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Bill	Hazardous substances: cosmetics: disinfectants: safety documents.	Existing law, the Hazardous Substances Information and Training Act, prescribes the rights and duties of employers who use hazardous substances, people who sell a hazardous substance to employers in California, and manufacturers who produce or sell hazardous substances. Existing law requires the Director of Industrial Relations to establish a list of hazardous substances and make the list available to manufacturers, employers, and the public. Existing law requires the manufacturer of a hazardous substance on that list to prepare and provide its direct purchasers of the hazardous substance a material safety data sheet, referred to as an MSDS, containing specified information that is current, accurate, and complete.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20192020	AB 647	California AB 647 (20192020)	bill	Hazardous substances: cosmetics: disinfectants: safety documents.	enacted	Kalra	9	33	8	2019-02-15	2019-09-20	openstates	ocd-bill/3f9c522f-7204-46b1-9c4a-dde43078c41f	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB647	edc29825bdb3a54d83228c2c20efd23f4f6b37b00aeea3e9556e17f9f8c875c6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 647 (20192020) — Hazardous substances: cosmetics: disinfectants: safety documents.

Existing law, the Hazardous Substances Information and Training Act, prescribes the rights and duties of employers who use hazardous substances, people who sell a hazardous substance to employers in California, and manufacturers who produce or sell hazardous substances. Existing law requires the Director of Industrial Relations to establish a list of hazardous substances and make the list available to manufacturers, employers, and the public. Existing law requires the manufacturer of a hazardous substance on that list to prepare and provide its direct purchasers of the hazardous substance a material safety data sheet, referred to as an MSDS, containing specified information that is current, accurate, and complete.

Version chain

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

1. 02/15/19 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/14/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/09/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/24/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/01/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/03/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/20/19 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB647 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/13/19 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 647 Kalra Assembly Third Reading — 59–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Labor, Public Employment and Retirement ] — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Labor and Employment] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB647 Kalra By Hill — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 647 Kalra Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 75–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Kalra — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-15 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2019-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
• 2019-02-25 Referred to Coms. on E.S. & T.M. and L. & E. referral-committee
• 2019-03-14 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.S. & T.M. Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2019-03-18 Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. referral-committee
• 2019-03-26 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2019-04-10 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-04-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-05-09 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2019-05-13 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2019-05-13 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 1609.)
• 2019-05-15 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (May 15). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2019-05-16 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-05-20 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 59. Noes 1. Page 1728.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-05-20 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2019-05-29 Referred to Coms. on EQ. and L., P.E. & R. referral-committee
• 2019-06-20 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on L., P.E. & R. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 19). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2019-06-24 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-06-27 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 26). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2019-07-01 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-08-12 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2019-08-13 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-08-15 From Consent Calendar.
• 2019-08-15 Ordered to third reading.
• 2019-09-03 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-09-04 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-09-09 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2699.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-09-09 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2019-09-10 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3252.)
• 2019-09-10 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 3300.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-09-18 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2019-09-20 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2019-09-20 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 305, Statutes of 2019.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3f9c522f-7204-46b1-9c4a-dde43078c41f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).