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- Warning label for Bisphenol S (BPS) and 1 moreBisphenol S (BPS) and N-Methyl-N-FormylhydrazineProposition 65 list of chemicals known to the State to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity (27 CCR 27001)
- Restricts 2 substances and 1 substance listBanned cosmetic ingredients from 2027, Boric acid and 1 moreCalifornia Toxic-Free Cosmetics Act and C.U.R.L. Act (Health and Safety Code ch. 14, 108980 et seq.)
- Warning label for Hydrochlorothiazide and 3 moreHydrochlorothiazide, Tacrolimus, Voriconazole and Welding FumesProposition 65 list of chemicals known to the State to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity (27 CCR 27001)
- Warning requirement8 rules starting the same dayProposition 65 clear and reasonable warning regulations (27 CCR Article 6, OEHHA consolidation April 2025)
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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
- 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)
- 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
- 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)
- 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.
- Prop 65 chemical listings (27 CCR 27001), which apply to food
- 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.
- 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))
- 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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The manufacturer of an electronic or appliance product with a $50 to $99.99 wholesale price makes repair documentation, functional parts and tools available to owners and repairers on fair and reasonable terms for at least three years after the model was last made
Must meet the conditions of Right to repair, $50 to $99.99 wholesale price (PRC 42488.2(a)): make available to owners of the product, service and repair facilities, and service dealers sufficient documentation and functional parts and tools, inclusive of any updates, on fair and reasonable terms (42488.2(j)(4): documentation free, tools free except physical copies at cost, parts on the terms given to authorized repair providers), for at least three years after the last date the model or type was manufactured, even beyond the warranty period. Electronic or appliance product (42488.2(j)(3)(A)): a product described in BPC 9801(h) (electronic set: any device that depends for its functioning, in whole or in part, on any digital electronic embedded or attached to the product, worth over $10, normally used for personal, family, household or home office use) or 9801(i) (appliance: any device primarily used for residential purposes), first made and first sold or used in California on or after July 1, 2021, for which the manufacturer makes tools, parts and documentation available to authorized repair providers. A manufacturer that repairs its own products and has no unaffiliated authorized repair provider counts as one (42488.2(j)(1)(B)). Not covered: video game consoles, alarm-system products, and Chapter 28 equipment (42488.2(j)(3)(B)).
Exemptions (2)
A video game console is not an electronic or appliance product under this section
“(iii) A video game console.”
The section does not apply if the manufacturer provides an equivalent or better, readily available replacement product at no charge to the customer
“This section shall not apply if the manufacturer provides an equivalent or better, readily available replacement electronic or appliance product at no charge to the customer.”
Official text, current to 27 Oct 2026. Current text of PRC 42488.2, 42488.3 (added by Stats. 2023 ch. 704, operative July 1, 2024) and BPC 9801 (amended by Stats. 2023 ch. 508).
- You are the manufacturer, the product's wholesale price to the retailer is $50 to $99.99 (PRC 42488.2(a)), and you make tools, parts, and documentation available to authorized repair providers (PRC 42488.2(j)(3)(A)) or offer diagnostic, maintenance, or repair services for it yourself (42488.2(j)(1)(B))
In force since 1 Jul 2024
Applies to products sold on or after 1 Jul 2024
Stated: “This section shall become operative on July 1, 2024.” (42488.2(l)). It reaches products manufactured for the first time, and first sold or used in California, on or after July 1, 2021 (42488.2(j)(3)(A)).
