No. SB 1418
Filed under Healthcare.
Testing of Cosmetics on Animals; Citing this act as the “Sickles High School Ought to be a Law Cosmetic Animal Testing Act of 2026”; prohibiting manufacturers from using animal testing as part of the cosmetics manufacturing process; prohibiting manufacturers from repackaging, selling, holding, or offering for sale cosmetics that have been tested on animals; providing that manufacturers, upon issuance of a cosmetic manufacturer permit, consent to specified inspections by the Department of Business and Professional Regulation, etc.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDCosmetics manufacturers can no longer test their products on animals during manufacturing, or sell, repackage, or hold cosmetics that were tested on animals anywhere in the supply chain, starting January 1, 2027.
Exceptions remain for animal testing required by federal law, demanded by a foreign country's regulators, or done for a non-cosmetic purpose whose results are not used to evaluate a cosmetic's safety.
Manufacturers must let state inspectors into their facilities every year and certify compliance annually. Violations bring a misdemeanor charge plus a $5,000 fine per day the violation continues.
Small manufacturers making $25,000 or less a year in cosmetics sales no longer qualify for the no-permit exemption if they test on animals; they must get a permit like everyone else.
AIA cosmetics manufacturer may no longer use animal testing as any part of the process used to manufacture its products, regardless of where in the supply chain that testing would occur.
AIEven if a manufacturer did not do the testing itself, it may not repackage, sell, hold, or offer for sale any cosmetic product that was tested on animals at any point.
AIViolating the ban is a second-degree misdemeanor, and on top of that criminal charge, the department can levy a $5,000 administrative penalty for each violation, with every day of an ongoing violation counted separately.
AIGetting a cosmetic manufacturer permit now means automatically consenting to a yearly inspection by the department to check compliance with the animal-testing ban and related rules.
AIManufacturers with $25,000 or less in annual cosmetics sales are normally exempt from needing a permit at all, but that exemption no longer applies to a small manufacturer that tests on animals.
AIEvery cosmetic manufacturer permit holder must send the department written documentation, by January 31 each year, verifying that it complied with the animal-testing ban during the prior year.