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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3380 FILED ON: 1/17/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1797
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Bradley H. Jones, Jr.
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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 establishing a special legislative commission to study the use of IVRs and other
strategies by social media platforms.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Bradley H. Jones, Jr.20th Middlesex1/17/2025Kimberly N. Ferguson1st Worcester1/17/2025Paul K. Frost7th Worcester1/31/2025Todd M. Smola1st Hampden3/10/2025 1 of 2
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3380 FILED ON: 1/17/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1797
By Representative Jones of North Reading, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1797) of
Bradley H. Jones, Jr. and others for an investigation and study by a special legislative
commission (including members of the General Court) to study the use of IVRs and other
strategies by social media platforms. The Judiciary.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
(2025-2026)
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An Act establishing a special legislative commission to study the use of IVRs and other
strategies by social media platforms.
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. There shall be established a special legislative commission to study the use
2of intermittent variable rewards and other strategies by social media platforms. The
3commission’s study shall include, but not be limited to, the use of intermittent variable rewards
4as a psychologically manipulative tool to prolong adolescent users’ time spent on social media
5platforms.
6 SECTION 2. The commission shall consist of: the chairs of the joint committee on the
7judiciary, who shall serve as co-chairs, ; 1 member appointed by the speaker of the house of
8representatives; 1 member appointed by the president of the senate;1 member appointed by the
9minority leader of the house of representatives; 1 member appointed by the minority leader of
10the senate; the commissioner of mental health or their designee, the secretary of public health or
11their designee, and the attorney general or their designee. 2 of 2
12 SECTION 3. The commission shall submit its report, along with any recommendations,
13to the clerk’s office of the house of representatives and the senate no later than 1 year after the
14passage of this act.