“Notwithstanding any other law, every manufacturer of an electronic or appliance product with a wholesale price to the retailer, or to others outside of direct retail sale, of not less than fifty dollars ($50) and not more than ninety-nine dollars and ninety-nine cents ($99.99), shall make available to owners of the product, service and repair facilities, and service dealers, sufficient documentation and functional parts and tools, inclusive of any updates, on fair and reasonable terms, to effect the diagnosis, maintenance, or repair of a product for at least three years after the last date a product model or type was manufactured”
The manufacturer of an electronic or appliance product with a wholesale price of $100 or more makes repair documentation, functional parts and tools available to owners and repairers on fair and reasonable terms for at least seven years after the model was last made
Must meet the conditions of Right to repair, $100 or more wholesale price (PRC 42488.2(b)): make available to owners of the product, service and repair facilities, and service dealers sufficient documentation and functional parts and tools, inclusive of any updates, on fair and reasonable terms, for at least seven years after the last date the model or type was manufactured, even beyond the warranty period. Electronic or appliance product (42488.2(j)(3)(A)): a product described in BPC 9801(h) (electronic set: any device that depends for its functioning, in whole or in part, on any digital electronic embedded or attached to the product, worth over $10, normally used for personal, family, household or home office use) or 9801(i) (appliance: any device primarily used for residential purposes), first made and first sold or used in California on or after July 1, 2021, for which the manufacturer makes tools, parts and documentation available to authorized repair providers. A manufacturer that repairs its own products and has no unaffiliated authorized repair provider counts as one (42488.2(j)(1)(B)). Not covered: video game consoles, alarm-system products, and Chapter 28 equipment (42488.2(j)(3)(B)).
Exemptions (2)
A video game console is not an electronic or appliance product under this section
“(iii) A video game console.”
The section does not apply if the manufacturer provides an equivalent or better, readily available replacement product at no charge to the customer
“This section shall not apply if the manufacturer provides an equivalent or better, readily available replacement electronic or appliance product at no charge to the customer.”
Official text, current to 27 Oct 2026. Current text of PRC 42488.2, 42488.3 (added by Stats. 2023 ch. 704, operative July 1, 2024) and BPC 9801 (amended by Stats. 2023 ch. 508).
- You are the manufacturer, the product's wholesale price to the retailer is $100 or more (PRC 42488.2(b)), and you make tools, parts, and documentation available to authorized repair providers (PRC 42488.2(j)(3)(A)) or offer diagnostic, maintenance, or repair services for it yourself (42488.2(j)(1)(B))
In force since 1 Jul 2024
Applies to products sold on or after 1 Jul 2024
Stated: “This section shall become operative on July 1, 2024.” (42488.2(l)). It reaches products manufactured for the first time, and first sold or used in California, on or after July 1, 2021 (42488.2(j)(3)(A)).
“Notwithstanding any other law, every manufacturer of an electronic or appliance product with a wholesale price to the retailer, or to others outside of direct retail sale, of one hundred dollars ($100) or more, shall make available to owners of the product, service and repair facilities, and service dealers sufficient documentation and functional parts and tools, inclusive of any updates, on fair and reasonable terms, to effect the diagnosis, maintenance, or repair of a product for at least seven years after the last date a product model or type was manufactured”
- Conformity
The manufacturer of an electronic or appliance product with a $50 to $99.99 wholesale price makes repair documentation, functional parts and tools available to owners and repairers on fair and reasonable terms for at least three years after the model was last made
Must meet the conditions of Right to repair, $50 to $99.99 wholesale price (PRC 42488.2(a)): make available to owners of the product, service and repair facilities, and service dealers sufficient documentation and functional parts and tools, inclusive of any updates, on fair and reasonable terms (42488.2(j)(4): documentation free, tools free except physical copies at cost, parts on the terms given to authorized repair providers), for at least three years after the last date the model or type was manufactured, even beyond the warranty period. Electronic or appliance product (42488.2(j)(3)(A)): a product described in BPC 9801(h) (electronic set: any device that depends for its functioning, in whole or in part, on any digital electronic embedded or attached to the product, worth over $10, normally used for personal, family, household or home office use) or 9801(i) (appliance: any device primarily used for residential purposes), first made and first sold or used in California on or after July 1, 2021, for which the manufacturer makes tools, parts and documentation available to authorized repair providers. A manufacturer that repairs its own products and has no unaffiliated authorized repair provider counts as one (42488.2(j)(1)(B)). Not covered: video game consoles, alarm-system products, and Chapter 28 equipment (42488.2(j)(3)(B)).
