---
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: "SB 656"
citation: "Maryland SB 656 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Henson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-06"
last_action: "2026-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/24564f5e-5557-44bd-b472-4dac3a76748d"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0656?ys=2026RS"
source_hash: "b1850ff12ee23cbf9ed6c4fde2ba35f5502274ba49107eba3c8dba9e58df9d6f"
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 SB 656 (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_283_sb0656e.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/sb/sb0656e.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/sb/sb0656f.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/sb/sb0656t.pdf)

## Votes

- Bill is on Third Reading for Final Passage. — **32–10** (pass) · upper
- On Third Reading (Amend) — **101–34** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **34–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Henson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-06** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-12** Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-17** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-03-19** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-03-20** Referred Health `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-24** Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2026-04-03** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-03** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2026-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-09** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2026-04-09** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-09** Passed Enrolled
- **2026-04-28** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 283 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/24564f5e-5557-44bd-b472-4dac3a76748d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).