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ClaraDB gives a verdict only for PFAS state laws for cookware and bakeware, California Proposition 65 consumer-product warning check for BPA, BPS, formaldehyde, styrene, antimony trioxide, vinyl acetate, lead and cadmium, California Proposition 65 warning check for candles and ceramicware (lead, cadmium, formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, benzene, naphthalene, carbon monoxide, benzo[a]pyrene), US packaging EPR producer size thresholds (California, Colorado, Maryland, Minnesota, Oregon, Washington) for a brand-owning manufacturer, US lead in children's products and furniture (lead paint and total lead content), US lead in toys and child care articles (lead paint and total lead content), US lead in children's products (other) and bags (lead paint and total lead content), US phthalates in children's toys and child care articles (DEHP, DBP, BBP, DINP, DIBP, DPENP, DHEXP, DCHP) and US children's product certificate and tracking label for children's tableware (AI-checked, quotes verified word for word). Every other answer shows the laws and quotes found without saying whether they apply. Not checked: Consumer electronics (FCC equipment authorization, 47 CFR Parts 2 and 15, energy rules). What ClaraDB has checked

Home and kitchen goodsMain sourcesfrom 1 Jan 20254 areas read · 3 not read yet
Sources read
  • Prop 65 listed chemicals and safe-harbor warnings
  • cookware chemical disclosure (HSC 109000-109014)
  • PFAS in textile articles (HSC 108970-108971)
  • upholstered furniture flame-retardant label (BPC 19094)
Not read yet
  • DTSC designated-list triggers for cookware disclosure (list not stored)
  • Safer Consumer Products priority products
  • California Toxic-Free Cosmetics/Food Packaging rules outside the listed instruments
Cosmetics and personal careMain sourcesfrom 1 Jan 20253 areas read · 2 not read yet
Sources read
  • Toxic-Free Cosmetics Act and PFAS in cosmetics (HSC 108980 series, from the stored leginfo bulk download)
  • Prop 65
  • California Safe Cosmetics Program reporting and fragrance allergen disclosure (HSC 111790-111795, including the 2020 Fragrance and Flavor Ingredient Right to Know Act)
Not read yet
  • CDPH ingredient disclosure beyond the reporting duties
  • amendments after the version ClaraDB holds
Packaged food and beveragesMain sourcesfrom 1 Jan 20251 area read · 2 not read yet

The Prop 65 chemical listings are stored for food and apply to it. California food laws and the food-specific warning methods are not covered. Federal US food rules apply through the US entry.

Sources read
  • Prop 65 chemical listings (27 CCR 27001), which apply to food
Not read yet
  • Prop 65 warning methods and content for food (27 CCR 25607.1 and 25607.2: the regulation text is stored, no rules are encoded from it); the consumer-product warning methods in 27 CCR 25600-25603 are encoded for home goods only
  • California food labelling and safety laws
Consumer electronics and small appliancesMain sourcesfrom 1 Jan 20255 areas read · 5 not read yet

Proposition 65, the connected-device security law (Civil Code 1798.91.04 to 1798.91.06) and the retailer duties of the battery-embedded waste recycling fee (Public Resources Code 42464(c), (f), with the 42463 definitions) are covered; the battery-embedded manufacturer label and retailer notice (Public Resources Code 42466.1, 42466.2) and the Title 20 MAEDbS listing of embedded battery chargers (20 CCR 1606(a), 1608(a)(1)) are stored; other California statute texts for electronics are not.

Sources read
  • Prop 65 generated warnings for electronics
  • battery-embedded waste recycling fee: the retailer collects it and states it on the receipt (Public Resources Code 42463, 42464; earbuds, speakers, cameras, wearables, power banks, electric toothbrushes and shavers)
  • security of connected devices (Civil Code 1798.91.04-1798.91.06, SB 327)
  • battery-embedded product manufacturer label and annual retailer notice (Public Resources Code 42466.1, 42466.2)
  • Title 20 MAEDbS listing of federally regulated battery chargers embedded in a product (20 CCR 1606(a), 1608(a)(1))
Not read yet
  • Electronic Waste Recycling Act screen fee for video display devices over 4 inches (Public Resources Code 42464(a))
  • Appliance Efficiency Regulations (Title 20) other than the MAEDbS listing of embedded battery chargers
  • DTSC Safer Consumer Products
  • SB 244 right to repair duties
  • state EPR for batteries
Batteries, e-bikes and power banksNot coveredNo sources read yet