Exemptions (2)
A video game console is not an electronic or appliance product under this section
“(iii) A video game console.”
PRC 42488.2(j)(3)(B)(iii) · fetched 2026-10-27California Legislature (Legislative Counsel): Cal. Pub. Res. Code 42488.2(opens in a new tab) The section does not apply if the manufacturer provides an equivalent or better, readily available replacement product at no charge to the customer
“This section shall not apply if the manufacturer provides an equivalent or better, readily available replacement electronic or appliance product at no charge to the customer.”
PRC 42488.2(k) · fetched 2026-10-27California Legislature (Legislative Counsel): Cal. Pub. Res. Code 42488.2(opens in a new tab) Official text, current to 27 Oct 2026. Current text of PRC 42488.2, 42488.3 (added by Stats. 2023 ch. 704, operative July 1, 2024) and BPC 9801 (amended by Stats. 2023 ch. 508).
- Applies when
- You are the manufacturer, the product's wholesale price to the retailer is $50 to $99.99 (PRC 42488.2(a)), and you make tools, parts, and documentation available to authorized repair providers (PRC 42488.2(j)(3)(A)) or offer diagnostic, maintenance, or repair services for it yourself (42488.2(j)(1)(B))
- Effective
In force since 1 Jul 2024
Applies to products sold on or after 1 Jul 2024
Stated: “This section shall become operative on July 1, 2024.” (42488.2(l)). It reaches products manufactured for the first time, and first sold or used in California, on or after July 1, 2021 (42488.2(j)(3)(A)).
- Source
“Notwithstanding any other law, every manufacturer of an electronic or appliance product with a wholesale price to the retailer, or to others outside of direct retail sale, of not less than fifty dollars ($50) and not more than ninety-nine dollars and ninety-nine cents ($99.99), shall make available to owners of the product, service and repair facilities, and service dealers, sufficient documentation and functional parts and tools, inclusive of any updates, on fair and reasonable terms, to effect the diagnosis, maintenance, or repair of a product for at least three years after the last date a product model or type was manufactured”
PRC 42488.2(a) (excerpt) · fetched 2026-10-27California Legislature (Legislative Counsel): Cal. Pub. Res. Code 42488.2(opens in a new tab)
- Conformity
The manufacturer of an electronic or appliance product with a wholesale price of $100 or more makes repair documentation, functional parts and tools available to owners and repairers on fair and reasonable terms for at least seven years after the model was last made
Must meet the conditions of Right to repair, $100 or more wholesale price (PRC 42488.2(b)): make available to owners of the product, service and repair facilities, and service dealers sufficient documentation and functional parts and tools, inclusive of any updates, on fair and reasonable terms, for at least seven years after the last date the model or type was manufactured, even beyond the warranty period. Electronic or appliance product (42488.2(j)(3)(A)): a product described in BPC 9801(h) (electronic set: any device that depends for its functioning, in whole or in part, on any digital electronic embedded or attached to the product, worth over $10, normally used for personal, family, household or home office use) or 9801(i) (appliance: any device primarily used for residential purposes), first made and first sold or used in California on or after July 1, 2021, for which the manufacturer makes tools, parts and documentation available to authorized repair providers. A manufacturer that repairs its own products and has no unaffiliated authorized repair provider counts as one (42488.2(j)(1)(B)). Not covered: video game consoles, alarm-system products, and Chapter 28 equipment (42488.2(j)(3)(B)).
Exemptions (2)
A video game console is not an electronic or appliance product under this section
“(iii) A video game console.”
