Amended
IN
Assembly
May 09, 2019
Amended
IN
Assembly
March 14, 2019
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2019–2020 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 647Introduced by Assembly Member Kalra
February 15, 2019
An act to add Section 6390.2 to the Labor Code, relating to hazardous materials.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 647, as amended, Kalra.
Hazardous materials: cosmetics: safety documents.
Existing law, the Hazardous Substances Information and Training Act, prescribes the rights and duties of employers who use hazardous substances, people who sell a hazardous substance to employers in California, and manufacturers who produce or sell hazardous substances. Existing law requires the Director of Industrial Relations to establish a list of hazardous substances and make the list available to manufacturers, employers, and the public. Existing law requires the manufacturer of a hazardous substance on that list to prepare and provide its direct purchasers of the hazardous substance a material safety data sheet, referred to as an MSDS, containing specified information that is current, accurate, and complete.
This bill would require the manufacturer of a hazardous substance or mixture of substances that constitute a cosmetic, or are used
to disinfect, as defined, that is required to create an MSDS, to post the MSDS to an internet website at which the public may find it and access it by its brand name or other commonly known name. In the case of separate MSDSs based on color or tint, as specified, the bill would require a manufacturer to post each MSDS. The bill would require the manufacturer shall to translate the MSDS into languages determined by the director to be common for the beauty care industry, including Spanish, Vietnamese, Chinese, and Korean, and other languages that the director may determine are common to the beauty care industry, and to make these translations also publicly available on the website.
Digest Key
Vote:
MAJORITY
Appropriation:
NO
Fiscal Committee:
YES
Local Program:
NO