California (US state): ClaraDB stores no laws for this market yet (not stored: California battery laws (Responsible Battery Recycling Act of 2022, SB 1215; Cal. Health and Safety Code 25215 ff universal waste battery rules; Prop 65 battery-related warnings stored separately); leginfo.legislature.ca.gov returns a Cloudflare challenge (HTTP 403) to automated access).

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California Appliance Efficiency Regulations (Cal. Code Regs., tit. 20, 1601-1609): scope, definitions, MAEDbS certification and sale20 CCR 1601(w), 1602(w), 1606(a), 1608(a)2 rulesIn force from: 1 Jan 2019Industries: Electronics
Requirement
Applies when
Effective
Source
Registration

The manufacturer files a statement for the model in the Energy Commission's appliance database (MAEDbS)

Registration required

MAEDbS statement: each manufacturer electronically files with the Energy Commission's Executive Director, through the MAEDbS, a statement for each appliance sold or offered for sale in California, with the information in 1606(a)(2) to (4) (1606(a)). Manufacturer (1602(a)): the person engaged in the original production or assembly, or a person that assumes the complete legal responsibility for it (product liability, warranty, compliance), and also a private brand packager or reassembler.

Exemptions (3)

Units sold wholesale in California for final retail sale outside the state are outside the Article

“This Article applies to the following types of new appliances, if they are sold or offered for sale in California, except those sold wholesale in California for final retail sale outside the state and those designed and sold exclusively for use in recreational vehicles, or other mobile equipment.”
20 CCR 1601 · fetched 2026-10-27California Energy Commission (Barclays Official California Code of Regulations, OAL); text via Cornell LII: 20 CCR 1601(w), 1602(w), 1606(a), 1608(a)(opens in a new tab)

A battery charger in a device classified as an FDA Class II or Class III medical device that requires FDA listing and approval (for example a prescription hearing aid) is outside 1601(w)

“(2) that are classified as Class II or Class III devices for human use under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and require U.S. Food and Drug Administration listing and approval as a medical device;”
20 CCR 1601(w)(2) · fetched 2026-10-27California Energy Commission (Barclays Official California Code of Regulations, OAL); text via Cornell LII: 20 CCR 1601(w), 1602(w), 1606(a), 1608(a)(opens in a new tab)

A backup battery charger is not a federally regulated battery charger

“Backup battery chargers are not included as federally regulated battery chargers.”
20 CCR 1602(w) · fetched 2026-10-27California Energy Commission (Barclays Official California Code of Regulations, OAL); text via Cornell LII: 20 CCR 1601(w), 1602(w), 1606(a), 1608(a)(opens in a new tab)

Unofficial copy of the text, current to 27 Oct 2026. Quoted from the Cornell LII copy of 20 CCR 1601, 1602, 1606 and 1608 (each section's history ends with the amendment filed 7-18-2024, Register 2024, No. 29). The official CCR on govt.westlaw.com/calregs (Title 20, Div. 2, Ch. 4, Art. 4) answers 403 / Cloudflare to headless clients, so the text was not compared with it; rows link to the official host.

  • Contains a battery
  • Rechargeable
  • It charges its own built-in rechargeable battery (20 CCR 1602(w): a federally regulated battery charger is "a device that charges batteries for consumer products, including battery chargers embedded in other consumer products"; 1601(w) puts battery charger systems in scope), it is sold or offered for sale in California, and you are its manufacturer (20 CCR 1602(a): the maker or assembler, a person that "assumes the complete legal responsibility" for it, or "a private brand packager or reassembler")

Depends on: contains battery, rechargeable

In force since 1 Jan 2019

Applies to products sold on or after 1 Jan 2019

1606(a) takes the effective dates of the 1605.1 standards; for federally regulated battery chargers (federal standard from June 13, 2018) the Energy Commission's Regulatory Advisory of June 7, 2018 says: "Beginning January 1, 2019, all federally regulated battery chargers must appear in MAEDbS to be lawful for sale or offer for sale in California."

