STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8636 2015-2016 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY December 23, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL -- 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 or corpo- 16 ration to knowingly import for profit, sell at retail or offer for sale 17 at retail, any cosmetic if the final product or any component thereof 18 was developed or manufactured using cosmetic animal testing after this 19 section shall have become a law. 20 3. A violation of this section shall be punishable by a fine of not 21 more than five hundred dollars for the first violation and not more than 22 one thousand dollars for each subsequent violation. 23 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 24 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11999-01-5