1 of 1 SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1718 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 957 The Commonwealth of Massachusetts _________________ PRESENTED BY: Lydia Edwards _________________ 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. _______________ 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 _______________ In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court (2023-2024) _______________ 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.