions
3
Committee
3
Mar 3, 2023
Signed into law
SIGNED CHAP.15
lower
Feb 8, 2023
Upper · Passed
PASSED SENATE
upper
Feb 8, 2023
Committee
REFERRED TO RULES
upper
Feb 8, 2023
Lower · Passed
PASSED ASSEMBLY
lower
Feb 7, 2023
Committee
REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES
lower
Jan 10, 2023
Committee
REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Karines Reyes
DDemocratic
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