Senate Business, Labor, & Technology

The Senate Business, labor and Technology Committee will come to order. Ms. Chapman, please call the roll. Senator Judah. Excused. Liston. Here. Pelton. Here. Nixon. Here. Madam Chair. Here. Okay, welcome folks. First on the list we have House Bill 1135. Welcome Senators Benavidez and Marchman. Please tell us about your measure. Senator Marchman. Thank you, Madam Chair. And thank you, committee. House Bill 1135 is a pretty simple and narrow bill. All it's going to do is add a warning label on hair products that already contain known carcinogens or reproductive toxicants. So the science has been building for more than a decade. Women who used chemical hair straightening products frequently were 2.5 times more likely to develop uterine cancer. So now there are more than 11,000 plaintiffs in an active multi district lawsuit in Illinois against some of these manufacturers. The federal government has had years to act on banning formaldehyde and some of these other dangerous chemicals, but they have not done it. And so all this, this bill will do is require a warning label saying that something causes cancer or causes reproductive harm. I'd ask for your. I vote Senator Benavidez. Trying to figure out…