California legislation requires ingredients in auto parts be listed on product

Legislation (A.B. 708) to require manufacturers of designated consumer products, including automotive products, to post ingredients on the product label and online on the manufacturer’s website was approved by the Assembly Business and Professions Committee on an 8 – 6 vote.  An amended version of the bill will next be considered in the Appropriations Committee.  Under current law, ingredients in automotive products are not required to be listed on product labels. 

We Urge You to Contact All Members of the Appropriations Committee (List Attached) Immediately To Oppose A.B. 708

• A.B. 708 would make it a crime to manufacture, distribute, and sell automotive products after Jan. 1, 2017 that do not have a label listing ingredients and a manufacturer webpage address at which product ingredient information can also be found.  As amended, the bill now requires only the 20 most prevalent ingredients to be listed on the label, but all ingredients must still be listed on the company’s website and the label must indicate how many ingredients are not listed on the label but viewable on their website. 

• A.B. 708 would apply to “automotive products,” specifically, all chemically formulated products for maintaining the appearance of a vehicle, including products for washing, waxing, polishing, cleaning or treating the exterior or interior surfaces of a vehicle, but excluding automotive paint and paint repair products. 

• A.B. 708 is an unnecessary burden on sellers of automotive products because Proposition 65 already requires warnings be included on certain consumer products containing more than trace amounts of harmful chemicals. The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment implements Prop. 65, while the duplicative labeling requirements proposed in A.B. 708 would be enforced by the Department of Toxic Substances Control.  This regulatory separation would force businesses to consult two different agencies to determine what information their labels must contain under two separate chemical labeling laws.   

DON’T DELAY! Please contact members of the Assembly Appropriations Committee to oppose A.B. 708!

Please also e-mail a copy of your letter to Steve McDonald at [email protected].  Also, please forward this Alert to other interested businesses.  Urge them to join the SAN and help defend the industry! Thank you for your assistance. 

California Assembly Appropriations Committee

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Assemblymember Jimmy Gomez (Chair)

Phone: (916) 319-2051

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Assemblymember Frank Bigelow (Vice-Chair)

Phone: (916) 319-2005

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Assemblymember Richard Bloom

Phone: (916) 319-2050

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Assemblymember Rob Bonta

Phone: (916) 319-2018

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Assemblymember Ian C. Calderon

Phone: (916) 319-2057

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Assemblymember Ling Ling Chang

Phone: (916) 319-2055

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Assemblymember Tom Daly

Phone: (916) 319-2069

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Assemblymember Susan Talamantes Eggman

Phone: (916) 319-2013

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Assemblymember James Gallagher

Phone: (916) 319-2003

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Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia

Phone: (916) 319-2056

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Assemblymember Chris R. Holden

Phone: (916) 319-2041

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Assemblymember Brian W. Jones

Phone: (916) 319-2071

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Assemblymember Bill Quirk

Phone: (916) 319-2020

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Assemblymember Anthony Rendon

Phone: (916) 319-2063

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Assemblymember Donald P. Wagner

Phone: (916) 319-2068

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Assemblymember Shirley N. Weber

Phone: (916) 319-2079

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Assemblymember Jim Wood

Phone: (916) 319-2002

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