Bill Text: CA SB647 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Senate Bill 647 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Hazardous substances: metal-containing jewelry.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)

Status: (Passed) 2019-09-27 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 379, Statutes of 2019. [SB647 Detail]

Download: California-2019-SB647-Introduced.html

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2019–2020 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Bill

No. 647

Introduced by Senator Mitchell

February 22, 2019

An act relating to hazardous substances.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SB 647, as introduced, Mitchell. Hazardous substances: metal-containing jewelry.

Existing law prohibits a person from manufacturing, shipping, selling, or offering for sale or promotional purposes jewelry, as defined, or children’s jewelry, as defined, unless the jewelry is made entirely from specified materials.

This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would protect the public health, safety, and welfare of Californians by preventing lead and cadmium exposure from jewelry that is sold in the state.

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

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

SECTION 1.

It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would protect the public health, safety, and welfare of Californians by preventing lead and cadmium exposure from jewelry that is sold in the state.