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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1718 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 957 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Lydia Edwards |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act protecting black girls from targeted toxicity. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | 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 |
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| 16 | 16 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1718 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 957 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Ms. Edwards, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 957) of Lydia Edwards, Sal N. |
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| 19 | 19 | | DiDomenico, James B. Eldridge and Patrick M. O'Connor for legislation to protect black girls |
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| 20 | 20 | | from targeted toxicity. The Judiciary. |
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| 21 | 21 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 22 | 22 | | _______________ |
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| 23 | 23 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | An Act protecting black girls from targeted toxicity. |
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| 27 | 27 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 28 | 28 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 29 | 29 | | 1 SECTION 1. Definitions:- |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2 The term “advertiser”, shall mean any person who promotes products or services to the |
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| 31 | 31 | | 3general public or a section of the public. |
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| 32 | 32 | | 4 The term “youth-targeted advertisement”, shall mean any promotion of a product or |
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| 33 | 33 | | 5service targeted at youths, including, but not limited to, the practice of targeting such |
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| 34 | 34 | | 6advertisements based on the collection of data relative to personal and product use information in |
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| 35 | 35 | | 7the youth population. |
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| 36 | 36 | | 8 SECTION 2. It shall be unlawful for any advertiser to promote products aimed at skin |
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| 37 | 37 | | 9lighting and hair relaxing through the practice of youth-targeted advertisement, where those |
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| 38 | 38 | | 10products contain toxic chemicals, including, but not limited to, mercury, parabens, estrogenic |
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| 39 | 39 | | 11chemicals from placenta, phthalates, and talc powder. |
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