Requirements by product
| Product | Requirement | Effective | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Food packagingBan | No person may distribute, sell, or offer for sale in California food packaging that contains regulated PFAS. Food packaging means nondurable packages, packaging components, and food service ware made in substantial part of paper, paperboard, or other plant-fiber materials.Regulated PFAS means intentionally added PFAS or PFAS present at or above 100 ppm total organic fluorine. Manufacturers must use the least toxic alternative. Packaging not made in substantial part of plant fiber is outside this section. Food packaging is a covered product under AB 347: DTSC registration by 2029-07-01 and DTSC enforcement from 2030-07-01. | January 1, 2023 | In force | HSC 109000(a)-(c) |
| CookwareLabeling | Once a manufacturer intentionally adds a chemical on the state's designated list (DTSC's Candidate Chemicals list) to the handle or any food-contact surface of cookware sold in California, it must post on the cookware's website a list of all chemicals in the cookware that are on the designated list, the authoritative lists each appears on, and links to those lists. Website claims that the cookware is free of a chemical are barred if any chemical from that group or class is intentionally added.The disclosure duty is tied to the designated list and does not name PFAS. Cookware includes pots, pans, skillets, grills, baking sheets, baking molds, trays, bowls, and cooking utensils used in homes and restaurants. | January 1, 2023 | Applies | HSC 109010, 109012, 109013 |
| CookwareLabeling | Product labels must list designated-list chemicals after the phrase "This product contains:" plus an English and Spanish statement directing buyers to a web page, with both a web address and a QR code. Free-of claims on the package are barred on the same terms as on websites.The label statement must also be visible in online product listings. Cookware too small for a two-square-inch label and sold without a container, wrapper, or tag is exempt from the label but still needs the statement in online listings. Cookware that does not comply may not be sold, offered for sale, or distributed in California (HSC 109014). | January 1, 2024 | Applies | HSC 109011, 109013, 109014 |
| CosmeticsBan | No person or entity may manufacture, sell, deliver, hold, or offer for sale in commerce any cosmetic product that contains intentionally added PFAS.Cosmetic product means an article for retail sale or professional use intended to be rubbed, poured, sprinkled, or sprayed on, introduced into, or otherwise applied to the human body for cleansing, beautifying, promoting attractiveness, or altering the appearance. No total organic fluorine threshold. Cosmetics are not covered products under the AB 347 DTSC program. | January 1, 2025 | In force | HSC 108981.5, 108982 |
| CosmeticsBan | No person or entity may manufacture, sell, deliver, hold, or offer for sale in commerce a cosmetic product containing any of 13 listed PFAS as intentionally added ingredients: PFOS and four of its salts, PFOA and its ammonium salt, perfluorodecanoic acid (nonadecafluorodecanoic acid) and two salts, and PFNA and two salts.A technically unavoidable trace quantity from impurities, the manufacturing process, storage, or migration from packaging is not a violation (HSC 108980(d)). The broader AB 2771 ban on all intentionally added PFAS took effect the same day. | January 1, 2025 | In force | HSC 108980(a)(12), (d) |
| Children's productsBan | No person, including a manufacturer, may sell or distribute in commerce in California any new, not previously owned juvenile product that contains regulated PFAS.Regulated PFAS means intentionally added PFAS or PFAS at or above 100 ppm total organic fluorine. Since 2025-01-01 (AB 347) juvenile product is a closed list of products designed for children under 12: baby or toddler foam pillow, bassinet, bedside sleeper, booster seat, changing pad, child restraint system for motor vehicles and aircraft, co-sleeper, crib mattress, floor playmat, highchair, highchair pad, infant bouncer, infant carrier, infant seat, infant sleep positioner, infant swing, infant travel bed, infant walker, nap cot, nursing pad, nursing pillow, playmat, playpen, play yard, polyurethane foam mat, pad or pillow, portable foam nap mat, portable infant sleeper, portable hook-on chair, soft-sided portable crib, stroller, and toddler mattress. Manufacturers must use the least toxic alternative. DTSC registration by 2029-07-01 and DTSC enforcement from 2030-07-01 under AB 347. | July 1, 2023 | In force | HSC 108945, 108946, 108947 |