“Each manufacturer shall electronically file with the Executive Director through the MAEDbS a statement for each appliance that is sold or offered for sale in California.”
20 CCR 1606(a) · fetched 2026-10-27California Energy Commission (Barclays Official California Code of Regulations, OAL); text via Cornell LII: 20 CCR 1601(w), 1602(w), 1606(a), 1608(a)(opens in a new tab)
Registration

Sell or offer it for sale in California only if its battery charger is listed in the Energy Commission's appliance database (MAEDbS)

Registration required

California Energy Commission MAEDbS listing: a unit of an appliance in the 1601 scope, which includes battery charger systems (1601(w)) and federally regulated battery chargers embedded in consumer products (1602(w)), may be sold or offered for sale in California only if the appliance appears in the most recent MAEDbS (1608(a)(1)), the manufacturer has tested and marked it (1608(a)(2)) and has filed the 1606(a) statement for it. This binds whoever sells or offers it in California, retailers and online sellers included, not only the manufacturer.

Exemptions (3)

Units sold wholesale in California for final retail sale outside the state are outside the Article

“This Article applies to the following types of new appliances, if they are sold or offered for sale in California, except those sold wholesale in California for final retail sale outside the state and those designed and sold exclusively for use in recreational vehicles, or other mobile equipment.”
20 CCR 1601 · fetched 2026-10-27California Energy Commission (Barclays Official California Code of Regulations, OAL); text via Cornell LII: 20 CCR 1601(w), 1602(w), 1606(a), 1608(a)(opens in a new tab)

A battery charger in a device classified as an FDA Class II or Class III medical device that requires FDA listing and approval (for example a prescription hearing aid) is outside 1601(w)

“(2) that are classified as Class II or Class III devices for human use under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and require U.S. Food and Drug Administration listing and approval as a medical device;”
20 CCR 1601(w)(2) · fetched 2026-10-27California Energy Commission (Barclays Official California Code of Regulations, OAL); text via Cornell LII: 20 CCR 1601(w), 1602(w), 1606(a), 1608(a)(opens in a new tab)

A backup battery charger is not a federally regulated battery charger

“Backup battery chargers are not included as federally regulated battery chargers.”
20 CCR 1602(w) · fetched 2026-10-27California Energy Commission (Barclays Official California Code of Regulations, OAL); text via Cornell LII: 20 CCR 1601(w), 1602(w), 1606(a), 1608(a)(opens in a new tab)

Unofficial copy of the text, current to 27 Oct 2026. Quoted from the Cornell LII copy of 20 CCR 1601, 1602, 1606 and 1608 (each section's history ends with the amendment filed 7-18-2024, Register 2024, No. 29). The official CCR on govt.westlaw.com/calregs (Title 20, Div. 2, Ch. 4, Art. 4) answers 403 / Cloudflare to headless clients, so the text was not compared with it; rows link to the official host.

  • Contains a battery
  • Rechargeable
  • It charges its own built-in rechargeable battery (20 CCR 1602(w): a federally regulated battery charger is "a device that charges batteries for consumer products, including battery chargers embedded in other consumer products"; 1601(w) puts battery charger systems in scope), and it is sold or offered for sale in California (20 CCR 1601; 1608(a): "may be sold or offered for sale in California only if" it appears in the MAEDbS)

Depends on: contains battery, rechargeable

In force since 1 Jan 2019

Applies to products sold on or after 1 Jan 2019

1606(a) takes the effective dates of the 1605.1 standards; for federally regulated battery chargers (federal standard from June 13, 2018) the Energy Commission's Regulatory Advisory of June 7, 2018 says: "Beginning January 1, 2019, all federally regulated battery chargers must appear in MAEDbS to be lawful for sale or offer for sale in California."

