No. HB 1333
Filed under Healthcare.
Testing of Cosmetics on Animals; Provides that it is unlawful for person to manufacture, repackage, sell, hold, or offer for sale cosmetics that have been tested on animals as part of manufacturing process; prohibits manufacturers from using animal testing as part of cosmetics manufacturing process; prohibits manufacturers from repackaging, selling, holding, or offering for sale cosmetics that have been tested on animals; provides that manufacturers, upon issuance of cosmetic manufacturer permit, consent to specified inspections by DBPR & to submit to DBPR certain written documentation by specified date each year; provides for criminal penalties; provides administrative penalty; provides for cause of action by DBPR.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDMakes it illegal to manufacture cosmetics using animal testing, or to repackage, sell, hold, or offer for sale any cosmetic that was tested on animals, with narrow exceptions for foreign or federal requirements.
Violators face a second-degree misdemeanor charge, a $5,000 administrative fine for each violation, and a separate fine for every day a violation continues.
Getting a cosmetic manufacturer permit means automatically consenting to an annual state inspection, and permit holders must file written proof of compliance every January.
A small-business exemption from needing a permit no longer applies to a manufacturer, however small, that tests its cosmetics on animals.
AIA cosmetics manufacturer may not use animal testing as part of making its products, with narrow exceptions for testing required by federal law, foreign regulators, or non-cosmetic purposes.
AISeparate from the manufacturing ban, a manufacturer may not repackage, sell, hold, or offer for sale any cosmetic that was tested on animals, regardless of where that testing occurred.
AIBeyond criminal charges, a violator faces a $5,000 administrative fine for each violation, and every day a violation continues counts as a separate violation, so fines can compound daily.
AIManufacturing, selling, or holding cosmetics tested on animals is also a crime -- a second-degree misdemeanor -- separate from and in addition to the administrative fine.
AIGetting a cosmetic manufacturer permit means automatically consenting to the state entering and inspecting the premises once a year to check compliance; refusing entry is itself a separate violation.
AIManufacturers with $25,000 or less in annual cosmetics sales are normally exempt from needing a permit, but that exemption no longer applies to one that tests its cosmetics on animals.
AIBeyond fines and criminal charges, the Department of Business and Professional Regulation may file suit or other legal proceedings to enforce compliance with the animal-testing ban.