Enacts the "beauty justice act"

Latest action Apr 22, 2026

Enacts the "beauty justice act"; provides for the regulation of ingredients in personal care products and cosmetics; prohibits the sale of personal care products and cosmetic products containing certain restricted products.

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Where it stands

Passed one of the two chambers; it still needs the other.

Introduced
In committee
Up for a vote
Passed one chamber
Passed
Enacted

New York State Senate

Same as A2054, the matching bill in the Assembly.

Amends the Environmental Conservation Law.

Committee

Environmental Conservation · New York State Assembly

Also referred to Environmental Conservation · New York State Senate, Ways and Means · New York State Assembly.

Purpose, from the sponsor's memo

Requires the Department of Environmental Conservation to better regulate the ingredients in personal care products and cosmetics and prohibits the sale of products containing certain restricted ingredients

Filed with the bill. Read it on nysenate.gov (opens in a new tab)

Recorded votes

Vote: Floor vote
NY SenateApr 21, 2026Result: passed
(51) (11) (0) (1)
Vote: Committee vote · Environmental Conservation
Senate Environmental ConservationMar 25, 2026Result: passed
(10) (1) (0) (0)
Vote: Floor vote
NY SenateJun 12, 2025Result: passed
(49) (10) (0) (4)
Vote: Committee vote · Environmental Conservation
Senate Environmental ConservationApr 2, 2025Result: passed
(10) (1) (0) (0)

Cosponsors

Al Taylor, Albert A. Stirpe and 138 more on Agora

Democratic121
Republican19

Show all 140 on Agora

See the full list on nysenate.gov

The sponsor's argument

Why Lea Webb says this is needed

There are thousands of chemicals in personal care, household cleaning, and other consumer products, many of which have never been fully tested for potential impacts on human health or the environment. This has led national and international organizations to develop lists of chemicals of concern and require their disclosure, such as the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation's Household Cleaning Product Ingredient Disclosure Program (HCPIDP). Personal care products can contain chemicals associated with asthma, allergies, hormone disruption, neurodevelopmental problems, infertility, even cancer. Americans use an average of 10 personal care products every day, resulting in exposure to hundreds of unique chemicals, and multiple exposures to some. Exposure to chemicals in personal care products begins in utero when chemicals absorbed by a pregnant mother are trans- ferred across the placenta, and continues in infancy, with products such as baby shampoo and diaper cream, and continues throughout their lifes- pan. New York State is not alone in seeking to promote greater transparency and safety with personal care products. The European Union countries prohibit (with few exceptions) substances classified as carcinogenic, mutagenic, or toxic for reproduction in cosmetic products. The Canadian government regularly updates a Cosmetic Ingredient Hotlist that includes hundreds of chemicals and contaminants prohibited and restricted from cosmetics, such as formaldehyde, triclosan, selenium, nitrosamines, and 1,4-dioxane. Furthermore, over 40 countries including Japan, Cambodia, and Vietnam, have stricter restrictions on chemicals in personal care products than does the United States. By prohibiting restricted substances from being added to cosmetics and personal care products as intentionally added ingredients, this bill will make a meaningful difference in the health of New Yorkers who use these products.

This is the sponsor's own case for the bill, quoted from their memorandum. It is not Agora's description of what the bill does.

Full history

Apr 22, 2026
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
NY Assembly
Apr 21, 2026
Sent to the executive
DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
NY Senate
Apr 21, 2026
Passed a chamber
PASSED SENATE
NY Senate
Mar 30, 2026
Advanced to Third Reading
ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
NY Senate
Mar 30, 2026
Amend and Recommit to Ways and Means
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO WAYS AND MEANS
NY Assembly

Show full history (18 earlier events)

Mar 30, 2026
Amended
AMENDED 2057B
NY Senate
Mar 26, 2026
2ND Report CAL.
2ND REPORT CAL.
NY Senate
Mar 25, 2026
1ST Report CAL.646
1ST REPORT CAL.646
NY Senate
Jan 7, 2026
Died in Assembly
DIED IN ASSEMBLY
NY Assembly
Jan 7, 2026
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
NY Senate
Jan 7, 2026
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
NY Assembly
Jun 12, 2025
Sent to the executive
DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
NY Senate
Jun 12, 2025
Passed a chamber
PASSED SENATE
NY Senate
Jun 12, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
NY Assembly
Jun 9, 2025
Amend and Recommit to Ways and Means
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO WAYS AND MEANS
NY Assembly
Jun 9, 2025
Amended
AMENDED ON THIRD READING 2057A
NY Senate
Apr 7, 2025
Advanced to Third Reading
ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
NY Senate
Apr 3, 2025
2ND Report CAL.
2ND REPORT CAL.
NY Senate
Apr 2, 2025
1ST Report CAL.621
1ST REPORT CAL.621
NY Senate
Mar 11, 2025
Reported out of committee
REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
NY Assembly
Mar 4, 2025
Reported out of committee
REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES
NY Assembly
Jan 15, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
NY Senate
Jan 14, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
NY Assembly

About this record

Summary: The summary comes from NY Open Legislation, the New York State Senate's public record. For more, see How we handle summaries.
Cosponsors: The list shows the cosponsors who are on Agora, A to Z. The official record may list more.
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Source: From NY Open Legislation, the NY Senate and Assembly, and official rosters. This record was last updated Oct 31, 2026. About our data

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