California has 4 cosmetics ingredient laws we track, naming 68 substances plus 2 class rules. 46 listings start on January 1, 2027.
Cal. Health & Safety Code § 108980(a) · first date: January 1, 2025
“(a) Commencing January 1, 2025, a person or entity shall not manufacture, sell, deliver, hold, or offer for sale in commerce any cosmetic product that contains any of the following intentionally added ingredients:”Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
“(a) Commencing January 1, 2025, a person or entity shall not manufacture, sell, deliver, hold, or offer for sale in commerce any cosmetic product that contains any of the following intentionally added ingredients:”Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
“(a) Commencing January 1, 2025, no person or entity shall manufacture, sell, deliver, hold, or offer for sale, in commerce any cosmetic product that contains any of the following intentionally added ingredients:”Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
"Cosmetic product" as defined for Chapter 14 (HSC §108982(a)): an article for retail sale or professional use intended to be rubbed, poured, sprinkled, or sprayed on, introduced into, or otherwise applied to the human body for cleansing, beautifying, promoting attractiveness, or altering the appearance. No leave-on/rinse-off distinction. "Ingredient" in §108980 borrows the §111791.5 meaning (21 CFR 700.3(e), excluding incidental ingredients under 21 CFR 701.3(l)). Leave-on and rinse-off products.
Soap: Definition silent on soap. Definition silent; soap not expressly excluded. Chapter 14 has its own definition in §108982(a) (added by AB 2771, 2022, 'For purposes of this chapter'), which does not mention soap and does not borrow the Sherman Law definition. The Sherman Law definition of 'cosmetic' (HSC §109900, Part 5) does say it does not include soap, but nothing in Chapter 14 cross-references §109900. §108980(e) borrows only the word 'ingredient' from §111791.5, which has no 'cosmetic' or soap definition.
“(a) “Cosmetic product” means an article for retail sale or professional use intended to be rubbed, poured, sprinkled, or sprayed on, introduced into, or otherwise applied to the human body for cleansing, beautifying, promoting attractiveness, or altering the appearance.”Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Sell-through: None in the text.
No small-business exemption and no sell-through/existing-inventory period appear in the text of Chapter 14 (§§108980–108982) or in the chaptered bills AB 2762 (2020), AB 496 (2023), AB 2771 (2022), AB 60 (2025) or SB 39 (2025); the ban covers manufacture, sale, delivery, holding and offering for sale from the same date. Chapter 14 names no enforcement agency and contains no penalty provision. Technically unavoidable trace quantities from impurities, the manufacturing process, storage or packaging migration do not cause a violation (§108980(d)). The 13 PFAS in (a)(12) are listed 'and their salts'; all PFAS were later banned as a class by §108981.5 (see ca-108981-5).
“For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following definitions:”Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
“The term “cosmetic” does not include soap.”Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
“(e) For purposes of this section, “ingredient” has the same meaning as defined in Section 111791.5.”Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
“(d) “Ingredient” has the same meaning as that term is defined in subdivision (e) of Section 700.3 of Part 700 of Chapter 1 of Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations and does not include any incidental ingredient”Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
“If a cosmetic product made through manufacturing processes intended to comply with this chapter contains a technically unavoidable trace quantity of an ingredient listed in subdivision (a) or (b) and that trace quantity stems from impurities of natural or synthetic ingredients, the manufacturing process, storage, or migration from packaging, that trace quantity shall not cause the cosmetic product to be in violation of this section.”Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Cal. Health & Safety Code § 108981.5 (definitions § 108982) · first date: January 1, 2025
“Beginning January 1, 2025, no person or entity shall manufacture, sell, deliver, hold, or offer for sale in commerce any cosmetic product that contains intentionally added perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).”Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
“Beginning January 1, 2025, no person or entity shall manufacture, sell, deliver, hold, or offer for sale in commerce any cosmetic product that contains intentionally added perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).”Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
"Cosmetic product" as defined for Chapter 14 (HSC §108982(a)): an article for retail sale or professional use intended to be rubbed, poured, sprinkled, or sprayed on, introduced into, or otherwise applied to the human body for cleansing, beautifying, promoting attractiveness, or altering the appearance. No leave-on/rinse-off distinction. "Ingredient" in §108980 borrows the §111791.5 meaning (21 CFR 700.3(e), excluding incidental ingredients under 21 CFR 701.3(l)). Leave-on and rinse-off products.
Soap: Definition silent on soap. Definition silent; soap not expressly excluded. Chapter 14 has its own definition in §108982(a) (added by AB 2771, 2022, 'For purposes of this chapter'), which does not mention soap and does not borrow the Sherman Law definition. The Sherman Law definition of 'cosmetic' (HSC §109900, Part 5) does say it does not include soap, but nothing in Chapter 14 cross-references §109900. §108980(e) borrows only the word 'ingredient' from §111791.5, which has no 'cosmetic' or soap definition.
