According to Locke Lord attorney Sharon Blinkoff, general counsel at ICMAD, Senate Health Committee Chair Lamar Alexander is inclined to block cosmetics reform legislation that lacks express industry support. She noted, however, that the Republican senator for Tennessee is retiring at the end of this term.

The final opinion of ECHA’s Socio-Economic Analysis Committee, published on 1 March, is largely unchanged from its July 2020 draft opinion with regard to microplastic in cosmetic products. That means industry may have to convince EU member state authorities that the restriction proposal has a serious proportionality problem.

House Bill 2325, on a fast track in West Virginia, would bar the state’s Board of Barbers and Cosmetologists from regulating unlicensed individuals’ use or application of “generally available” cosmetic products for paying clients. PGA’s government affairs team provides detail.