CA SB 39
enactedCosmetic safety: vaginal suppositories.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper
Quick answers
Did CA SB 39 pass?
Yes. CA SB 39 has been enacted into law as of 2025-10-01. Latest recorded action (2025-10-01): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 208, Statutes of 2025.
What is CA SB 39 about?
Existing law, beginning on January 1, 2027, prohibits a person or entity from manufacturing, selling, delivering, holding, or offering for sale in commerce any cosmetic product that contains any of several specified intentionally added ingredients, including boric acid, except under specified circumstances. This bill would extend that prohibition to January 1, 2035, for vaginal suppositories containing intentionally added boric acid. The bill would require, beginning on January 1, 2027, any vaginal suppository product containing boric acid to include a product label, as defined, warning consumers that the product should not be used during pregnancy and other specified conditions. The bill would also exempt a vaginal suppository product from the above-mentioned prohibitions if the product becomes regulated by the United States Food and Drug Administration. The bill would make related findings and declarations. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 108980 of the Health and Safety Code proposed by AB 60 to be operative only if this bill and AB 60 are enacted and this bill is enacted last. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Who sponsors CA SB 39?
Weber Pierson is the primary sponsor of CA SB 39.
Description
Existing law, beginning on January 1, 2027, prohibits a person or entity from manufacturing, selling, delivering, holding, or offering for sale in commerce any cosmetic product that contains any of several specified intentionally added ingredients, including boric acid, except under specified circumstances. This bill would extend that prohibition to January 1, 2035, for vaginal suppositories containing intentionally added boric acid. The bill would require, beginning on January 1, 2027, any vaginal suppository product containing boric acid to include a product label, as defined, warning consumers that the product should not be used during pregnancy and other specified conditions. The bill would also exempt a vaginal suppository product from the above-mentioned prohibitions if the product becomes regulated by the United States Food and Drug Administration. The bill would make related findings and declarations. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 108980 of the Health and Safety Code proposed by AB 60 to be operative only if this bill and AB 60 are enacted and this bill is enacted last. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
- Introduced
- 2024-12-03
- Latest action
- 2025-10-01 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 208, Statutes of 2025.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Weber Piersonauthor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2024-12-03
Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
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2024-12-04
(Corrected January 2).
2024-12-04
From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 3.
2025-01-06
Read first time.
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2025-01-29
Referred to Com. on E.Q.
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2025-02-11
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.Q.
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2025-02-25
Set for hearing March 5.
2025-02-27
March 5 hearing postponed by committee.
2025-03-03
Set for hearing March 19.
2025-03-19
From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 421.) (March 19).
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2025-03-20
Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.
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2025-03-28
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 584.) Ordered to the Assembly.
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2025-03-28
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
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2025-04-28
Referred to Com. on E.S & T.M.
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2025-05-08
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.S & T.M.
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2025-06-12
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.S & T.M.
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2025-06-18
From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 17).
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2025-06-19
Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.
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2025-06-27
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2341.) Ordered to the Senate.
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2025-06-27
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2025-07-17
Ordered to the Assembly.
2025-07-17
In Assembly. Held at Desk.
2025-08-18
Ordered to third reading.
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2025-08-18
Action rescinded whereby bill was read a third time, urgency clause adopted, passed, and ordered to the Senate.
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2025-09-02
Read third time and amended.
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2025-09-02
Ordered to third reading.
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2025-09-08
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2980.) Ordered to the Senate.
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2025-09-08
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2025-09-11
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2901.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
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2025-09-22
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
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2025-10-01
Approved by the Governor.
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2025-10-01
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 208, Statutes of 2025.
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Versions
- 12/03/24 - Introduced — 2024-12-03Compare
- 02/11/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-02-11Compare
- 05/08/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-05-08Compare
- 06/12/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-06-12Compare
- 09/02/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-09-02Compare
- 09/13/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-13Compare
- 10/01/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-01Compare
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Votes
Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar
2025-03-19 · pass · 8-0
Member-level votes (8)
- Padilla: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Dahle: yes
Consent Calendar 2nd SB39 Weber Pierson Urgency Clause
2025-03-28 · pass · 34-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Arreguín: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Choi: yes
- Laird: yes
- Limón: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Allen: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Niello: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Grove: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Stern: yes
- McGuire: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Hurtado: other
- Becker: other
- Weber Pierson: other
- Alvarado-Gil: other
- Jones: other
- Reyes: other
Do pass. To Consent Calendar.
2025-06-17 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Papan: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Lee: yes
- Ellis: yes
- McKinnor: yes
SB 39 Weber Pierson Consent Calendar Second Day
2025-06-27 · pass · 75-0
Member-level votes (79)
- Davies: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Berman: yes
- Papan: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Solache: yes
- Fong: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Rivas: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Krell: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Haney: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Lee: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Ward: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Patel: yes
- Addis: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Soria: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Bains: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Ta: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Chen: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Hart: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: other
- Flora: other
- Blanca Rubio: other
- Pellerin: other
SB 39 Weber Pierson Third Reading Urgency By Irwin
2025-09-08 · pass · 78-0
Member-level votes (80)
- Addis: yes
- Haney: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Berman: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Solache: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Zbur: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Patel: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Hart: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Soria: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Papan: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Davies: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Krell: yes
- Chen: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Bains: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Lee: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Ta: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Macedo: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Ward: yes
- Fong: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Flora: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Nguyen: other
- Muratsuchi: other
Unfinished Business SB39 Weber Pierson Urgency Clause Concurrence
2025-09-11 · pass · 40-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Valladares: yes
- Umberg: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Jones: yes
- Reyes: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Allen: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Limón: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Niello: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Choi: yes
- Laird: yes
- Stern: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Grove: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Becker: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Wahab: yes
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