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Read. Follow. Verify.Utah Requires Menstrual Product Manufacturers to Disclose Intentionally Added Ingredients on Packaging Starting in December 2027
Last action · March 6, 2026: House/ filedSponsors: Kristen Chevrier and 1 other
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What This Bill Proposed
manufacturers selling goods in Utah must list each intentionally added ingredient on product packaging in order of weight beginning December 1, 2027. The legislation empowers the Division of Consumer Protection to enforce these labeling rules, levy administrative fines up to $2,500 per violation, and pursue court injunctions or civil penalties. Manufacturers may use internet links or common names for , provided they update physical packaging lists within 18 months or digital lists within 6 months of any formula change.
- State legislatures across the country have increasingly pursued bills requiring transparency regarding chemical ingredients and additives in personal care and menstrual products. context
- The Utah Division of Consumer Protection operates within the Utah Department of Commerce to enforce consumer sales practices and registration acts. context
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Menstrual product manufacturers
Manufacturers must update product packaging and digital lists to disclose intentionally added ingredients by December 1, 2027, and face potential administrative fines and civil penalties for noncompliance.
Division of Consumer Protection
The division is tasked with administering and enforcing the new chapter, bringing court actions, collecting fines, and making rules regarding public noncompliance lists.
Consumers of menstrual products
Consumers gain the right to view comprehensive ingredient lists on menstrual product packaging or via digital links.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · passed the House · on the Senate floor.
Procedural history
56 actions- Mar 6, 2026HouseHouse/ filed
- Mar 6, 2026HouseHouse/ received from Senate
- Mar 6, 2026SenateSenate/ to House
- Mar 6, 2026SenateSenate/ strike enacting clause
- Mar 4, 2026SenateSenate/ 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules
- Mar 4, 2026SenateSenate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
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- Mar 4, 2026SenateSenate/ comm rpt/ substituted
- Mar 4, 2026SenateSenate Comm - Favorable Recommendation
- Mar 4, 2026SenateSenate Comm - Substitute Recommendation
- Mar 4, 2026ReleasedLFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0442S07
- Mar 4, 2026Version SponsorLFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0442S07
- Mar 4, 2026Legislative Fiscal AgencyLFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0442S07
- Mar 4, 2026Legislative Fiscal AnalystLFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0442S07
- Mar 3, 2026ReleasedLFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0442S06
- Mar 3, 2026Version SponsorLFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0442S06
- Mar 3, 2026SenateCommitteeSenate/ to standing committee
- Mar 3, 2026Legislative Fiscal AgencyLFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0442S06
- Mar 3, 2026Legislative Fiscal AnalystLFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0442S06
- Mar 3, 2026SenateIntroducedSenate/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- Mar 3, 2026ReleasedLFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0442S05
- Mar 2, 2026SenateSenate/ received from House
- Mar 2, 2026Version SponsorLFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0442S05
- Mar 2, 2026HouseHouse/ to Senate
- Mar 2, 2026HouseFloorHouse/ passed 3rd reading
- Mar 2, 2026HouseHouse/ substituted
- Mar 2, 2026HouseHouse/ uncircled
- Mar 2, 2026Legislative Fiscal AgencyLFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0442S05
- Mar 2, 2026Legislative Fiscal AnalystLFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0442S05
- Feb 28, 2026Version SponsorLFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0442S04
- Feb 28, 2026Version SponsorLFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0442S03
- Feb 27, 2026Legislative Fiscal AgencyLFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0442S04
- Feb 27, 2026Legislative Fiscal AnalystLFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0442S04
- Feb 27, 2026HouseHouse/ circled
- Feb 27, 2026HouseHouse/ 3rd reading
- Feb 26, 2026Legislative Fiscal AgencyLFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0442S03
- Feb 26, 2026Legislative Fiscal AnalystLFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0442S03
- Feb 26, 2026ReleasedLFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0442S02
- Feb 25, 2026HouseHouse/ 2nd reading
- Feb 25, 2026HouseHouse/ comm rpt/ substituted
- Feb 25, 2026Version SponsorLFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0442S02
- Feb 24, 2026HouseHouse Comm - Favorable Recommendation
- Feb 24, 2026HouseHouse Comm - Substitute Recommendation
- Feb 23, 2026Legislative Fiscal AgencyLFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0442S02
- Feb 23, 2026Legislative Fiscal AnalystLFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0442S02
- Feb 23, 2026Legislative Fiscal AgencyLFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0442S01
- Feb 23, 2026Legislative Fiscal AnalystLFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0442S01
- Feb 18, 2026HouseCommitteeHouse/ to standing committee
- Feb 17, 2026HouseHouse/ received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- Feb 17, 2026ReleasedLFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0442
- Feb 2, 2026Version SponsorLFA/ fiscal note sent to sponsor for HB0442
- Feb 2, 2026HouseIntroducedHouse/ 1st reading (Introduced)
- Jan 30, 2026HouseHouse/ received bill from Legislative Research
- Jan 30, 2026Legislative Fiscal AgencyLFA/ bill sent to agencies for fiscal input for HB0442
- Jan 30, 2026Legislative Fiscal AnalystLFA/ bill assigned to staff for fiscal analysis for HB0442
- Jan 30, 2026Legislative Research and General CounselNumbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- Jan 30, 2026Legislative Research and General CounselBill Numbered but not Distributed
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Expansion of Consumer Protection Division Scope
The bill continuously integrates new industry sectors into the Division of Consumer Protection's enforcement portfolio, adding Chapter 82 for feminine hygiene products.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 45)
- Controversy20Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz25Current news / social attention level
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