| Apparel and textilesBan | No person may manufacture, distribute, sell, or offer for sale in California any new, not previously used textile article, including apparel, that contains regulated PFAS.Regulated PFAS means intentionally added PFAS or PFAS at or above 100 ppm total organic fluorine from 2025-01-01. Textile articles include apparel (clothing items such as undergarments, uniforms, swimwear, onesies, bibs, diapers and footwear), accessories, handbags, and backpacks; single-use absorbent hygiene products are excluded from textile. Outdoor apparel for severe wet conditions is exempt until 2028-01-01, but from 2025-01-01 it may be sold only with the disclosure "Made with PFAS chemicals", including in online listings. Manufacturers must give sellers a signed certificate of compliance; distributors and retailers that rely on it in good faith are not liable. Manufacturers must use the least toxic alternative, including alternative design. Textile articles are covered products under AB 347: DTSC registration by 2029-07-01 and enforcement from 2030-07-01. | January 1, 2025 | In force | HSC 108970, 108971(a)-(d) |
| Apparel and textilesBan | The total organic fluorine threshold that defines regulated PFAS in textile articles drops from 100 ppm to 50 ppm.Outdoor apparel for severe wet conditions becomes subject to the full ban on 2028-01-01. | January 1, 2027 | Scheduled | HSC 108970(g)(2)(B) |
| Textile furnishingsBan | The textile articles ban covers household and business furnishings such as draperies, shower curtains, bedding, towels, napkins, and tablecloths.100 ppm total organic fluorine threshold, dropping to 50 ppm on 2027-01-01. Carpets and rugs and PFAS treatments for converted textiles or leathers are excluded because they are regulated under the Safer Consumer Products program. | January 1, 2025 | In force | HSC 108970(i), 108971(a) |
| Textile furnishingsBan | The 50 ppm total organic fluorine threshold applies to textile furnishings. | January 1, 2027 | Scheduled | HSC 108970(g)(2)(B) |
| Carpets and rugsReporting | Carpets and rugs containing perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances are a listed Priority Product. Responsible entities had to submit a Priority Product Notification to DTSC within 60 days after the listing took effect and remain subject to the Safer Consumer Products regulations.Products first placed into California commerce after listing must be notified within 60 days of first placement (22 CCR 69503.7). Carpets and rugs are excluded from the AB 1817 textile ban for this reason. | July 1, 2021 | Applies | 22 CCR 69511(b)(4); 69503.7 |
| Fabric treatmentsReporting | Treatments containing perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances for use on converted textiles or leathers are a listed Priority Product. Responsible entities had to submit a Priority Product Notification to DTSC within 60 days after the listing took effect and remain subject to the Safer Consumer Products regulations.Late entrants must notify within 60 days of first placing the product into California commerce (22 CCR 69503.7). These treatments are excluded from the AB 1817 textile ban. | April 1, 2022 | Applies | 22 CCR 69511(b)(5); 69503.7 |
| Upholstered furnitureBan | The textile articles definition expressly includes upholstery, so upholstery textiles sold in California may not contain regulated PFAS.The statute does not separately define upholstered furniture; coverage comes through the listed terms upholstery and furnishings. | January 1, 2025 | In force | HSC 108970(i)(1), 108971(a) |
| Upholstered furnitureBan | The 50 ppm total organic fluorine threshold applies to upholstery textiles. | January 1, 2027 | Scheduled | HSC 108970(g)(2)(B) |
| Menstrual productsBan | A person may not manufacture, distribute, sell, or offer for sale in California a menstrual product that contains regulated PFAS, which from 2025-01-01 means intentionally added PFAS.Menstrual products are products used to collect menstruation and vaginal discharge, including tampons, pads, sponges, menstruation underwear, disks, and menstrual cups, disposable or reusable. Incontinence products are not in the definition. The prohibition in HSC 25258.3 carries no date of its own; the dates come from the regulated PFAS definition in HSC 25258(d). | January 1, 2025 | In force | HSC 25258(b), (d)(1); 25258.3 |
| Menstrual productsBan | Regulated PFAS also includes PFAS present in a menstrual product or component at or above a total organic fluorine limit to be determined by DTSC.The statute sets no numeric limit. DTSC must publish accepted test methods and laboratory accreditations by 2027-01-01 and adopt implementing regulations by 2029-01-01. | January 1, 2027 | Scheduled | HSC 25258(d)(2), 25258.1, 25258.2 |
