---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hazardous substances: cosmetics: disinfectants: safety documents."
description: "Existing law, the Hazardous Substances Information and Training Act, prescribes the rights and duties of employers who use hazardous substances, people who sell a hazardous substance to employers in California, and manufacturers who produce or sell hazardous substances. Existing law requires the Director of Industrial Relations to establish a list of hazardous substances and make the list available to manufacturers, employers, and the public. Existing law requires the manufacturer of a hazardous substance on that list to prepare and provide its direct purchasers of the hazardous substance a material safety data sheet, referred to as an MSDS, containing specified information that is current, accurate, and complete."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 647"
citation: "California AB 647 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hazardous substances: cosmetics: disinfectants: safety documents."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kalra"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 33
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2019-02-15"
last_action: "2019-09-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3f9c522f-7204-46b1-9c4a-dde43078c41f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB647"
source_hash: "edc29825bdb3a54d83228c2c20efd23f4f6b37b00aeea3e9556e17f9f8c875c6"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 647 (20192020) — Hazardous substances: cosmetics: disinfectants: safety documents.

Existing law, the Hazardous Substances Information and Training Act, prescribes the rights and duties of employers who use hazardous substances, people who sell a hazardous substance to employers in California, and manufacturers who produce or sell hazardous substances. Existing law requires the Director of Industrial Relations to establish a list of hazardous substances and make the list available to manufacturers, employers, and the public. Existing law requires the manufacturer of a hazardous substance on that list to prepare and provide its direct purchasers of the hazardous substance a material safety data sheet, referred to as an MSDS, containing specified information that is current, accurate, and complete.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/15/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB647&version=20190AB64799INT)
2. **03/14/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB647&version=20190AB64798AMD)
3. **05/09/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB647&version=20190AB64797AMD)
4. **06/24/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB647&version=20190AB64796AMD)
5. **07/01/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB647&version=20190AB64795AMD)
6. **09/03/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB647&version=20190AB64794AMD)
7. **09/20/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB647&version=20190AB64792CHP)
8. **AB647** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB647)
9. **09/13/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB647&version=20190AB64793ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 647 Kalra Assembly Third Reading — **59–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Labor, Public Employment and Retirement ] — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Labor and Employment] — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB647 Kalra By Hill — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 647 Kalra Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **75–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kalra — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-02-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2019-02-25** Referred to Coms. on E.S. & T.M. and L. & E. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-14** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.S. & T.M. Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-18** Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2019-04-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-13** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-13** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 1609.)
- **2019-05-15** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (May 15). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-05-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 59. Noes 1. Page 1728.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-05-20** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-29** Referred to Coms. on EQ. and L., P.E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-20** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on L., P.E. & R. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 19). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-06-24** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-27** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 26). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-07-01** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-08-12** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2019-08-13** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-08-15** From Consent Calendar.
- **2019-08-15** Ordered to third reading.
- **2019-09-03** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-09-04** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-09-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2699.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-09-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2019-09-10** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3252.)
- **2019-09-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 3300.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-09-18** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2019-09-20** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-09-20** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 305, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3f9c522f-7204-46b1-9c4a-dde43078c41f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).