“(a) “Cosmetic product” means an article for retail sale or professional use intended to be rubbed, poured, sprinkled, or sprayed on, introduced into, or otherwise applied to the human body for cleansing, beautifying, promoting attractiveness, or altering the appearance.”Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Sell-through: None in the text.
Class ban on all intentionally added PFAS (definition: at least one fully fluorinated carbon atom). 'Intentionally added PFAS' covers PFAS with a functional or technical effect and intentional breakdown products. No trace-amount or small-business exemption and no sell-through in §108981.5 (the §108980(d) trace clause applies only to §108980). §108981 is legislative findings only. Chapter 14 names no enforcement agency.
“For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following definitions:”Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
“The term “cosmetic” does not include soap.”Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
“(1) PFAS chemicals that a manufacturer has intentionally added to a product and that have a functional or technical effect on the product.”Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
“(2) PFAS chemicals that are intentional breakdown products of an added chemical.”Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
“An act to add Sections 108981, 108981.5, and 108982 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to public health.”Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Cal. Health & Safety Code § 108980(b) · first date: January 1, 2027
“(b) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of subdivision (f), commencing January 1, 2027, no person or entity shall manufacture, sell, deliver, hold, or offer for sale in commerce any cosmetic product that contains any of the following intentionally added ingredients:”Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
“(b) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of subdivision (f), commencing January 1, 2027, no person or entity shall manufacture, sell, deliver, hold, or offer for sale in commerce any cosmetic product that contains any of the following intentionally added ingredients:”Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
“(b) Commencing January 1, 2027, no person or entity shall manufacture, sell, deliver, hold, or offer for sale in commerce any cosmetic product that contains any of the following intentionally added ingredients:”Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
“This bill, the Musk Reduction Act, would expand that prohibition by adding musk ambrette, musk tibetene, musk moskene, and musk xylene to the list of banned ingredients.”Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
"Cosmetic product" as defined for Chapter 14 (HSC §108982(a)): an article for retail sale or professional use intended to be rubbed, poured, sprinkled, or sprayed on, introduced into, or otherwise applied to the human body for cleansing, beautifying, promoting attractiveness, or altering the appearance. No leave-on/rinse-off distinction. "Ingredient" in §108980 borrows the §111791.5 meaning (21 CFR 700.3(e), excluding incidental ingredients under 21 CFR 701.3(l)). Leave-on and rinse-off products.
Soap: Definition silent on soap. Definition silent; soap not expressly excluded. Chapter 14 has its own definition in §108982(a) (added by AB 2771, 2022, 'For purposes of this chapter'), which does not mention soap and does not borrow the Sherman Law definition. The Sherman Law definition of 'cosmetic' (HSC §109900, Part 5) does say it does not include soap, but nothing in Chapter 14 cross-references §109900. §108980(e) borrows only the word 'ingredient' from §111791.5, which has no 'cosmetic' or soap definition.
“(a) “Cosmetic product” means an article for retail sale or professional use intended to be rubbed, poured, sprinkled, or sprayed on, introduced into, or otherwise applied to the human body for cleansing, beautifying, promoting attractiveness, or altering the appearance.”Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Sell-through: None in the text.
No small-business exemption and no sell-through/existing-inventory period appear in the text of Chapter 14 (§§108980–108982) or in the chaptered bills AB 2762 (2020), AB 496 (2023), AB 2771 (2022), AB 60 (2025) or SB 39 (2025); the ban covers manufacture, sale, delivery, holding and offering for sale from the same date. Chapter 14 names no enforcement agency and contains no penalty provision. Technically unavoidable trace quantities from impurities, the manufacturing process, storage or packaging migration do not cause a violation (§108980(d)). AB 496's chaptered text has only the 2027-01-01 date for (b): no small-business exemption, no phase-in and no sell-through. Boric-acid vaginal suppository rule, §108980(f) (added by SB 39, 2025 urgency statute chaptered Oct. 1, 2025, merged into the code by AB 60 §2.5): from 2027-01-01 such products need a long WARNING label statement; their ban is deferred to 2035-01-01; and neither applies if the product becomes FDA-regulated as a drug. All other boric acid / borate uses in cosmetics remain on the 2027-01-01 list. SB 39 also added a 'Product label' definition to §108982(d); it did not change the (a) list, the (b) list or any other date. Items (b)(27)-(30) (musk ambrette, tibetene, moskene, xylene) were added by AB 60 (Stats. 2025, ch. 432, effective 2026-01-01) with the same 2027-01-01 date. (b)(19)(C) also bans borates, tetraborates, octaborates and boric acid salts and esters as a class (see ca-borates).
