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MarylandHB 15332026 Regular SessionHouseWALLET
Public Health - Cosmetic Products - Enforcement and Penalties for Prohibited Ingredients (Crown and Care Act - Protecting Communities from Harmful Hair Chemicals)
Sponsored By: Tiffany T. Alston (Democratic)
Signed by Governor
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
Banned hair chemicals and your rights
Beginning July 1, 2026, Maryland bans making, selling, or offering cosmetics that intentionally contain listed harmful chemicals. Makers, distributors, and retailers must comply. The Health Department can inspect locations at reasonable times and take product samples, and businesses may not block or interfere. If you are hurt by exposure to a banned ingredient, you can sue within three years after you learn the exposure caused your injury. Courts can award up to triple damages, punitive damages for willful violations, and your reasonable attorney’s fees.
Fund for victims of hair chemicals
Beginning July 1, 2026, Maryland creates the Harmful Hair Chemicals Restitution Fund. The fund pays for research, screenings, diagnosis, treatment, and restitution for people harmed by these chemicals, including fibroids, uterine cancer, and hair loss. Money comes from consumer‑protection recoveries kept by the state, and interest is invested and stays in the fund. Spending follows the State budget and adds to, not replaces, other funding. The Health Department and Attorney General must file a plan by December 1, 2026, and adopt rules by January 1, 2027.
Narrow trace exception for cosmetics
Beginning July 1, 2026, a cosmetic is not in violation if it only has a technically unavoidable trace of a banned chemical. The product must be made to follow the ban, and the trace must come from an impurity, the process, storage, or packaging.
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Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Tiffany T. Alston
Democratic • House
Cosponsors
Nick Allen
Democratic • House
Heather Bagnall
Democratic • House
Regina T. Boyce
Democratic • House
Derrick Coley
Democratic • House
Bonnie Cullison
Democratic • House
Diana M. Fennell
Democratic • House
Guy Guzzone
Democratic • Senate
Terri L. Hill
Democratic • House
Kevin B. Hornberger
Republican • House
Aaron M. Kaufman
Democratic • House
Robbyn Lewis
Democratic • House
Lesley J. Lopez
Democratic • House
Ashanti Martinez
House
April Miller
Republican • House
Julie Palakovich Carr
Democratic • House
Kent Roberson
Democratic • House
Denise Roberts
Democratic • House
Samuel I. Rosenberg
Democratic • House
Kim Ross
Democratic • House
Emily Shetty
Democratic • House
Dana Stein
Democratic • House
Jennifer White Holland
Democratic • House
Teresa Woorman
Democratic • House
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 4/13/2026
Third Reading Passed
Yes: 33 • No: 13 • Other: 1
House vote • 4/13/2026
Third Reading Passed
Yes: 101 • No: 34 • Other: 6
House vote • 3/23/2026
Third Reading Passed
Yes: 106 • No: 30 • Other: 5
Actions Timeline
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 284
4/28/2026Passed Enrolled
4/13/2026HouseThird Reading Passed (101-34)
4/13/2026HouseHouse Concurs Senate Amendments
4/13/2026HouseThird Reading Passed (33-13)
4/13/2026SenateSecond Reading Passed with Amendments
4/10/2026SenateFavorable with Amendments {633321/1 Adopted
4/10/2026SenateFavorable with Amendments Report by Finance
4/10/2026SenateReferred Finance
3/23/2026SenateThird Reading Passed (106-30)
3/23/2026HouseSecond Reading Passed with Amendments
3/23/2026HouseFavorable with Amendments {203123/1 Adopted
3/23/2026HouseFavorable with Amendments Report by Health
3/23/2026HouseHearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m.
3/3/2026HouseHearing canceled
3/3/2026HouseHearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m.
2/13/2026HouseFirst Reading Health
2/13/2026House
Bill Text
Enrolled
4/13/2026
Third Reading
3/23/2026
First Reading
2/13/2026
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