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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2878 FILED ON: 1/16/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1034 |
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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 | | David M. Rogers |
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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 restricting distribution of single-use plastic straws. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:David M. Rogers24th Middlesex1/16/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2878 FILED ON: 1/16/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1034 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Rogers of Cambridge, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1034) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | David M. Rogers relative to restricting distribution of single-use plastic straws. Environment |
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| 20 | 20 | | and Natural Resources. |
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| 21 | 21 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 887 OF 2023-2024.] |
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| 23 | 23 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 27 | 27 | | _______________ |
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| 28 | 28 | | An Act restricting distribution of single-use plastic straws. |
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| 29 | 29 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 30 | 30 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 31 | 31 | | 1 Chapter 140 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2amended by inserting after section 6B the following section:– |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3 Section 6C. (a) As used in this section the following terms shall, unless the context |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings:- |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5 “Food establishment”, an operation that stores, prepares, packages, serves, vends, or |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6otherwise provides food for human consumption, including but not limited to any establishment |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7requiring a permit to operate in accordance with the State Food Code. |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8 “Single-use plastic straw”, a single-use, disposable tube made predominantly of plastic |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9derived from either petroleum or a biologically based polymer, such as corn or other plant 2 of 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 10sources, used to transfer a beverage from a container to the mouth of the person drinking the |
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| 41 | 41 | | 11beverage. “Single-use plastic straw” shall not include a straw made from non-plastic materials, |
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| 42 | 42 | | 12including, but not limited to, paper, pasta, sugar cane, wood, or bamboo. |
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| 43 | 43 | | 13 (b) A food establishment shall not provide a single-use plastic straw to a customer unless |
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| 44 | 44 | | 14requested by the customer. |
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| 45 | 45 | | 15 (c) The relevant licensing authority applicable to the food establishment may enforce the |
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| 46 | 46 | | 16provisions of this section for a first violation of this section by providing a written warning and |
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| 47 | 47 | | 17for a second or subsequent violation a fine of $25 for each day food establishment is in violation, |
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| 48 | 48 | | 18but not to exceed $300 annually. |
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