PRC 42488.2(j)(3)(B)(iii) · fetched 2026-10-27California Legislature (Legislative Counsel): Cal. Pub. Res. Code 42488.2(opens in a new tab) The section does not apply if the manufacturer provides an equivalent or better, readily available replacement product at no charge to the customer
“This section shall not apply if the manufacturer provides an equivalent or better, readily available replacement electronic or appliance product at no charge to the customer.”
PRC 42488.2(k) · fetched 2026-10-27California Legislature (Legislative Counsel): Cal. Pub. Res. Code 42488.2(opens in a new tab) Official text, current to 27 Oct 2026. Current text of PRC 42488.2, 42488.3 (added by Stats. 2023 ch. 704, operative July 1, 2024) and BPC 9801 (amended by Stats. 2023 ch. 508).
- Applies when
- You are the manufacturer, the product's wholesale price to the retailer is $100 or more (PRC 42488.2(b)), and you make tools, parts, and documentation available to authorized repair providers (PRC 42488.2(j)(3)(A)) or offer diagnostic, maintenance, or repair services for it yourself (42488.2(j)(1)(B))
- Effective
In force since 1 Jul 2024
Applies to products sold on or after 1 Jul 2024
Stated: “This section shall become operative on July 1, 2024.” (42488.2(l)). It reaches products manufactured for the first time, and first sold or used in California, on or after July 1, 2021 (42488.2(j)(3)(A)).
- Source
“Notwithstanding any other law, every manufacturer of an electronic or appliance product with a wholesale price to the retailer, or to others outside of direct retail sale, of one hundred dollars ($100) or more, shall make available to owners of the product, service and repair facilities, and service dealers sufficient documentation and functional parts and tools, inclusive of any updates, on fair and reasonable terms, to effect the diagnosis, maintenance, or repair of a product for at least seven years after the last date a product model or type was manufactured”
PRC 42488.2(b) (excerpt) · fetched 2026-10-27California Legislature (Legislative Counsel): Cal. Pub. Res. Code 42488.2(opens in a new tab)
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- Health and Safety Code 109000-109014 (AB 1200 cookware and food packaging)(opens in a new tab)California Legislature · Statute (web page)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked
- AB 1817 textile articles PFAS (Health and Safety Code 108970-108971)(opens in a new tab)California Legislature · Statute (web page)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked
- Proposition 65 60-day notice search and CSV export(opens in a new tab)California Attorney General · Enforcement feed (CSV)Updates: dailyLast checked: Checked · 50 versions kept
- Attorney General enforcement advisory on AB 1200 PFAS in food packaging and cookware(opens in a new tab)California Attorney General · Guidance (PDF)Updates: staticLast checked: Checked
- California Business and Professions Code 17533.7 (Made in U.S.A. labels)(opens in a new tab)California Legislature (Legislative Counsel) · Statute (web page)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked
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- California Business and Professions Code 17580 and 17580.5 (environmental representations)(opens in a new tab)California Legislature (Legislative Counsel) · Statute (web page)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked
- California Appliance Efficiency Regulations, Cal. Code Regs. tit. 20, 1601 (scope), 1602 (definitions: (a) General, (w) Battery Chargers), 1606(a) (MAEDbS statements) and 1608(a) (sale only if listed); LII copy(opens in a new tab)California Energy Commission (Barclays Official California Code of Regulations, OAL); text via Cornell LII · Regulation (web page)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked
- California Civil Code 1791.1, 1792 and 1792.4 (Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act: implied warranty of merchantability and how it is disclaimed)(opens in a new tab)California Legislature (Legislative Counsel) · Statute (web page)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked
- California Civil Code 1791, 1793.03, 1793.1 and 1793.2 (Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act: definitions, service literature and parts, express warranty language, in-state service and repair)(opens in a new tab)California Legislature (Legislative Counsel) · Statute (web page)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked
