House Business Affairs & Labor

Thank you all for waiting. We've had some late morning meetings, but here we are. Business affairs and labor will come to order. Ms. Haroja, please call the roll. Representatives Bradley. Excuse. Brooks. Present. English. Here. Kelty. Here. Leader. Present. Mabry. Here. Marshall. Here. Morrow. Here. Richardson. Here. Sukla. Here. Zai. Here. Camacho. Excused. Madam Chair. Present. Okay, it looks like our bill sponsors are in the room. We're going to get started. Who wants to go first? Representative English thank you, Madam Chair. In committee, we are presenting House Bill 26:1135 because this is, at its core, a woman's health and consumer protection issue grounded in documented public health concerns. Women, girls and salon professionals use hair products regularly and repeatedly over the course of years, often beginning in childhood. That level of long term exposure matters, especially when credible research has already identified the presence of potential harmful and in some cases carcinogenic chemicals in certain hair products and synthetic hair materials. For example, NIH funded research has found that frequent use of chemical hair straighteners is associated with a higher risk of uterine cancer. Other scientific and consumer testing analysis have detected chemicals such as benzene, methylene…