CaliforniaCosmetics: chemical hair relaxers.
What it does
Existing law 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 except under specified circumstances.
More detail
This bill, the Combating Unsafe ReLaxers (C.U.R.L.) Act, would prohibit any person from manufacturing, distributing, selling, or offering for sale in the state any hair relaxer product, as defined, that contains any of a specified list of intentionally added ingredients. The bill would require the Department of Toxic Substances Control to adopt regulations on or before January 1, 2030, as specified, for the purposes of implementing, interpreting, enforcing, or making specific these provisions. The bill would require the department to identify and publish on its internet website, on or before January 1, 2028, appropriate third-party accreditations for laboratories for the testing of the ingredients described above, and would authorize the department to publish on its internet website a list of accepted testing methods for the testing of hair relaxer products for the presence of those ingredients. The bill would authorize the department to request, and would require a manufacturer of a hair relaxer product to provide upon request, documentation, including test results, to demonstrate compliance with the provisions described above. The bill would authorize the department to test hair relaxer products in order to support enforcement of the provisions described above. The bill would require the department to issue a notice of violation of the provisions described above under specified circumstances and would require the notice to specify the nature of the violation and would authorize the department to either assess a specified penalty, require compliance with specified law, or both. The bill would make a violation of these provisions punishable by administrative or civil penalties, as specified, and would authorize the Attorney General, on behalf of the department or on behalf of the people of the state at the request of the department, to bring an action to enforce these provisions. The bill would create, and would require all moneys collected from penalties to be deposited in, the C.U.R.L. Act Fund. The bill would make the department's duties to initiate, implement, or enforce any of these requirements contingent upon sufficient funds in the Toxic Substances Control Account, as determined by the Department of Finance, and an appropriation by the Legislature for the purposes of implementing and enforcing the requirements. The bill would, upon an appropriation by the Legislature, authorize the Department of Finance, if it determines there are sufficient funds in the Toxic Substances Control Account to finance the development of the regulations and the startup costs of the Department of Toxic Substances Control's activities required by the bill, to loan funds to the department from the account to carry out the activities required by the bill until the C.U.R.L. Act Fund contains revenues sufficient to fund the department's reasonable costs of implementing the bill and to reimburse any outstanding loans made from the account used to finance the development of the regulations and the startup costs of the department's activities.
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- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- To Governor
- Became Law
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History
- 2025
- Oct 11Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 598, Statutes of 2025.Latest
- Oct 11Approved by the Governor Gavin Newsom.Became Law
- Sep 22Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.To Governor
- Sep 11Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2901.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.Major
- Vote recorded Unfinished Business SB236 Weber Pierson Concurrence. Result: pass.Upper
- Sep 8In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- Vote recorded SB 236 Weber Pierson Senate Third Reading By Elhawary. Result: pass.Lower
- Sep 8Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2997.) Ordered to the Senate.Passed Assembly
- Sep 4Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Sep 4Read third time and amended.Major
- Sep 3Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Sep 2Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.Major
- Aug 29From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 29).Major
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended. Result: pass.Lower
- Aug 20August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- Jul 17Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Major
- Jul 16From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (July 15).Major
- Jul 15
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Result: pass.Lower
- Jul 2From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.Minor
- Jul 1
- Vote recorded Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Result: pass.Lower
- Jun 25From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.S & T.M.Major
- Jun 5Referred to Coms. on E.S & T.M. and JUD.Minor
- May 29In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.Minor
- Vote recorded Special Consent SB236 Weber Pierson. Result: pass.Upper
- May 29Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1323.) Ordered to the Assembly.Passed Senate
- May 27Ordered to special consent calendar.
- May 23Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass. Result: pass.Upper
- May 23From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1192.) (May 23).Minor
- May 20Set for hearing May 23.
- May 19May 19 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- Vote recorded Placed on suspense file. Result: pass.Upper
- May 9Set for hearing May 19.
- May 1Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Major
- Apr 30From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 938.) (April 29).Major
- Apr 29
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 23From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 866.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 10Set for hearing April 29 in JUD. pending receipt.
- Apr 9From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.Q.Major
- Apr 4Set for hearing April 23.
- Apr 2Re-referred to Coms. on E.Q. and JUD.Minor
- Mar 26From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.Major
- Feb 5Referred to Com. on RLS.Minor
- Jan 30From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 1.
- Jan 29Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.Introduced