連結：動物實驗化妝品將成過去式 加州參議院通過無殘酷化妝品法案
就在六月初，加州參議員以21票對9票贊成加州無殘酷化妝品法案（SB1249）。將使化妝品製造商在2020年1月1日之後銷售任何在動物身上進行測試的成品或原物料都是非法的。
該立法由參議員Cathleen Galgiani撰寫，並由立法社會同情組織（SCIL）和負責任醫學醫師委員會（PCRM）贊助。 Galgiani表示：「我感謝民主黨和共和黨參議員齊心協力推動這項重要政策的推進，看起來最好不應該以傷害眼睛和皮膚測試傷害動物為代價。」
一些名人動物權利家 – 包括女演員Maggie Q、Harley Quinn Smith和Katie Cleary──出席了遊說參議員支持SB1249。該立法現已轉移到州議會，該議會必須在9月底作出決定。
連結：US – Update on SB 1249 – California Cruelty-Free Cosmetics Act（2018/05/29）
連結：SB 1249 California’s Cruelty-Free Cosmetics Act Passes Senate with 21-9 Vote（2018/06/01）
連結：SB 1249, California Cruelty-Free Cosmetics Act, Passes Judiciary Committee with 9-0 Vote（2018/06/29）
Senate bill 1249, the California Cruelty-Free Cosmetics Act passed by a vote of 9 to 0 in the California Assembly Judiciary Committee on Tuesday. SB 1249, authored by Senator Cathleen Galgiani and sponsored by Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine and Social Compassion in Legislation, would make it unlawful for cosmetic manufacturers to sell any cosmetic in California if the final product or any component of the product was knowingly tested on animals after January 1, 2020, with a few limited exceptions.
After the vote, Senator Cathleen Galgiani stated, “We are thrilled that the Judiciary Committee agrees with the vast majority of Californians in demanding cruelty-free cosmetics.”
Elizabeth Baker, Esq., regulatory policy director for the Physicians Committee, stated, “Looking at the variety of robust and effective nonanimal testing methods available today and the ethics of animal testing make SB 1249 a no-brainer. Californians want a cruelty-free cosmetics market and legislators are listening.”