New York S 6723: Relates to hair relaxer labeling

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S06723 Summary:

BILL NOS06723 

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SAME ASSAME AS A01797

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SPONSORBASKIN

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §391-x, Gen Bus L

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Requires that hair relaxer products display labels when they contain certain dangerous chemicals.

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BILL NOS06723 

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03/20/2025REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION

05/19/20251ST REPORT CAL.1131

05/20/20252ND REPORT CAL.

05/21/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/05/2025SUBSTITUTED BY A1797

&nbspA01797 AMEND= Hyndman

&nbsp01/14/2025referred to consumer affairs and protection

&nbsp02/24/2025reported referred to codes

&nbsp03/04/2025reported 

&nbsp03/06/2025advanced to third reading cal.49

&nbsp03/10/2025passed assembly

&nbsp03/10/2025delivered to senate

&nbsp03/10/2025REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION

&nbsp06/05/2025SUBSTITUTED FOR S6723

&nbsp06/05/20253RD READING CAL.1131

&nbsp06/05/2025PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/05/2025RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp11/17/2025delivered to governor

&nbsp11/21/2025signed chap.508

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6723

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 20, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. BASKIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection

 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to hair relaxer
 labeling

 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
 2 391-x to read as follows:
 3 § 391-x. Hair relaxer labeling. 1. For purposes of this section:
 4 a. "Hair relaxer" shall mean any product topically applied to hair for
 5 the purpose of weakening the structure and curliness of the hair fiber
 6 and allowing for a straightening of the hair;
 7 b. "Manufacturer" shall mean a person, firm, association, partnership
 8 or corporation who manufactures the final hair relaxer or whose brand
 9 name is affixed to the product. In the case of a product that was
 10 imported into the United States, "manufacturer" includes the importer or
 11 first domestic distributor of the product if the entity who currently
 12 manufactures or assembles the product or whose brand name is affixed to
 13 the product does not have a presence in the United States;
 14 c. "Chemical" shall mean a substance with a distinct molecular compo-
 15 sition or a group of structurally related substances and includes the
 16 breakdown products of the substance or substances that form through
 17 decomposition, degradation or metabolism;
 18 d. "Carcinogen" shall mean any chemical identified as:
 19 (i) a "Group 1 carcinogen" or "Group 2A carcinogen" by the World
 20 Health Organization or International Agency for Research on Cancer;
 21 (ii) "known to be a human carcinogen" and "reasonably anticipated to
 22 be a human carcinogen" by the Secretary of the United States Department
 23 of Health and Human Services pursuant to the Public Health Service Act,
 24 42 United States Code, Section 241(b)(4), as amended; and

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03661-01-5

 S. 6723 2

 1 (iii) "Group A carcinogens" or "Group B carcinogens" by the United
 2 States Environmental Protection Agency; and
 3 e. "Reproductive toxicant" is any chemical identified as a reproduc-
 4 tive or a developmental toxicant by the United States Department of
 5 Health and Human Services, National Toxicology Program, Center for the
 6 Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction.
 7 2. Any hair relaxer being offered for sale in the state of New York
 8 that contains a carcinogen or a reproductive toxicant shall provide a
 9 clear and conspicuous warning label displayed on the packaging or prod-
 10 uct itself, which shall be printed in type no less than size twelve-
 11 point font, that notifies the consumer at the time of the sale that such
 12 hair relaxer contains such chemicals. The warning label shall state:
 13 (i) if a product contains a carcinogen: "This pro