--- title: HR 952. House Study Committee on Risks Associated with Hair Straightening Products; create collection: bills id: 2025-2026/hr952 cite_as: HR 952, 2025-2026 Regular Session (Ga.) canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr952 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr952.md text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr952/text source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/72070 date: 2026-02-24 status: introduced corpus_version: bills-2026-09-13 license: Public record of the Georgia General Assembly, via LegiScan; see about.md publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. 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House Study Committee on Risks Associated with Hair Straightening Products; create ## Text The House Committee on Regulated Industries offers the following substitute to HR 952: A RESOLUTION Creating the House Study Committee on Risks Associated with Hair Straightening Products; and for other purposes. WHEREAS, a recent study by the University of Texas' MD Anderson Cancer Center found a link between chemicals in hair straightening products and breast cancer, demonstrating a 60 percent increase in risk for some women who use them; and WHEREAS, some hair straightening treatments, such as relaxers, contain chemicals known as endocrine disputers that can interfere with human hormones; and WHEREAS, a 2019 study by the International Journal of Cancer found that for women who used hair straightening or relaxing products regularly, the risk of breast cancer increased by 31 percent; and WHEREAS, additional determinations are needed concerning the health risks associated with using hair straightening products and whether consumer warnings are warranted; and WHEREAS, it would be beneficial to study the association between the chemicals in hair straightening products and treatments and the incidence of breast cancer amongst Georgian women to determine if action by the state is necessary to address this issue. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES: (1) Creation of House study committee. There is created the House Study Committee on Risks Associated with Hair Straightening Products. (2) Members and officers. The committee shall be composed of five members of the House of Representatives to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. The Speaker shall designate a member of the committee as chairperson of the committee. (3) Powers and duties. The committee shall undertake a study of the conditions, needs, issues, and problems mentioned above or related thereto and recommend any action or legislation which the committee deems necessary or appropriate. (4) Meetings. The chairperson shall call all meetings of the committee. The committee may conduct such meetings at such places and at such times as it may deem necessary or convenient to enable it to exercise fully and effectively its powers, perform its duties, and accomplish the objectives and purposes of this resolution. (5) Allowances and funding. (A) The legislative members of the committee shall receive the allowances provided for in Code Section 28-1-8 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated. (B) The allowances authorized by this resolution shall not be received by any member of the committee for more than five days unless additional days are authorized. Funds necessary to carry out the provisions of this resolution shall come from funds appropriated to the House of Representatives; except that funds for the reimbursement of the expenses of state officials, other than legislative members, and for the reimbursement of the expenses of state employees shall come from funds appropriated to or otherwise available to their respective agencies. (6) Report. (A) In the event the committee adopts any specific findings or recommendations that include suggestions for proposed legislation, the chairperson shall file a report of the same prior to the date of abolishment specified in this resolution, subject to subparagraph (C) of this paragraph. (B) In the event the committee adopts a report that does not include suggestions for proposed legislation, the chairperson shall file the report, subject to subparagraph (C) of this paragraph. (C) No report shall be filed unless the same has been approved prior to the date of abolishment specified in this resolution by majority vote of a quorum of the committee. A report so approved shall be signed by the chairperson of the committee and filed with the Clerk of the House of Representatives. (D) In the absence of an approved report, the chairperson may file with the Clerk of the House of Representatives a copy of the minutes of the meetings of the committee in lieu thereof. (7) Abolishment. The committee shall stand abolished on December 1, 2026. ## Summaries written by Georgia Commons The following was written by claude-sonnet-5 from the text above and is not part of the resolution. Quote the text, not the summary. A Georgia House resolution would create a study committee to examine health risks linked to hair straightening products, including a possible connection to breast cancer, and consider whether the state should act. ### Plain-language summary This resolution creates the House Study Committee on Risks Associated with Hair Straightening Products. The preamble cites studies, including one from the University of Texas' MD Anderson Cancer Center and one from the International Journal of Cancer, that found links between chemicals in hair straightening or relaxing products and increased breast cancer risk in women who use them regularly. The committee would have five members appointed by the Speaker of the House, with one designated as chairperson. Its job is to study the health risks and whether consumer warnings or other state action are needed, and to recommend legislation if it finds any is warranted. Members can be reimbursed for expenses under existing rules (O.C.G.A. § 28-1-8) for up to five days unless more are approved, paid from House funds. The committee must file any report before it is abolished on December 1, 2026. ### What it does - Creates a five member House Study Committee on Risks Associated with Hair Straightening Products, with members appointed by the Speaker of the House. - Directs the committee to study health risks tied to hair straightening product chemicals and whether consumer warnings or new laws are needed. - Allows the chairperson to call and schedule meetings needed to carry out the study. - Sets reimbursement for legislative members under O.C.G.A. § 28-1-8, capped at five days unless more are authorized, funded through House appropriations. - Requires any approved findings or recommendations to be filed as a report with the Clerk of the House before the committee is abolished. - Abolishes the committee automatically on December 1, 2026. ### Who it affects The five House members appointed to serve on the committee, Georgia women who use hair straightening or relaxing products, manufacturers and sellers of those products, and the Clerk of the House, who would receive any final report. ### Why it matters If created, the committee could gather evidence on whether hair straightening products pose a cancer risk to Georgia women and recommend consumer warnings or new laws. The resolution itself makes no binding rules; it only sets up a study process that could lead to future legislation. ### Key provisions - Paragraph (1) creates the House Study Committee on Risks Associated with Hair Straightening Products. - Paragraph (2) sets membership at five House members appointed by the Speaker, who also names the chairperson. - Paragraph (3) charges the committee with studying the issue and recommending action or legislation it finds necessary. - Paragraph (5) sets member allowances under O.C.G.A. § 28-1-8, limited to five days of reimbursement unless more days are authorized, funded through House appropriations. - Paragraph (6) requires any adopted findings or recommendations to be filed as a signed report with the Clerk of the House before abolishment. - Paragraph (7) abolishes the committee on December 1, 2026. ## Status - Status: Introduced (2025-04-04) - Last action: House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute (2026-02-24) - Sponsors: Inga Willis, Omari Crawford - Official page: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/72070 > The history, votes, and amendments (199 characters) are at https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr952.md?full=1