“Any unit of any appliance within the scope of section 1601 of this Article may be sold or offered for sale in California only if: (1) the appliance appears in the most recent MAEDbS established pursuant to section 1606 (c) of this Article, unless the only reason for the appliance's absence from the MAEDbS is its failure to comply with an applicable standard in section 1605.1 of this Article;”
20 CCR 1608(a)(1) · fetched 2026-10-27California Energy Commission (Barclays Official California Code of Regulations, OAL); text via Cornell LII: 20 CCR 1601(w), 1602(w), 1606(a), 1608(a)(opens in a new tab)
  • Registration

    The manufacturer files a statement for the model in the Energy Commission's appliance database (MAEDbS)

    Registration required

    MAEDbS statement: each manufacturer electronically files with the Energy Commission's Executive Director, through the MAEDbS, a statement for each appliance sold or offered for sale in California, with the information in 1606(a)(2) to (4) (1606(a)). Manufacturer (1602(a)): the person engaged in the original production or assembly, or a person that assumes the complete legal responsibility for it (product liability, warranty, compliance), and also a private brand packager or reassembler.

    Exemptions (3)

    Units sold wholesale in California for final retail sale outside the state are outside the Article

    “This Article applies to the following types of new appliances, if they are sold or offered for sale in California, except those sold wholesale in California for final retail sale outside the state and those designed and sold exclusively for use in recreational vehicles, or other mobile equipment.”
    20 CCR 1601 · fetched 2026-10-27California Energy Commission (Barclays Official California Code of Regulations, OAL); text via Cornell LII: 20 CCR 1601(w), 1602(w), 1606(a), 1608(a)(opens in a new tab)

    A battery charger in a device classified as an FDA Class II or Class III medical device that requires FDA listing and approval (for example a prescription hearing aid) is outside 1601(w)

    “(2) that are classified as Class II or Class III devices for human use under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and require U.S. Food and Drug Administration listing and approval as a medical device;”
    20 CCR 1601(w)(2) · fetched 2026-10-27California Energy Commission (Barclays Official California Code of Regulations, OAL); text via Cornell LII: 20 CCR 1601(w), 1602(w), 1606(a), 1608(a)(opens in a new tab)

    A backup battery charger is not a federally regulated battery charger

    “Backup battery chargers are not included as federally regulated battery chargers.”
    20 CCR 1602(w) · fetched 2026-10-27California Energy Commission (Barclays Official California Code of Regulations, OAL); text via Cornell LII: 20 CCR 1601(w), 1602(w), 1606(a), 1608(a)(opens in a new tab)

    Unofficial copy of the text, current to 27 Oct 2026. Quoted from the Cornell LII copy of 20 CCR 1601, 1602, 1606 and 1608 (each section's history ends with the amendment filed 7-18-2024, Register 2024, No. 29). The official CCR on govt.westlaw.com/calregs (Title 20, Div. 2, Ch. 4, Art. 4) answers 403 / Cloudflare to headless clients, so the text was not compared with it; rows link to the official host.

    Applies when
    • Contains a battery
    • Rechargeable
    • It charges its own built-in rechargeable battery (20 CCR 1602(w): a federally regulated battery charger is "a device that charges batteries for consumer products, including battery chargers embedded in other consumer products"; 1601(w) puts battery charger systems in scope), it is sold or offered for sale in California, and you are its manufacturer (20 CCR 1602(a): the maker or assembler, a person that "assumes the complete legal responsibility" for it, or "a private brand packager or reassembler")

    Depends on: contains battery, rechargeable

    Effective

    In force since 1 Jan 2019

    Applies to products sold on or after 1 Jan 2019

    1606(a) takes the effective dates of the 1605.1 standards; for federally regulated battery chargers (federal standard from June 13, 2018) the Energy Commission's Regulatory Advisory of June 7, 2018 says: "Beginning January 1, 2019, all federally regulated battery chargers must appear in MAEDbS to be lawful for sale or offer for sale in California."

