STATEMENT TO

[First Reprint]

SENATE, No. 2275

with Senate Floor Amendments

(Proposed by Senator RUIZ)

ADOPTED: JUNE 18, 2026

      These floor amendments:

      (1)  limit the amount of intentionally added chemicals in a final hair product  as follows:

      -A manufacturer of a final hair product is prohibited from selling, offering for sale, or distributing a final hair product in the State, including through an Internet transaction, if the final hair product contains an intentionally added carcinogen or intentionally added reproductive toxicant exceeding the measured toxicity of 100 parts per million; and

      -A manufacturer is prohibited from selling, offering for sale, or distributing a final hair product in the State, including through an Internet transaction, if the final hair product contains an intentionally added volatile organic compound that is a carcinogen or a reproductive toxicant, with a measured toxicity greater than 100 parts per million;

      (2)  require a manufacturer of a final hair product to test and certify that the final hair product it produces meets the standards and labeling requirements required by the bill;

      (3) require a person or entity selling at retail a final hair product or a salon or a school for cosmetology or hairstyling using a final hair product to disclose that a final hair product may contain a chemical or chemicals that may cause certain illnesses and medical conditions;

      (4) adds definitions for biological hair fiber, natural hair fiber, and plant-based hair fiber to the bill and incorporates those terms within the hair products being regulated; and

      (5) change the definition of intentionally added chemical to include volatile organic compound rather than volatile organic toxicant.