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SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1718 FILED ON: 1/19/2023
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 957
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Lydia Edwards
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act protecting black girls from targeted toxicity.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Lydia EdwardsThird SuffolkSal N. DiDomenicoMiddlesex and Suffolk2/11/2023James B. EldridgeMiddlesex and Worcester2/11/2023Patrick M. O'ConnorFirst Plymouth and Norfolk2/13/2023 1 of 1
SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1718 FILED ON: 1/19/2023
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 957
By Ms. Edwards, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 957) of Lydia Edwards, Sal N.
DiDomenico, James B. Eldridge and Patrick M. O'Connor for legislation to protect black girls
from targeted toxicity. The Judiciary.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)
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An Act protecting black girls from targeted toxicity.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 SECTION 1. Definitions:-
2 The term “advertiser”, shall mean any person who promotes products or services to the
3general public or a section of the public.
4 The term “youth-targeted advertisement”, shall mean any promotion of a product or
5service targeted at youths, including, but not limited to, the practice of targeting such
6advertisements based on the collection of data relative to personal and product use information in
7the youth population.
8 SECTION 2. It shall be unlawful for any advertiser to promote products aimed at skin
9lighting and hair relaxing through the practice of youth-targeted advertisement, where those
10products contain toxic chemicals, including, but not limited to, mercury, parabens, estrogenic
11chemicals from placenta, phthalates, and talc powder.