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| 4 | 3 | | State of Arkansas 1 |
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| 5 | 4 | | 95th General Assembly A Bill 2 |
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| 6 | 5 | | Regular Session, 2025 SENATE BILL 632 3 |
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| 8 | 7 | | By: Senator F. Love 5 |
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| 9 | 8 | | By: Representative T. Shephard 6 |
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| 11 | 10 | | For An Act To Be Entitled 8 |
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| 12 | 11 | | AN ACT TO AMEND THE FOOD, DRUG, AND COSMETIC ACT; TO 9 |
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| 13 | 12 | | REQUIRE WARNING LABELS FOR HAIR RELAXERS THAT CONTAIN 10 |
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| 14 | 13 | | CERTAIN CHEMICALS; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 11 |
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| 17 | 16 | | Subtitle 14 |
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| 18 | 17 | | TO AMEND THE FOOD, DRUG, AND COSMETIC 15 |
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| 19 | 18 | | ACT; AND TO REQUIRE WARNING LABELS FOR 16 |
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| 20 | 19 | | HAIR RELAXERS THAT CONTAIN CERTAIN 17 |
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| 21 | 20 | | CHEMICALS. 18 |
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| 23 | 22 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 20 |
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| 25 | 24 | | SECTION 1. Arkansas Code Title 20, Chapter 56, Subchapter 2, is 22 |
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| 26 | 25 | | amended to add an additional section to read as follows: 23 |
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| 27 | 26 | | 20-56-224. Labeling of hair relaxers — Legislative findings — 24 |
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| 28 | 27 | | Definitions. 25 |
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| 29 | 28 | | (a) The General Assembly finds that certain chemicals used in hair 26 |
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| 30 | 29 | | relaxers are linked to harmful impacts on health, such as cancer, birth 27 |
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| 31 | 30 | | defects, damage to the reproductive system, organ system toxicity, and 28 |
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| 32 | 31 | | endocrine disruption. 29 |
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| 33 | 32 | | (b) As used in this section: 30 |
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| 34 | 33 | | (1) Carcinogen" means any chemical identified as: 31 |
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| 35 | 34 | | (A) A "Group 1 carcinogen" or "Group 2A carcinogen" by the 32 |
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| 36 | 35 | | World Health Organization or International Agency for Research on Cancer; 33 |
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| 37 | 36 | | (B) A "known to be a human carcinogen" and "reasonably 34 |
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| 38 | 37 | | anticipated to be a human carcinogen" by the Secretary of the United States 35 |
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| 39 | 38 | | Department of Health and Human Services under the Public Health Service Act, 36 SB632 |
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| 42 | 41 | | 42 U.S.C. § 241(b)(4), existing on January 1, 2025; and 1 |
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| 43 | 42 | | (C) "Group A carcinogens" or "Group B carcinogens" by the 2 |
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| 44 | 43 | | United States Environmental Protection Agency; 3 |
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| 45 | 44 | | (2) “Hair relaxer” means any product topically applied to hair 4 |
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| 46 | 45 | | for the purpose of weakening the structure and curliness of the hair fiber 5 |
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| 47 | 46 | | and allowing for a straightening of the hair; and 6 |
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| 48 | 47 | | (3) "Reproductive toxicant" means any chemical identified as a 7 |
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| 49 | 48 | | reproductive or a developmental toxicant by the United States Department of 8 |
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| 50 | 49 | | Health and Human Services, National Toxicology Program, Center for the 9 |
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| 51 | 50 | | Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction. 10 |
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| 52 | 51 | | (c)(1) A hair relaxer being offered for sale in this state that 11 |
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| 53 | 52 | | contains a carcinogen or a reproductive toxicant shall provide a clear and 12 |
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| 54 | 53 | | conspicuous warning label displayed on the packaging or product itself, which 13 |
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| 55 | 54 | | shall be printed in type no less than size twelve -point font, that notifies 14 |
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| 56 | 55 | | the consumer at the time of the sale that the hair relaxer contains a 15 |
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| 57 | 56 | | carcinogen or reproductive toxicant. 16 |
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| 58 | 57 | | (2) The warning label shall state: 17 |
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| 59 | 58 | | (A) If a product contains a carcinogen: "This product 18 |
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| 60 | 59 | | contains a chemical known to cause cancer"; 19 |
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| 61 | 60 | | (B) If a product contains a reproductive toxicant: "This 20 |
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| 62 | 61 | | product contains a chemical known to cause birth defects or other 21 |
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| 63 | 62 | | reproductive harm"; or 22 |
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| 64 | 63 | | (C) If a product contains both a carcinogen and a 23 |
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| 65 | 64 | | reproductive toxicant: "This product contains chemicals known to cause cancer 24 |
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| 66 | 65 | | and birth defects or other reproductive harm". 25 |
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