S2275 • 2026

Establishes certain testing, certification, and labeling requirements for manufacturers and sellers of final hair products; establishes limits on amount of certain intentionally added chemicals. **

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Ruiz, M. Teresa
Last action: 2026-06-30
Official status: Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Consumer Affairs Committee
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Establishes certain testing, certification, and labeling requirements for manufacturers and sellers of final hair products; establishes limits on amount of certain intentionally added chemicals. **

Establishes certain testing, certification, and labeling requirements for manufacturers and sellers of final hair products; establishes limits on amount of certain intentionally added chemicals.

What This Bill Does

Establishes certain testing, certification, and labeling requirements for manufacturers and sellers of final hair products; establishes limits on amount of certain intentionally added chemicals.
** Topic: Consumer Affairs Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

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Bill History

2026-06-30 New Jersey Legislature
Passed by the Senate (40-0)
2026-06-30 New Jersey Legislature
Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Consumer Affairs Committee
2026-06-18 New Jersey Legislature
Senate Amendment (Voice) (Ruiz)
2026-06-08 New Jersey Legislature
Reported from Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading
2026-01-13 New Jersey Legislature
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Commerce Committee

Official Summary Text

Establishes certain testing, certification, and labeling requirements for manufacturers and sellers of final hair products; establishes limits on amount of certain intentionally added chemicals. **
Topic:
Consumer Affairs
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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S2275 1R Senate Statement 6/18/26

STATEMENT TO

[First Reprint]

SENATE, No. 2275

with Senate Floor
Amendments

(Proposed by
Senator RUIZ)

ADOPTED: JUNE 18,
2026

����� These floor amendments:

����� (1)� limit the amount of intentionally added chemicals
in a final hair product� as follows:

����� -A manufacturer of a final hair product is prohibited
from selling, offering for sale, or distributing a final hair product in the
State, including through an Internet transaction, if the final hair product
contains an intentionally added carcinogen or intentionally added reproductive
toxicant exceeding the measured toxicity of 100 parts per million; and

����� -A manufacturer is prohibited from selling, offering
for sale, or distributing a final hair product in the State, including through
an Internet transaction, if the final hair product contains an intentionally
added volatile organic compound that is a carcinogen or a reproductive
toxicant, with a measured toxicity greater than 100 parts per million;

����� (2)� require a manufacturer of a final hair product to
test and certify that the final hair product it produces meets the standards
and labeling requirements required by the bill;

����� (3) require a person or entity selling at retail a
final hair product or a salon or a school for cosmetology or hairstyling using
a final hair product to disclose that a final hair product may contain a
chemical or chemicals that may cause certain illnesses and medical conditions;

����� (4) adds definitions for biological hair fiber,
natural hair fiber, and plant-based hair fiber to the bill and incorporates
those terms within the hair products being regulated; and

����� (5) change the definition of intentionally added
chemical to include volatile organic compound rather than volatile organic
toxicant.