Bill > A4818

Introduced Session

This bill would prohibit the sale or offer for sale of cosmetics that were developed or manufactured using animal tests on or after January 1, 2020. Current law prohibits performing animal tests on products in New Jersey when there is an appropriate validated alternative test method. This bill would strengthen this prohibition with respect to cosmetics products, barring the sale of all cosmetics that were tested on animals, even if those tests were performed outside the State. Animal tests for cosmetics are frequently painful and harmful to the animal. Furthermore, alternative testing methods, such as the use of engineered human tissue and the use of computer models, are often cheaper and more accurate than animal testing, in addition to being cruelty-free. The bill would not apply to cosmetics that were sold in the State or tested on animals before January 1, 2020. In addition, the bill would not apply to cosmetics that are required by a federal or State regulatory agency to be tested on animals, provided that certain conditions apply. The bill would also not apply to cosmetics that are required by a foreign regulatory agency to be tested on animals, as long as the safety of such cosmetics is independently verified using non-animal tests. Violations of the provisions of the bill are punishable by fines of up to $1,000. The director of the Division of Consumer Affairs in the Department of Law and Public Safety would be permitted to enforce the provisions of this bill.

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Lisa Swain (D)*,  Anthony Verrelli (D)*,  Andrew Zwicker (D)*,  Pedro Mejia (D),  Verlina Reynolds-Jackson (D),  Kevin Rooney (R),  Chris Tully (D),  Valerie Vainieri Huttle (D), 

Assembly Consumer Affairs Hearing (19:00 11/14/2019 ) (on 11/14/2019)