Bill Text: CA AB246 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Product safety: menstrual products: perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-1)

Status: (Vetoed) 2024-02-01 - Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file. [AB246 Detail]

Download: California-2023-AB246-Introduced.html

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 246

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Introduced by Assembly Member Papan

January 17, 2023

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An act relating to public health.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 246, as introduced, Papan. Menstrual products: perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).

Existing law, the Sherman Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Law, requires a package or box containing menstrual products that was manufactured on or after January 1, 2023, for sale or distribution in this state to have printed on the label a plain and conspicuous list of all ingredients, as defined, in the product, by weight, and prohibits the sale of a menstrual product in the state unless the menstrual product and the manufacturer of the menstrual product comply with the specified labeling requirements.

Existing law, beginning January 1, 2025, prohibits a person or entity from manufacturing, selling, delivering, holding, or offering for sale in commerce any cosmetic product that contains intentionally added perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), as defined.

This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to eliminate PFAS from menstrual products.

Digest Key

Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: NO   Local Program: NO  

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Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

 It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to eliminate perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from menstrual products.