---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Health - Cosmetic Products - Ingredient Prohibition"
description: "Public Health - Cosmetic Products - Ingredient Prohibition"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 643"
citation: "Maryland HB 643 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Palakovich Carr"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-22"
last_action: "2021-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7a77344a-5267-461e-9ffa-d5c5a98150ab"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0643?ys=2021RS&search=True"
source_hash: "0e5889465d1f685f905f510dce9a89c7d68c2f537ab3f3b2ded98c40588f611a"
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-md"]
---

# Maryland HB 643 (2021) — Public Health - Cosmetic Products - Ingredient Prohibition

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Public Health - Cosmetic Products - Ingredient Prohibition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/Chapters_noln/CH_490_hb0643t.pdf)
2. **First - Public Health - Cosmetic Products - Ingredient Prohibition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0643f.pdf)
3. **Third - Public Health - Cosmetic Products - Ingredient Prohibition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0643t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **99–35** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Palakovich Carr — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-22** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-29** Hearing 2/16 at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-15** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2021-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-18** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-19** Hearing 3/24 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2021-04-05** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-05** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-05** Second Reading Passed
- **2021-04-06** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-06** Returned Passed
- **2021-05-30** Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 490 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7a77344a-5267-461e-9ffa-d5c5a98150ab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).