SEARCH SITE
VIRGINIA LAW PORTAL
- Code of Virginia
- Virginia Administrative Code
- Constitution of Virginia
- Charters
- Authorities
- Compacts
- Uncodified Acts
- RIS Users (account required)
SEARCHABLE DATABASES
- Bills & Resolutions
session legislation - Bill Summaries
session summaries - Reports to the General Assembly
House and Senate documents - Legislative Liaisons
State agency contacts
ACROSS SESSIONS
- Subject Index: Since 1995
- Bills & Resolutions: Since 1994
- Summaries: Since 1994
Developed and maintained by the Division of Legislative Automated Systems.
2019 SESSION
SB 1642 Cosmetics; animal testing prohibited, penalty.
Introduced by: Jennifer B. Boysko | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Cosmetics animal testing products; prohibition; penalty. Prohibits a cosmetics manufacturer from selling a cosmetic for which such manufacturer or a cosmetics supplier conducted or contracted for a cosmetics animal test, defined in the bill, with certain exceptions. The bill also authorizes any retailer found to be selling a cosmetic for which a cosmetics animal test was conducted to sell any remaining stock of such product for 180 days after learning that a cosmetics animal test was conducted for the product, but prohibits such retailer from restocking, purchasing, or acquiring any additional inventory of such cosmetic. The bill authorizes the attorney for the Commonwealth in the jurisdiction in which a violation occurs to bring a civil action in the appropriate circuit court for injunctive relief and subjects any cosmetics manufacturer who violates such prohibitions to a civil penalty of up to $5,000 and an additional $1,000 for each day the violation continues. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2020.
FULL TEXT
- 01/09/19 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19104530D pdf
- 01/22/19 Senate: Printed as engrossed 19104530D-E pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/09/19 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19104530D
- 01/09/19 Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 01/17/19 Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendment (8-Y 7-N)
- 01/21/19 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/22/19 Senate: Read second time
- 01/22/19 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 01/22/19 Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
- 01/22/19 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1642E
- 01/22/19 Senate: Printed as engrossed 19104530D-E
- 01/23/19 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (22-Y 17-N)
- 01/23/19 Senate: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/23/19 Senate: Passed Senate (22-Y 18-N)
- 01/29/19 House: Placed on Calendar
- 01/29/19 House: Read first time
- 01/29/19 House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 02/11/19 House: Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely (5-Y 3-N)
- 02/19/19 House: Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources