California Lobby Day represents a unique opportunity for industry leaders to meet with legislators, state officials, and their staff members and engage in open discussions about legislative and regulatory issues affecting the personal care industry.
The whirlwind day included briefings in the Governor’s Office by the executive department personnel and meetings with staff in the offices of members of the State Legislature, as well as a reception for members of the California Legislature, personnel from the Office of Governor Brown, and PCPC members and staff. Among those in attendance were Martha Guzman-Aceves (Deputy Legislative Secretary); Grant Cope (Deputy Secretary for Environmental Policy, California Environmental Protection Agency (Cal EPA)); Meredith Williams (Deputy Director of Safer Products and Workplaces Program, Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC)); Jacqueline Shea (United States Environmental Protection
In addition to meeting with PCPC personnel and other PCPC member representatives, the day provided a solid overview of California’s current regulatory scheme and upcoming legislation and regulations.Agency (US EPA)); and Rick Brausch (Legislative and Policy Director, DTSC). In addition, a number of staff members from the offices of California Senators Loni Hancock and Kevin De Leon and California Assemblymembers Brian Nestande and Susan Bonilla spoke with PCPC members. The proposed pieces of legislation of most interest to the PCPC were the prohibition on the use of plastic microbeads in cosmetics, legislation to allow county weights and measure officials to regulate the information that is required to be disclosed in the sale of cosmetics, the characterization of cosmetics as unsalable hazardous waste at the retailer level, and prohibitions on animal testing.
Conkle, Kremer & Engel is proud to be an active member of the Personal Care Products Council. Over the years, CK&E has provided legal expertise to the PCPC and its member companies by presenting at conferences organized by the PCPC on legal and regulatory matters, as well as representing many PCPC member companies. CK&E has also been a frequent sponsor of conferences organized by the PCPC and has participated in numerous events hosted by the PCPC.
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