---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to hair relaxer labeling"
description: "Requires that hair relaxer products display labels when they contain certain dangerous chemicals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "A 1797"
citation: "New York A 1797 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alicia Hyndman"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-14"
last_action: "2025-11-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ad22e8a-83e3-47cf-b580-f7672cfc322b"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A1797"
source_hash: "b28deea395c8fca53cae8c7d3e4adde2411774e0adce3f3e2ae16af4db36cd91"
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-ny"]
---

# New York A 1797 (2025-2026) — Relates to hair relaxer labeling

Requires that hair relaxer products display labels when they contain certain dangerous chemicals.

## Version chain

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

1. **A1797** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A1797&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **148–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **60–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Alicia Hyndman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-14** REFERRED TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-24** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-04** REPORTED
- **2025-03-06** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.49
- **2025-03-10** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-03-10** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2025-03-10** REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-05** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6723
- **2025-06-05** 3RD READING CAL.1131
- **2025-06-05** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-05** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-11-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-11-21** SIGNED CHAP.508 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0ad22e8a-83e3-47cf-b580-f7672cfc322b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).