The proposed Oregon law would copy a Washington law on disclosure but then strengthen it to phase out hazardous chemicals in children’s products and replace them with safer alternatives. SB 478 maintains bipartisan support in the House and the increased Democratic majority should allow the bill to over-rule Sen. Betsy Johnson, a friend of the chemistry council who opposes the bill.
August 30, 2013 – Advocates say they plan to bring back the Toxics Disclosure for Healthy Kids Act, which passed out of the House but died in the Senate this spring – but aren't yet sure when they'll put it on the table.
House Bill 3162 dies with a raft of progressive legislation as the Legislature adjourns, drowned under the opposition of conservative Democrat, Sen. Betsy Johnson.
The bill was narrowed but still requires manufacturers to report hazardous chemicals and phase them out in most cases. The Toxics Disclosure for Healthy Kids Act is modeled after a law in Washington, where a recent report found Disney and others failed to report child’s perfumes laced with poisonous phthalates.
The Toxics Disclosure for Healthy Kids Act, pushed by the Oregon Environmental Council, would require large manufacturers to report if 19 toxic chemicals are used in their children’s products, and then phase them out over five years