| Firefighting foamBan | Manufacturers may not manufacture, knowingly sell, offer for sale, or distribute Class B firefighting foam with intentionally added PFAS in California, and no person may use it. No person may discharge or otherwise use such foam for training.Does not apply where federal law requires PFAS (for example 14 CFR 139.317), and for one year after such a requirement is revoked. Manufacturers had to recall banned foam and reimburse purchasers by 2022-03-01. Training ban is in HSC 13062. | January 1, 2022 | In force | HSC 13061(b)(1)-(2), (d); 13062 |
| Firefighting foamBan | The temporary exemption for facility areas using fixed foam fire suppression systems with 110 percent containment ended.Foam supplied under this exemption had to be recalled by 2024-03-01. | January 1, 2024 | In force | HSC 13061(b)(3), (e) |
| Firefighting foamBan | The exemption for terminals and oil refineries (storage tanks of 120 square meters or more and fuel-in-depth pools) ends.Operators may seek State Fire Marshal waivers for specific uses (notice of intent was due 2025-07-01); a waiver lasts up to two years, may be extended once, and all waivers expire by 2032-01-01. Exempt users must report each use to the State Fire Marshal within five business days and fully contain releases. | January 1, 2028 | Scheduled | HSC 13061(b)(4)-(9) |
| Firefighting foamOther duty | Manufacturers of Class B firefighting foam with intentionally added PFAS had to notify, in writing, persons selling their products in California about the restrictions.For products sold after 2021-07-01, notice was due by 2021-12-31. | July 1, 2021 | Applies | HSC 13061(c) |
| Firefighter gearLabeling | Any person, including a manufacturer, that sells firefighter personal protective equipment must give the purchaser written notice at the time of sale if the equipment contains intentionally added PFAS, stating that it contains PFAS and why they were added.Seller and purchaser must keep the notice for at least three years and produce it within 60 days of a request by the Attorney General or local prosecutors. Firefighter PPE means equipment covered by 8 CCR 3403 to 3411. No sales ban. | January 1, 2022 | Applies | HSC 13029 |
| Firefighter gearOther duty | By this date the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board must consider modifying its firefighter PPE safety order to address NFPA performance requirements that lead to PFAS, fluoropolymers, and flame retardants in firefighting garments and auxiliary PPE, and to mandate that PPE certified for future use in California be free of hazardous substances including PFAS, with manufacturer certification.Any modified order must use the 2025 NFPA 1970 standard as a floor, set a later implementation date for auxiliary PPE than for protective garments, and phase out in-use PPE through attrition or within 10 years. Cal/OSHA progress report to the Governor and Legislature due 2026-07-01. No product restriction applies until the Board acts. | January 1, 2028 | Starts | Lab. Code 147.4(d), (e), (f) |
| PesticidesOther duty | The Department of Pesticide Regulation must flag pesticides containing PFAS pesticide ingredients in its pesticide use reporting database and annual report, and publish a list of all registered pesticides containing PFAS pesticide ingredients and send it to each county agricultural commissioner.Database flagging is due by 2028-01-01 or when the database with 2026 data is posted, whichever is first, then annually. The list must be updated within 60 calendar days after a new PFAS pesticide is registered. The enrolled text contains no sale or use ban. As a non-urgency statute it takes effect 2027-01-01. | January 1, 2028 | Starts | FAC 12500.3, 12500.4, 13200-13202 (enrolled) |
| Other named productsLabeling | A product labeled "compostable" or "home compostable" may not be sold or offered for sale in California if it has a total organic fluorine concentration greater than 100 ppm, unless CalRecycle adopts a different standard that would more effectively limit PFAS.Applies to any product carrying a compostable claim, such as food service ware. AB 1201 is a non-urgency 2021 statute and took effect 2022-01-01; the fluorine criterion has no separate operative date. Other criteria in the same paragraph apply from 2024-01-01 (third-party certification) and 2026-01-01 (allowable organic input). | January 1, 2022 | Applies | PRC 42357(g)(1)(C) |
| ReportingReporting | Manufacturers of menstrual products must register with DTSC, list and describe each product, pay a registration fee, and certify that each product complies.DTSC may request technical documentation, including analytical test results, which must follow the methods DTSC publishes. | July 1, 2029 | Starts | HSC 25258.4 |
