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Bill	Menstrual Products Right to Know Act of 2020.	Existing law, the Sherman Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Law, regulates the manufacturing, distribution, and labeling of various drugs and cosmetics, including requiring that cosmetics manufacturers provide the Division of Environmental and Occupational Disease Control within the State Department of Public Health with a complete and accurate list of its cosmetic products that, as of the date of submission, are sold in the state and that contain any ingredient that is a chemical identified as causing cancer or reproductive toxicity. Violation of these provisions is a misdemeanor.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20192020	AB 1989	California AB 1989 (20192020)	bill	Menstrual Products Right to Know Act of 2020.	enacted	Cristina Garcia	9	27	6	2020-01-27	2020-09-29	openstates	ocd-bill/f96ee8f7-9dde-4635-911c-5c69691e2c58	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1989	1f1a96522b024e38470fb614b5fa3fd52b7f382a6ae0594a2ac63e0fac2d94a3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1989 (20192020) — Menstrual Products Right to Know Act of 2020.

Existing law, the Sherman Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Law, regulates the manufacturing, distribution, and labeling of various drugs and cosmetics, including requiring that cosmetics manufacturers provide the Division of Environmental and Occupational Disease Control within the State Department of Public Health with a complete and accurate list of its cosmetic products that, as of the date of submission, are sold in the state and that contain any ingredient that is a chemical identified as causing cancer or reproductive toxicity. Violation of these provisions is a misdemeanor.

Version chain

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

1. 01/27/20 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/18/20 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/10/20 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/14/20 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/03/20 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/25/20 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/29/20 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB1989 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/04/20 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 1989 Cristina Garcia Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 73–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–1 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB1989 Cristina Garcia By Skinner — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1989 Cristina Garcia Assembly Third Reading — 67–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Cristina Garcia — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-27 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2020-01-28 From printer. May be heard in committee February 27.
• 2020-02-27 Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and E.S. & T.M. referral-committee
• 2020-03-16 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2020-03-16 Re-referred to Coms. on E.S. & T.M. and HEALTH pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. referral-committee
• 2020-05-14 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (May 14). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2020-05-18 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2020-05-19 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2020-06-02 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (June 2). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2020-06-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2020-06-10 Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 4746.) amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2020-06-15 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 67. Noes 0. Page 4852.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2020-06-16 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2020-07-01 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2020-07-14 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction
• 2020-08-01 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 1). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2020-08-03 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2020-08-13 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2020-08-14 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2020-08-25 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2020-08-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2020-08-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2020-08-30 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2020-08-31 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 5424.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-09-15 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2020-09-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2020-09-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 272, Statutes of 2020.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f96ee8f7-9dde-4635-911c-5c69691e2c58. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).