---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Health - Cosmetic Products - Enforcement and Penalties for Prohibited Ingredients (Crown and Care Act - Protecting Communities from Harmful Hair Chemicals)"
description: "Public Health - Cosmetic Products - Enforcement and Penalties for Prohibited Ingredients (Crown and Care Act - Protecting Communities from Harmful Hair Chemicals)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1533"
citation: "Maryland HB 1533 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen", "Alston", "Bagnall", "Boyce", "Coley", "Cullison", "Fennell", "Guzzone", "Hill", "Hornberger", "Kaufman", "Lewis", "Lopez", "Martinez", "Miller", "Palakovich Carr", "Roberson", "Roberts", "Rosenberg", "Ross", "Shetty", "Stein", "White Holland", "Woorman"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-13"
last_action: "2026-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fc934944-03c6-4794-826e-2d6bfe8fe67f"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1533?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "0ec021452fffcba70d47b47e0c7c8d29de5e9557ace148d6910821aeb91c9d1b"
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 1533 (2026) — Public Health - Cosmetic Products - Enforcement and Penalties for Prohibited Ingredients (Crown and Care Act - Protecting Communities from Harmful Hair Chemicals)

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Public Health - Cosmetic Products - Enforcement and Penalties for Prohibited Ingredients (Crown and Care Act - Protecting Communities from Harmful Hair Chemicals)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_284_hb1533e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Public Health - Cosmetic Products - Enforcement and Penalties for Prohibited Ingredients (Crown and Care Act - Protecting Communities from Harmful Hair Chemicals)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1533e.pdf)
3. **First - Public Health - Cosmetic Products - Enforcement and Penalties for Prohibited Ingredients (Crown and Care Act - Protecting Communities from Harmful Hair Chemicals)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1533f.pdf)
4. **Third - Public Health - Cosmetic Products - Enforcement and Penalties for Prohibited Ingredients (Crown and Care Act - Protecting Communities from Harmful Hair Chemicals)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/hb/hb1533t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **101–34** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **33–13** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading — **106–30** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Allen — primary (person)
- Alston — primary (person)
- Bagnall — primary (person)
- Boyce — primary (person)
- Coley — primary (person)
- Cullison — primary (person)
- Fennell — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Hill — primary (person)
- Hornberger — primary (person)
- Kaufman — primary (person)
- Lewis — primary (person)
- Lopez — primary (person)
- Martinez — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Palakovich Carr — primary (person)
- Roberson — primary (person)
- Roberts — primary (person)
- Rosenberg — primary (person)
- Ross — primary (person)
- Shetty — primary (person)
- Stein — primary (person)
- White Holland — primary (person)
- Woorman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-13** First Reading Health `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-13** Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-03** Hearing canceled
- **2026-03-03** Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-23** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-23** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-23** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-23** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-23** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-10** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-10** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-10** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** House Concurs Senate Amendments
- **2026-04-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Passed Enrolled
- **2026-04-28** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 284 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fc934944-03c6-4794-826e-2d6bfe8fe67f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).