| ReportingReporting | Manufacturers of covered products (juvenile products, textile articles, and plant-fiber food packaging) must register with DTSC, name and describe each covered product, pay a registration fee, and certify that each product complies with the applicable PFAS restriction.DTSC must adopt regulations and publish accepted test methods and laboratory accreditations by 2029-01-01, and must enforce from 2030-07-01. DTSC may buy and test products from retailers, must act on verified outside reports, and must post notices of violation online. DTSC report to the Legislature due 2033-07-01. Cosmetics, menstrual products, cookware, and firefighting foam are not covered products. | July 1, 2029 | Starts | HSC 108076, 108077, 108079-108083, 108087 |
| LabelingLabeling | Outdoor apparel for severe wet conditions that contains regulated PFAS may be distributed, sold, or offered for sale only with a legible disclosure stating "Made with PFAS chemicals", including in online listings.Applies until the ban on this apparel starts on 2028-01-01. Covers extreme and extended use outerwear for outdoor sports experts, such as offshore fishing, offshore sailing, whitewater kayaking, and mountaineering gear, not marketed for general consumer use. | January 1, 2025 | Applies | HSC 108970(d), 108971(a)(2) |
The laws
California
Plant-based food packaging PFAS ban (AB 1200)
- Citation
- Cal. Health & Safety Code § 109000
- Enacted by
- AB 1200 (2021), Stats. 2021, Ch. 503
- Enacted or adopted
- October 5, 2021
- Status
- In force
- Source
- https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=HSC§ionNum=109000
How it defines PFAS
a class of fluorinated organic chemicals containing at least one fully fluorinated carbon atom
Intentionally added
PFAS that a manufacturer has intentionally added to a product and that have a functional or technical effect in the product, including the PFAS components of intentionally added chemicals and PFAS that are intentional breakdown products of an added chemical that also have a functional or technical effect in the product
Exemptions
- Scope limited to packaging comprised in substantial part of paper, paperboard, or other materials originally derived from plant fibers
Penalties. No penalty provision in the chapter itself. Under AB 347 (HSC 108081-108082), DTSC may issue notices of violation and assess administrative penalties of at least $10,000 for a first violation once its enforcement duty begins on 2030-07-01.
California
Cookware chemical disclosure (AB 1200)
- Citation
- Cal. Health & Safety Code §§ 109010-109014
- Enacted by
- AB 1200 (2021), Stats. 2021, Ch. 503
- Enacted or adopted
- October 5, 2021
- Status
- In force
- Source
- https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=HSC§ionNum=109011
Intentionally added
a chemical that a manufacturer has intentionally added to a product and that has a functional or technical effect in the product, including the components of intentionally added chemicals and intentional breakdown products of an added chemical that also have a functional or technical effect in the product
Exemptions
- Label exemption for cookware that cannot fit a two-square-inch label and has no exterior container, wrapper, or tag (online listing statement still required)
Penalties. No penalty provision in HSC 109010-109014. Cookware is not a covered product under the AB 347 DTSC enforcement program.
California
Juvenile products PFAS ban (AB 652)
- Citation
- Cal. Health & Safety Code §§ 108945-108947
- Enacted by
- AB 652 (2021), Stats. 2021, Ch. 500; § 108945 amended by AB 347, Stats. 2024, Ch. 932
- Enacted or adopted
- October 5, 2021
- Last amended
- January 1, 2025
- Status
- In force
- Source
- https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=HSC§ionNum=108946
How it defines PFAS
a class of fluorinated organic chemicals containing at least one fully fluorinated carbon atom
Intentionally added
PFAS that a manufacturer has intentionally added to a product and that have a functional or technical effect in the product, including, but not limited to, the PFAS components of intentionally added chemicals and PFAS that are intentional breakdown products of an added chemical that also have a functional or technical effect in the product
Exemptions
- Children's electronic products (computers, audio and video equipment, phones, game consoles and peripherals)
- Medical devices as defined in 21 U.S.C. 321(h)
- Internal components that would not contact a child's skin or mouth during reasonably foreseeable use and abuse
- Adult mattresses
Penalties. No penalty provision in the chapter itself. Under AB 347 (HSC 108081-108082), DTSC may issue notices of violation and assess administrative penalties of at least $10,000 for a first violation once its enforcement duty begins on 2030-07-01.