“For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following definitions:”Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
“The term “cosmetic” does not include soap.”Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
“(e) For purposes of this section, “ingredient” has the same meaning as defined in Section 111791.5.”Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
“(d) “Ingredient” has the same meaning as that term is defined in subdivision (e) of Section 700.3 of Part 700 of Chapter 1 of Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations and does not include any incidental ingredient”Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
“If a cosmetic product made through manufacturing processes intended to comply with this chapter contains a technically unavoidable trace quantity of an ingredient listed in subdivision (a) or (b) and that trace quantity stems from impurities of natural or synthetic ingredients, the manufacturing process, storage, or migration from packaging, that trace quantity shall not cause the cosmetic product to be in violation of this section.”Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
“This bill would, commencing January 1, 2027, expand that prohibition by adding specified banned ingredients.”Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
“(2) Commencing January 1, 2035, no person or entity shall manufacture, sell, deliver, hold, or offer for sale in commerce a vaginal suppository product that contains intentionally added boric acid (CAS nos. 10043-35-3 and 11113-50-1).”Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
“(f) (1) Commencing January 1, 2027, a person or entity that manufactures, sells, delivers, holds, or offers for sale in commerce a vaginal suppository product containing intentionally added boric acid (CAS nos. 10043-35-3 and 11113-50-1) shall include on the product label the following statement:”Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
“(3) Paragraphs (1) and (2) shall not apply to a vaginal suppository product containing intentionally added boric acid (CAS nos. 10043-35-3 and 11113-50-1) if the product becomes regulated as a drug by the United States Food and Drug Administration.”Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
“This bill would extend that prohibition to January 1, 2035, for vaginal suppositories containing intentionally added boric acid.”Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
“This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety”Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Cal. Health & Safety Code § 108980(c) · first date: January 1, 2027
“(c) (1) Commencing January 1, 2027, a person or entity shall not manufacture, sell, deliver, hold, or offer for sale in commerce a cosmetic product that contains more than 1.4 percent in fine fragrance products, 0.56 percent in eau de toilette, 0 percent in oral products, and 0.042 percent in all other products of musk ketone (CAS no. 81-14-1).”Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
“(c) (1) Commencing January 1, 2027, a person or entity shall not manufacture, sell, deliver, hold, or offer for sale in commerce a cosmetic product that contains more than 1.4 percent in fine fragrance products”Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
“The bill would also, beginning January 1, 2027, prohibit the use of musk ketone in cosmetic products in excess of specified amounts”Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
"Cosmetic product" as defined for Chapter 14 (HSC §108982(a)): an article for retail sale or professional use intended to be rubbed, poured, sprinkled, or sprayed on, introduced into, or otherwise applied to the human body for cleansing, beautifying, promoting attractiveness, or altering the appearance. No leave-on/rinse-off distinction. "Ingredient" in §108980 borrows the §111791.5 meaning (21 CFR 700.3(e), excluding incidental ingredients under 21 CFR 701.3(l)). Leave-on and rinse-off products.
Soap: Definition silent on soap. Definition silent; soap not expressly excluded. Chapter 14 has its own definition in §108982(a) (added by AB 2771, 2022, 'For purposes of this chapter'), which does not mention soap and does not borrow the Sherman Law definition. The Sherman Law definition of 'cosmetic' (HSC §109900, Part 5) does say it does not include soap, but nothing in Chapter 14 cross-references §109900. §108980(e) borrows only the word 'ingredient' from §111791.5, which has no 'cosmetic' or soap definition.
“(a) “Cosmetic product” means an article for retail sale or professional use intended to be rubbed, poured, sprinkled, or sprayed on, introduced into, or otherwise applied to the human body for cleansing, beautifying, promoting attractiveness, or altering the appearance.”Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Sell-through: None in the text.
Concentration limit, not an 'intentionally added' ban. 'Fine fragrance products' and 'eau de toilette' are not defined in the statute; 'oral products' is. The trace-quantity clause in §108980(d) refers only to subdivisions (a) and (b), not (c). No small-business exemption or sell-through period in the text. Chapter 14 names no enforcement agency.
“For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following definitions:”Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
“The term “cosmetic” does not include soap.”Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
“(e) For purposes of this section, “ingredient” has the same meaning as defined in Section 111791.5.”Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
“(d) “Ingredient” has the same meaning as that term is defined in subdivision (e) of Section 700.3 of Part 700 of Chapter 1 of Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations and does not include any incidental ingredient”Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
“(2) “Oral products” means a cosmetic product that is intended to be applied on teeth or the mucous membranes of the oral cavity.”Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
All intentionally added PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) · from January 1, 2025 · Cal. Health & Safety Code § 108981.5 (definitions § 108982)
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“Beginning January 1, 2025, no person or entity shall manufacture, sell, deliver, hold, or offer for sale in commerce any cosmetic product that contains intentionally added perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).”Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Definition:
“(b) “Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances” or “PFAS” means a class of fluorinated organic chemicals containing at least one fully fluorinated carbon atom.”Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
Borates, tetraborates, octaborates, and boric acid salts and esters (any, not only the 12 named) · from January 1, 2027 · Cal. Health & Safety Code § 108980(b)
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“(C) Borates, tetraborates, octaborates, and boric acid salts and esters, including all of the following:”Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov