A bill to eventually ban the sale of some common household cleansing products that contain a certain anti-bacterial chemical has won initial approval in an Iowa Senate subcommittee. Senator Joe Bolkcom, a Democrat from Iowa City, is the main sponsor of the bill that would ban the sale of products that contain “triclosan” (TRY-kloh-san). It’s found in soaps, hand sanitizers and body washes.

According to the F-D-A, about 75 percent of liquid hand soaps and 30 percent of bar soaps sold in the U.S. contain triclosan. Jim Henter of the Iowa Retail Federation says it’s unclear what store shelves in Iowa would look like if the bill passes and the ban takes effect in 2017.

Minnesota’s legislature passed a ban on triclosan in consumer g\soaps and that ban takes effect in 2017. Last year Minnesota’s governor directed his state agencies to stop buying products that contain the ingredient. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the use of triclosan in toothpaste and Bolkcom’s bill in the Iowa Senate would not ban the sale of toothpaste that has the ingredient.