California
Textile articles PFAS ban (AB 1817)
- Citation
- Cal. Health & Safety Code §§ 108970-108971
- Enacted by
- AB 1817 (2022), Stats. 2022, Ch. 762
- Enacted or adopted
- September 29, 2022
- Status
- Partly in force
- Source
- https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=HSC§ionNum=108971
How it defines PFAS
a class of fluorinated organic chemicals containing at least one fully fluorinated carbon atom
Intentionally added
PFAS that a manufacturer has intentionally added to a product and that have a functional or technical effect in the product, including the PFAS components of intentionally added chemicals and PFAS that are intentional breakdown products of an added chemical that also have a functional or technical effect in the product
Exemptions
- Carpets and rugs, and treatments containing PFAS for converted textiles or leathers (regulated under Safer Consumer Products)
- Personal protective equipment and clothing for exclusive use by the US military (excluded from apparel)
- Vehicles and off-highway vehicles and their component parts
- Vessels and their component parts, such as boat covers
- Aircraft and their component parts
- Filtration media and filter products used in industrial applications
- Textile articles used in or for laboratory analysis and testing
- Stadium shades and other permanent architectural fabric structures
- Single-use paper hygiene products and single-use absorbent hygiene products (excluded from textile)
- Outdoor apparel for severe wet conditions until 2028-01-01 (with disclosure)
Penalties. No penalty provision in the chapter itself. Under AB 347 (HSC 108081-108082), DTSC may issue notices of violation and assess administrative penalties of at least $10,000 for a first violation once its enforcement duty begins on 2030-07-01.
California
Cosmetics intentionally added PFAS ban (AB 2771)
- Citation
- Cal. Health & Safety Code §§ 108981, 108981.5, 108982
- Enacted by
- AB 2771 (2022), Stats. 2022, Ch. 804; § 108982 amended by SB 39, Stats. 2025, Ch. 208
- Enacted or adopted
- September 29, 2022
- Last amended
- October 1, 2025
- Status
- In force
- Source
- https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=HSC§ionNum=108981.5
How it defines PFAS
a class of fluorinated organic chemicals containing at least one fully fluorinated carbon atom
Intentionally added
PFAS chemicals that a manufacturer has intentionally added to a product and that have a functional or technical effect on the product; or PFAS chemicals that are intentional breakdown products of an added chemical
Penalties. No penalty provision in HSC 108980-108982.
California
Toxic-Free Cosmetics Act: 13 specified PFAS (AB 2762)
- Citation
- Cal. Health & Safety Code § 108980(a)(12), (d)
- Enacted by
- AB 2762 (2020), Stats. 2020, Ch. 314; § 108980 later amended, most recently by AB 60, Stats. 2025, Ch. 432
- Enacted or adopted
- September 30, 2020
- Last amended
- January 1, 2026
- Status
- In force
- Source
- https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=HSC§ionNum=108980
Intentionally added
cosmetic product that contains any of the following intentionally added ingredients
Exemptions
- Technically unavoidable trace quantities stemming from impurities, the manufacturing process, storage, or migration from packaging
Penalties. No penalty provision in HSC 108980-108982.
California
Menstrual products PFAS ban (AB 2515)
- Citation
- Cal. Health & Safety Code §§ 25258-25258.6
- Enacted by
- AB 2515 (2024), Stats. 2024, Ch. 1008
- Enacted or adopted
- September 30, 2024
- Status
- Partly in force
- Source
- https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=HSC§ionNum=25258.3
How it defines PFAS
a class of fluorinated organic chemicals containing at least one fully fluorinated carbon atom
Intentionally added
Commencing January 1, 2025, PFAS that a manufacturer has intentionally added to a product and that have a functional or technical effect in the product, including the PFAS components of intentionally added chemicals and PFAS that are intentional breakdown products of an added chemical that also have a functional or technical effect in the product
Penalties. Civil and administrative penalties with a minimum of $10,000 for the first and any subsequent violation, assessable per separate provision or per day for continuing violations. DTSC issues notices of violation and may order sales to stop; the Attorney General may seek injunctions; prevailing plaintiffs receive attorney's fees. DTSC duties depend on funding and a legislative appropriation.