    Source
    “Each manufacturer shall electronically file with the Executive Director through the MAEDbS a statement for each appliance that is sold or offered for sale in California.”
    20 CCR 1606(a) · fetched 2026-10-27California Energy Commission (Barclays Official California Code of Regulations, OAL); text via Cornell LII: 20 CCR 1601(w), 1602(w), 1606(a), 1608(a)(opens in a new tab)
  • Registration

    Sell or offer it for sale in California only if its battery charger is listed in the Energy Commission's appliance database (MAEDbS)

    Registration required

    California Energy Commission MAEDbS listing: a unit of an appliance in the 1601 scope, which includes battery charger systems (1601(w)) and federally regulated battery chargers embedded in consumer products (1602(w)), may be sold or offered for sale in California only if the appliance appears in the most recent MAEDbS (1608(a)(1)), the manufacturer has tested and marked it (1608(a)(2)) and has filed the 1606(a) statement for it. This binds whoever sells or offers it in California, retailers and online sellers included, not only the manufacturer.

    Exemptions (3)

    Units sold wholesale in California for final retail sale outside the state are outside the Article

    “This Article applies to the following types of new appliances, if they are sold or offered for sale in California, except those sold wholesale in California for final retail sale outside the state and those designed and sold exclusively for use in recreational vehicles, or other mobile equipment.”
    20 CCR 1601 · fetched 2026-10-27California Energy Commission (Barclays Official California Code of Regulations, OAL); text via Cornell LII: 20 CCR 1601(w), 1602(w), 1606(a), 1608(a)(opens in a new tab)

    A battery charger in a device classified as an FDA Class II or Class III medical device that requires FDA listing and approval (for example a prescription hearing aid) is outside 1601(w)

    “(2) that are classified as Class II or Class III devices for human use under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and require U.S. Food and Drug Administration listing and approval as a medical device;”
    20 CCR 1601(w)(2) · fetched 2026-10-27California Energy Commission (Barclays Official California Code of Regulations, OAL); text via Cornell LII: 20 CCR 1601(w), 1602(w), 1606(a), 1608(a)(opens in a new tab)

    A backup battery charger is not a federally regulated battery charger

    “Backup battery chargers are not included as federally regulated battery chargers.”
    20 CCR 1602(w) · fetched 2026-10-27California Energy Commission (Barclays Official California Code of Regulations, OAL); text via Cornell LII: 20 CCR 1601(w), 1602(w), 1606(a), 1608(a)(opens in a new tab)

    Unofficial copy of the text, current to 27 Oct 2026. Quoted from the Cornell LII copy of 20 CCR 1601, 1602, 1606 and 1608 (each section's history ends with the amendment filed 7-18-2024, Register 2024, No. 29). The official CCR on govt.westlaw.com/calregs (Title 20, Div. 2, Ch. 4, Art. 4) answers 403 / Cloudflare to headless clients, so the text was not compared with it; rows link to the official host.

    Applies when
    • Contains a battery
    • Rechargeable
    • It charges its own built-in rechargeable battery (20 CCR 1602(w): a federally regulated battery charger is "a device that charges batteries for consumer products, including battery chargers embedded in other consumer products"; 1601(w) puts battery charger systems in scope), and it is sold or offered for sale in California (20 CCR 1601; 1608(a): "may be sold or offered for sale in California only if" it appears in the MAEDbS)

    Depends on: contains battery, rechargeable

    Effective

    In force since 1 Jan 2019

    Applies to products sold on or after 1 Jan 2019

    1606(a) takes the effective dates of the 1605.1 standards; for federally regulated battery chargers (federal standard from June 13, 2018) the Energy Commission's Regulatory Advisory of June 7, 2018 says: "Beginning January 1, 2019, all federally regulated battery chargers must appear in MAEDbS to be lawful for sale or offer for sale in California."

    Source
    “Any unit of any appliance within the scope of section 1601 of this Article may be sold or offered for sale in California only if: (1) the appliance appears in the most recent MAEDbS established pursuant to section 1606 (c) of this Article, unless the only reason for the appliance's absence from the MAEDbS is its failure to comply with an applicable standard in section 1605.1 of this Article;”
    20 CCR 1608(a)(1) · fetched 2026-10-27California Energy Commission (Barclays Official California Code of Regulations, OAL); text via Cornell LII: 20 CCR 1601(w), 1602(w), 1606(a), 1608(a)(opens in a new tab)

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