House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Healthy Hair Act
Official title: To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to specify that hair straightening or smoothing products containing formaldehyde or formaldehyde releasing substances will be considered adulterated, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Shontel Brown D-OHWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 25, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 25, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7685.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BROWN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 37, February 25, 2026, Page H2329):Article I Section VIIISource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 25, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 22 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7685, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7685
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 1, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of September 1, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
18 cosponsors — 18 Democrats
0 of 18 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Summer Lee (D-PA), Lucy McBath (D-GA), LaMonica McIver (D-NJ), Kweisi Mfume (D-MD), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Terri Sewell (D-AL), Emilia Sykes (D-OH), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Shontel Brown.
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- H.R. 5457 (119th) Strengthening Agency Management and Oversight of Software Assets Act
- H.R. 989 (119th) To codify Executive Order 11246 titled "Equal Employment Opportunity".
- H.R. 2489 (119th) Hunger-Free Future Act of 2025
- H.Res. 48 (119th) Honoring Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., by celebrating diversity, promoting tolerance, and condemning hate.
- H.Res. 1004 (119th) Honoring Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., by celebrating diversity, promoting tolerance, and condemning hate.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.