California
DTSC PFAS registration, testing and enforcement program (AB 347)
- Citation
- Cal. Health & Safety Code §§ 108075-108087
- Enacted by
- AB 347 (2024), Stats. 2024, Ch. 932
- Enacted or adopted
- September 29, 2024
- Status
- Partly in force
- Source
- https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=HSC§ionNum=108079
Penalties. Administrative penalties set case by case, not less than $10,000 for a first violation, assessable for each separate provision and each day of a continuing violation; notices of violation may require sales to stop; the Attorney General may seek injunctions. Fees and penalties go to the PFAS Enforcement Fund. DTSC duties depend on sufficient funds and a legislative appropriation.
California
Class B firefighting foam ban and firefighter PPE notice (SB 1044)
- Citation
- Cal. Health & Safety Code §§ 13029, 13061, 13062
- Enacted by
- SB 1044 (2020), Stats. 2020, Ch. 308
- Enacted or adopted
- September 29, 2020
- Status
- Partly in force
- Source
- https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=HSC§ionNum=13061
How it defines PFAS
a class of fluorinated organic chemicals containing at least one fully fluorinated carbon atom
Exemptions
- Uses where federal law requires PFAS in Class B foam, and for one year after such a requirement is revoked
- Facilities with fixed foam systems and 110 percent containment, until 2024-01-01
- Terminals and oil refineries for large storage tanks and fuel-in-depth pools, until 2028-01-01, extendable by waiver to no later than 2032-01-01
Unavoidable use and waivers. No CUU process. Terminal and refinery operators may apply to the State Fire Marshal for use-specific waivers beyond 2028-01-01, with clear and convincing evidence that no PFAS-free foam is commercially available and a transition plan; waivers are denied if another facility has already transitioned for that use, and all expire by 2032-01-01.
Penalties. Civil penalties up to $5,000 for a first violation and up to $10,000 for each subsequent violation, in actions by the Attorney General, a city attorney, a county counsel, or a district attorney. Individual firefighters are not personally liable.
California
Firefighter PPE safety order review for PFAS (AB 1181)
- Citation
- Cal. Labor Code § 147.4(d)-(f)
- Enacted by
- AB 1181 (2025), Stats. 2025, Ch. 392
- Enacted or adopted
- October 6, 2025
- Status
- In force
- Source
- https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=LAB§ionNum=147.4
California
Compostable labeling organic fluorine limit (AB 1201)
- Citation
- Cal. Public Resources Code § 42357(g)(1)(C)
- Enacted by
- AB 1201 (2021), Stats. 2021, Ch. 504; § 42357 amended by SB 1046, Stats. 2022, Ch. 991
- Enacted or adopted
- October 5, 2021
- Last amended
- January 1, 2023
- Status
- In force
- Source
- https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PRC§ionNum=42357
California
Safer Consumer Products Priority Product: carpets and rugs containing PFAS
- Citation
- Cal. Code Regs. tit. 22, § 69511(b)(4)
- Enacted by
- DTSC regulation under HSC 25252-25253 (Safer Consumer Products)
- Enacted or adopted
- June 22, 2021
- Status
- In force
- Source
- https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/california/22-CCR-69511
California
Safer Consumer Products Priority Product: PFAS treatments for converted textiles or leathers
- Citation
- Cal. Code Regs. tit. 22, § 69511(b)(5)
- Enacted by
- DTSC regulation under HSC 25252-25253 (Safer Consumer Products)
- Enacted or adopted
- February 28, 2022
- Status
- In force
- Source
- https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/california/22-CCR-69511
California
PFAS pesticide ingredient tracking by DPR (AB 1603)
- Citation
- Cal. Food & Agricultural Code §§ 12500.3, 12500.4, 13200 and following (as enrolled)
- Enacted by
- AB 1603 (2026); signed 2026-09-27, chapter number not yet posted
- Enacted or adopted
- September 27, 2026
- Status
- Enacted, not yet in effect
- Source
- https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1603
How it defines PFAS
a class of fluorinated organic chemicals containing at least one fully fluorinated carbon atom
Intentionally added
PFAS that are intentionally added to a pesticide as active, adjuvant, or inert ingredients