- California Civil Code 1798.91.04 to 1798.91.06, security of connected devices (SB 327, Stats. 2018 ch. 886; AB 1906, Stats. 2018 ch. 860; amended by AB 2392, Stats. 2022 ch. 785)(opens in a new tab)California Legislature (Legislative Counsel) · Statute (XML)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked
- DTSC Safer Consumer Products Candidate Chemicals List (CalSAFER informational list): PFAS class record(opens in a new tab)California Department of Toxic Substances Control (CalSAFER) · Guidance (web page)Updates: monthlyLast checked: Checked
- California Health and Safety Code 108922 (products containing pentaBDE or octaBDE)(opens in a new tab)California Legislature (Legislative Counsel) · Statute (web page)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked
- California chaptered bills amending Health and Safety Code 108980: AB 496 (2023, Stats. 2023 ch. 441, cosmetic safety) and AB 60 (2025, Stats. 2025 ch. 432, Musk Reduction Act)(opens in a new tab)California Legislature (leginfo pubinfo bulk data) · Statute (XML)Updates: staticLast checked: Checked
- California Health and Safety Code 25214.12-25214.14, Toxics in Packaging Prevention Act (definitions, regulated-metal prohibition and 100 ppm limit, exemptions)(opens in a new tab)California Legislature (Legislative Counsel) · Statute (web page)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked
- California Public Resources Code 42041, 42051 and 42060, Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging Producer Responsibility Act (SB 54, Stats. 2022 ch. 75, as amended)(opens in a new tab)California Legislature (Legislative Counsel) · Statute (web page)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked
- California Public Resources Code 42301, 42310, 42340, Rigid Plastic Packaging Containers (definitions, recycled-content criteria, exemptions)(opens in a new tab)California Legislature (Legislative Counsel) · Statute (web page)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked
- California Public Resources Code 42355.51 (SB 343: recyclability claims and the chasing arrows symbol)(opens in a new tab)California Legislature (Legislative Counsel) · Statute (web page)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked
- California Public Resources Code 42463 and 42464, Electronic Waste Recycling Act: covered battery-embedded waste recycling fee (SB 1215, Stats. 2022 ch. 370; amended by SB 156, Stats. 2024 ch. 72)(opens in a new tab)California Legislature (Legislative Counsel) · Statute (web page)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked
- California Public Resources Code 42463, 42466.1 and 42466.2, Electronic Waste Recycling Act: covered battery-embedded product manufacturer duties (SB 1215, Stats. 2022 ch. 370)(opens in a new tab)California Legislature (Legislative Counsel) · Statute (web page)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked
- California Public Resources Code 42488.2 and 42488.3, Right to Repair Act (SB 244, Stats. 2023 ch. 704), with Business and Professions Code 9801 definitions(opens in a new tab)California Legislature (Legislative Counsel) · Statute (web page)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked
- Proposition 65 List of Chemicals (XLSX, July 31, 2026 list)(opens in a new tab)California OEHHA · Official list (Excel)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked · 2 versions kept
- Proposition 65 NSRL and MADL (safe harbor levels) page(opens in a new tab)California OEHHA · Guidance (web page)Updates: on changeLast checked: Not checked yet
- Proposition 65 warning regulations (27 CCR 25600 et seq.)(opens in a new tab)California OAG / OEHHA · Regulation (web page)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked · 3 versions kept
- California Health & Safety Code 111790-111795 (Safe Cosmetics Act reporting; fragrance and flavor disclosure 111791.5-111792.6), operative text(opens in a new tab)California Legislature (leginfo, pubinfo bulk data) · Statute (XML)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked
- California SB 1019 (2014), chaptered text and status (adds BPC 19094, TB 117-2013)(opens in a new tab)California Legislature (leginfo) · Statute (web page)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked · 2 versions kept
- TB 117-2013 flammability standard and SB 1019 (Bus. & Prof. Code 19094) furniture flame-retardant label(opens in a new tab)California Bureau of Home Furnishings / Legislature · Regulation (web page)Updates: on changeLast checked: Checked
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