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type: "Bill"
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title: "Cosmetics: chemical hair relaxers."
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description: "Existing law prohibits a person or entity from manufacturing, selling, delivering, holding, or offering for sale in commerce any cosmetic product that contains any of several specified intentionally added ingredients except under specified circumstances."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20252026"
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identifier: "SB 236"
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citation: "California SB 236 (20252026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Cosmetics", "chemicalhairrelaxers"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Weber Pierson"]
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version_count: 11
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action_count: 36
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vote_count: 10
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first_action: "2025-01-29"
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last_action: "2025-10-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e0a10008-70ea-4f4e-a754-320eb34604dd"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB236"
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source_hash: "881881e1382e16ff78f14fc6f1ea1aee89480ad4bf551c75f27fd4aec109f0a9"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California SB 236 (20252026) — Cosmetics: chemical hair relaxers.
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Existing law prohibits a person or entity from manufacturing, selling, delivering, holding, or offering for sale in commerce any cosmetic product that contains any of several specified intentionally added ingredients except under specified circumstances.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **01/29/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB236&version=20250SB23699INT)
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2. **03/26/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB236&version=20250SB23698AMD)
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3. **04/09/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB236&version=20250SB23697AMD)
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4. **05/01/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB236&version=20250SB23696AMD)
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5. **06/25/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB236&version=20250SB23695AMD)
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6. **07/17/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB236&version=20250SB23694AMD)
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7. **09/02/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB236&version=20250SB23693AMD)
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8. **09/04/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB236&version=20250SB23692AMD)
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9. **10/11/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB236&version=20250SB23690CHP)
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10. **SB236** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB236)
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11. **09/13/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB236&version=20250SB23691ENR)
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## Votes
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- Unfinished Business SB236 Weber Pierson Concurrence — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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- SB 236 Weber Pierson Senate Third Reading By Elhawary — **78–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **8–0** (pass) · upper
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- Placed on suspense file — **5–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **12–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper
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- Special Consent SB236 Weber Pierson — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **13–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Weber Pierson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-29** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-01-30** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 1.
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- **2025-02-05** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-26** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-02** Re-referred to Coms. on E.Q. and JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-04** Set for hearing April 23.
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- **2025-04-09** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-10** Set for hearing April 29 in JUD. pending receipt.
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- **2025-04-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 866.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-30** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 938.) (April 29). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-01** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-09** Set for hearing May 19.
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- **2025-05-19** May 19 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
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- **2025-05-20** Set for hearing May 23.
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- **2025-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1192.) (May 23). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-05-27** Ordered to special consent calendar.
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- **2025-05-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1323.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-05-29** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2025-06-05** Referred to Coms. on E.S & T.M. and JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-25** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.S & T.M. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2025-07-02** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2025-07-16** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (July 15). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-07-17** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2025-08-20** August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
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- **2025-08-29** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 29). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-09-02** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-09-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-09-04** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-09-04** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2025-09-08** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2997.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-09-08** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2025-09-11** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2901.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-09-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
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- **2025-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2025-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 598, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e0a10008-70ea-4f4e-a754-320eb34604dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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