Bills and pending action
- AB 1603 (2026): Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS): Department of Pesticide Regulation
Signed by the Governor; chapter number not yet posted on leginfo as of 2026-09-28 (September 27, 2026)
Requires DPR to flag PFAS pesticide ingredients in pesticide use reporting and publish a list of registered pesticides containing them by 2028-01-01. No ban. See laws. Source - SB 682 (2025): Environmental health: product safety: perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances
Vetoed 2025-10-13; veto sustained in the Senate (March 2, 2026)
Would have banned intentionally added PFAS in cleaning products, dental floss, juvenile products, food packaging, and ski wax from 2028-01-01 and in cookware from 2030-01-01, with DTSC enforcement through the AB 347 program. The Governor cited concern about the availability of affordable cooking products. Source
Timeline
- January 1, 2023 Took effect
Plant-fiber food packaging ban (AB 1200) took effect. Source - January 1, 2023 Took effect
Cookware website chemical disclosure and website free-of claim rules (AB 1200) took effect. Source - July 1, 2023 Took effect
Juvenile products PFAS ban (AB 652) took effect. Source - October 8, 2023 Vetoed
Governor vetoed AB 1423, which would have restricted PFAS in artificial turf and synthetic surfaces. Source - October 8, 2023 Vetoed
Governor vetoed AB 246, a menstrual products PFAS bill. Source - January 1, 2024 Took effect
Cookware label disclosure and package free-of claim rules (AB 1200) took effect. Source - January 1, 2024 Took effect
SB 1044 exemption for fixed foam fire suppression systems expired. Source - September 29, 2024 Enacted
AB 347 signed, creating a DTSC registration, testing and enforcement program for the juvenile product, textile and food packaging bans. Source - September 30, 2024 Enacted
AB 2515 signed, banning PFAS in menstrual products. Source - January 1, 2025 Took effect
Textile articles ban (AB 1817) took effect at 100 ppm total organic fluorine, with a "Made with PFAS chemicals" disclosure for outdoor apparel for severe wet conditions. Source - January 1, 2025 Took effect
Cosmetics bans took effect: all intentionally added PFAS (AB 2771) and 13 listed PFAS (AB 2762). Source - January 1, 2025 Took effect
Menstrual products ban on intentionally added PFAS (AB 2515) took effect. Source - January 1, 2025 Amended
AB 347 took effect and limited the juvenile product definition to the listed products. Source - July 1, 2025 Update
Deadline for terminals and refineries to notify the State Fire Marshal of intent to seek foam waivers beyond 2028. Source - October 6, 2025 Enacted
AB 1181 signed, directing a review of the firefighter PPE safety order to address PFAS. Source - October 13, 2025 Vetoed
Governor vetoed SB 682, which would have banned PFAS in cleaning products, dental floss, juvenile products, food packaging, ski wax, and cookware. Source - January 1, 2026 Took effect
AB 1181 amendments to Labor Code 147.4 took effect. Source - March 2, 2026 Vetoed
Senate sustained the veto of SB 682. Source - July 1, 2026 Reporting
Cal/OSHA progress report on modified firefighter PPE standards was due under Labor Code 147.4(e). Source - September 27, 2026 Enacted
Governor announced he signed AB 1603 on PFAS pesticide ingredient tracking. Source
Related rules
- Proposition 65 lists PFOA (developmental toxicity, November 10, 2017; cancer, February 25, 2022), PFOS (developmental toxicity, November 10, 2017; cancer, with its salts and precursors, December 24, 2021) and PFNA and its salts (male reproductive toxicity, December 31, 2021). Listed chemicals trigger warning duties.
- California's compostable labeling law bars selling a product labeled compostable if its total organic fluorine exceeds 100 ppm (Public Resources Code 42357).
Checked and set aside
- California has no artificial turf PFAS ban. AB 1423 was vetoed on October 8, 2023.
- California did not ban PFAS in cookware, cleaning products, dental floss or ski wax. SB 682 was vetoed on October 13, 2025, and the Senate sustained the veto on March 2, 2026.
- SB 1266 (2024) concerns bisphenols in children's products and does not change the PFAS rules.