STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 496 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled) January 9, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL, BARRETT, GOTTFRIED, EPSTEIN, WEPRIN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GLICK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Economic Development AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to prohibiting the sale of cosmetics tested on animals The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section 2 399-aaaa to read as follows: 3 § 399-aaaa. Selling of animal tested cosmetics. 1. For the purposes of 4 this section the following terms shall have the following meanings: 5 (a) "Cosmetic" shall mean (1) articles intended to be rubbed, poured, 6 sprinkled, or sprayed on, introduced into, or otherwise applied to the 7 human body or any part thereof for cleansing, beautifying, promoting 8 attractiveness, or altering the appearance, including but not limited to 9 personal hygiene products such as deodorant, shampoo or conditioner, and 10 (2) articles intended for use as a component of any such articles. 11 (b) "Cosmetic animal testing" shall mean the internal or external 12 application or exposure of any cosmetic to the skin, eyes, or other body 13 part of a live non-human vertebrate for the purpose of evaluating the 14 safety or efficacy of a cosmetic. 15 2. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, partnership, corporation 16 or association or agent or employee thereof to manufacture, knowingly 17 import for profit, sell at retail or offer for sale at retail, any 18 cosmetic if the final product or any component thereof was developed or 19 manufactured using cosmetic animal testing after this section shall have 20 become a law. 21 3. Whenever the attorney general shall believe from evidence satisfac- 22 tory to him or her that any person, firm, partnership, corporation or 23 association or agent or employee thereof has violated any provision of EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01858-01-9A. 496 2 1 this section, he or she may bring an action or special proceeding in the 2 supreme court for a judgment enjoining the continuance of such violation 3 and for a civil penalty of not more than five hundred dollars for the 4 first violation and not more than one thousand dollars for each subse- 5 quent violation. This section shall only apply to cosmetic ingredients 6 that were developed or manufactured predominately for cosmetics. 7 § 2. This act shall take effect on the three hundred sixty-fifth day 8 after it shall have become a law.