North Carolina HB 686: No Government Retribution for Refusal of Covid-19 Vaccinations.

Bill Text

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
H 1
HOUSE BILL 686

Short Title: Safe Cosmetics Act. (Public)
Sponsors: Representatives Belk, Ball, Harrison, and von Haefen (Primary Sponsors).
For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
Referred to: Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
April 3, 2025
*H686-v-1*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO PROHIBIT THE DISTRIBUTION OR SALE OF A COSMETIC PRODUCT 2
CONTAINING CERTAIN RESTRICTED SUBSTANCES AS AN INTENTIONALLY 3
ADDED CHEMICAL IN ANY AMOUNT, INCLUDING AS A NONFUNCTIONAL 4
BY-PRODUCT OR A NONFUNCTIONAL CONTAMINANT ABOVE THE PRACTICAL 5
QUANTIFICATION LIMIT. 6
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 7
SECTION 1.(a) Subdivision (14b) of G.S. 106-121 is recodified as subdivision (14c) 8
of that section. 9
SECTION 1.(b) G.S. 106-121, as amended by subsection (a) of this section, reads 10
as rewritten: 11
"§ 106-121. Definitions and general consideration. 12
For the purpose of this Article: 13
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(4b) The term "cosmetic product" means a cosmetic for retail sale or professional 15
use. 16
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(9a) The term "intentionally added chemical" means a chemical added during the 18
manufacturing of a product or product component to provide a specific 19
characteristic, appearance, or quality or to perform a specific function. 20
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(11b) The term "manufacturer" means a person that manufactures a final consumer 22
product or whose brand name is affixed to the consumer product. In the case 23
of a consumer product that is imported into the United States, "manufacturer" 24
includes the importer or first domestic distributor of the consumer product if 25
the person that manufactured or assembled the consumer product or whose 26
brand name is affixed to the consumer product does not have a presence in the 27
United States. 28
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(12b) The term "nonfunctional by-product" means an element or compound that has 30
no functional or technical effect in the finished product and that: 31
a. Was intentionally added during the manufacturing process for a 32
cosmetic product at any point in the supply chain for a product, a raw 33
material, or an ingredient; or 34

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b. Was created or formed during the manufacturing process at any point 1
in the supply chain for a product, a raw material, or an ingredient. 2
"Nonfunctional by-product" includes, but is not limited to, an unreacted raw 3
material, a breakdown product of an intentionally added chemical, or a 4
by-product of the manufacturing process. 5
(12c) The term "nonfunctional contaminant" means an element or compound 6
present in a cosmetic product as an unintentional consequence of 7
manufacturing that has no functional or technical effect in the finished 8
product. "Nonfunctional contaminant" includes, but is not limited to, elements 9
or compounds present in the environment as contaminants that were 10
introduced into a product, a raw material, or a product ingredient as a result of 11
the use of an environmental medium, such as a naturally occurring mineral, 12
air, soil, or water, in the manufacturing process at any point in the supply chain 13
for a product's, a raw material's, or an ingredient's supply chain. 14
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(14b) The term "practical quantification limit" means the lowest concentration of a 16
chemical that can be reliably measured within specified limits of precision, 17
accuracy, representativeness, completeness, and comparability during routine 18
laboratory operating conditions. 19
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(14g) The term "restricted substance" means any of the following: 21
a. Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), including any 22
member of the class of fluorinated organic chemicals containing at 23
least one fully fluorinated carbon atom. 24
b. Heavy metals and heavy metal-containing compounds, including 25
arsenic, cadmium, cadmium compounds, chromium, lead, lead 26
compounds, nickel, and selenium. 27
c. Parabens, including butylparaben, ethylparaben, isobutylparaben, 28
isopropylparaben, methylparaben, and propylparaben. 29
d. Ortho-phthalates and their esters, including dibutyl phthalate, 30
dicyclohexyl phthalate, hexyl phthalate, diisobutyl phthalate, 31
diisodecyl phthalate, diisononyl phthalate, diisooctyl phthalate, 32
diethylhexyl phthalate, diethyl phthalate, and benzyl butyl phthalate. 33
e. Formaldehyde and formaldehyde releasers, including formaldehyde, 34
paraformaldehyde, quaternium-15, diazolidinyl urea, DMDM 35
hydantoin, methylene glycol, imidazolidinyl urea, and sodium 36
hydroxymethylglycinate. 37
f. Benzophenones, including benzophenone, benzophenone-1, 38
benzophenone-2, benzophenone-3, dihydroxybenzophenone, 39
resbenzophenone, and oxybenzone. 40
g. Known carcinogens, including benzene, carbon black, coal tar, 41
ethylene oxide, toluene, naphthalene, metallic nickel, styrene, and 42
xylene. 43
h. Asbestos and asbestos-containing compounds,