Bill Text: CA AB708 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Consumer products: content information.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-28 - Assembly Rule 69 suspended. (Page 3521.) Read third time. Refused passage. (Ayes 33. Noes 28. Page 3527.). [AB708 Detail]
Download: California-2015-AB708-Amended.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 708 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JANUARY 27, 2016
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY SEPTEMBER 11, 2015
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JUNE 2, 2015
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 30, 2015
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 14, 2015
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Jones-Sawyer
(Coauthor: Assembly Member McCarty)
(Coauthors: Senators Leno and Pavley)
FEBRUARY 25, 2015
An act to add Chapter 13 (commencing with Section 108950) to Part
3 of Division 104 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to consumer
product safety.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 708, as amended, Jones-Sawyer. Consumer products: content
information.
Existing law regulates the labeling and use of various consumer
products, including toys and toxic household products.
This bill would, commencing January 1, 2017, require the
manufacturer of cleaning products for retail sale in this state to
disclose each ingredient contained in the product on the
product label, as specified, post the product ingredient information
and certain additional information on the manufacturer's
Internet Web site, site and provide the
Internet Web site and page address on the product label, along with
a prescribed statement.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 13 (commencing with Section 108950) is added to
Part 3 of Division 104 of the Health and Safety Code, to read:
CHAPTER 13. CHEMICALLY FORMULATED CONSUMER PRODUCTS
108950. For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions
shall apply:
(a) "Chemically formulated consumer product" means a consumer
product, as defined in subdivision (e) of Section 25251, but
excluding home appliances, that is manufactured from chemicals or
chemical compounds to be used by household, institutional,
commercial, and industrial consumers without further processing for
specific purposes. For the purposes of this subdivision, dilution by
the consumer is not considered further processing.
(b) "Cleaning product" means any product included in the following
categories:
(1) "Air care product" means a chemically formulated consumer
product designed, or labeled to indicate that the purpose of the
product is, to mask odors or to freshen, clean, scent, or deodorize
the air.
(2) "Automotive product" means a chemically formulated consumer
product designed, or labeled to indicate that the purpose of the
product is, to maintain the appearance of a motor vehicle, as defined
in Section 670 of the Vehicle Code, including products for washing,
waxing, polishing, cleaning, or treating the exterior or interior
surfaces of motor vehicles. "Automotive product" does not include
automotive paint or paint repair products.
(3) "General cleaning product" means a soap, detergent, or other
chemically formulated consumer product designed, or labeled to
indicate that the purpose of the product is, to clean or disinfect
surfaces, including, but not limited to, floors, furniture,
countertops, showers and baths, or other hard surfaces, such as
stovetops, microwaves, and other appliances, fabric care, or dish or
other ware washing.
(4) "Polish or floor maintenance product" means a chemically
formulated consumer product, such as polish, wax, or a restorer,
designed, or labeled to indicate that the purpose of the product is,
to polish, protect, buff, condition, temporarily seal, or maintain
furniture, floors, metal, leather, or other surfaces.
(c) "Incidental ingredient" means a contaminant in or on
feedstock, water, or processing equipment, or byproducts or
intermediates unintentionally introduced during formulation, that are
present at a level of 25 parts per million or more and have no
technical or functional effect in the finished cleaning product.
(c)
(d) "Ingredient" means a chemical in
intentionally added to a cleaning product.
product or the intentional breakdown product of a
chemical that has an effect on the cleaning product. "Ingredient"
does not include an incidental ingredient.
(d)
(e) "Manufacturer" means a person or entity that
manufactures, assembles, produces, packages, repackages, or relabels
a cleaning product that is sold or used in this state.
108952. The manufacturer of a cleaning product manufactured after
January 1, 2017, for retail sale in this state, shall disclose each
ingredient contained in the product on the product label,
post the product ingredient information on the manufacturer'
s Internet Web site, site and provide
the Internet Web site and page address on the label of the cleaning
product along with a statement directing the consumer to the Internet
Web site for information concerning a full
list of ingredients contained in the product. Each ingredient
shall have an explanation of its purpose for being in the cleaning
product on the manufacturer's Internet Web site.
108954. (a) (1) For purposes of disclosing each ingredient
contained in the cleaning product on the product label, the
20 most predominant manufacturer's Internet Web site,
the ingredients shall be listed in descending order.
If there are more than 20 ingredients, the label shall also state
that a listing of all ingredients is available at the manufacturer's
Internet Web site. order of predominance.
(2) In addition to paragraph (1), if the product contains any
additional ingredient listed on the informational list of candidate
chemicals posted on the Internet Web site of the department pursuant
to Section 69502.3 of Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations,
that ingredient shall be listed on the label in descending order of
predominance.
(3)
(2) The manufacturer is not required to list the weight
of an ingredient in the product on the label or
the manufacturer's Internet Web site.
(4)
(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of this
subdivision, an ingredient present at a concentration of not more
than 1 percent may be listed after the ingredients
present at a concentration of more than 1 percent without
respect to order of predominance.
(b) (1) An ingredient shall
be listed by its Consumer Specialty Products Association (CSPA)
Consumer Product Ingredients Dictionary name. If a CSPA Consumer
Product Ingredients Dictionary name is not available, an ingredient
shall be listed by its International Nomenclature Cosmetic Ingredient
(INCI) name. If an INCI name is also not available, an ingredient
shall be listed by its International Union of Pure and Applied
Chemistry (IUPAC) name. If an IUPAC name is also not available, an
ingredient shall be listed by its common chemical name and the
Chemical Abstract Service (CAS) number.
(2) The CAS number of an ingredient need only be included on the
ingredient list provided on the manufacturer's Internet Web site.
(c) If the product contains a chemical listed on the informational
list of candidate chemicals posted on the Internet Web site of the
department pursuant to Section 69502.3 of Title 22 of the California
Code of Regulations, the manufacturer shall post on its Internet Web
site a statement that additional information about any potential
health impacts of the ingredients may be obtained from the Internet
Web sites for the following and shall post a link to the Internet Web
sites:
(1) The informational list of candidate chemicals posted on the
Internet Web site of the department pursuant to Section 69502.3 of
Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations.
(2) The Household Products Database of the National Library of
Medicine.
(d) The manufacturer shall update its product labels, if
necessary, no later than one year after a new chemical is added to
the list of candidate chemicals posted on the Internet Web site of
the department pursuant to Section 69502.3 of Title 22 of the
California Code of Regulations.
