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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 647 FILED ON: 1/10/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3339 |
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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 | | Carmine Lawrence Gentile |
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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 prohibiting state and municipal contracts for the purchase and installation of artificial turf |
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| 13 | 13 | | fields. |
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| 14 | 14 | | _______________ |
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| 15 | 15 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 16 | 16 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Carmine Lawrence Gentile13th Middlesex1/10/2025James C. Arena-DeRosa8th Middlesex3/4/2025James B. EldridgeMiddlesex and Worcester2/27/2025Adrianne Pusateri Ramos14th Essex3/6/2025 1 of 3 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 647 FILED ON: 1/10/2025 |
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| 18 | 18 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3339 |
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| 19 | 19 | | By Representative Gentile of Sudbury, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3339) of |
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| 20 | 20 | | Carmine Lawrence Gentile and others relative to state and municipal contracts for the purchase |
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| 21 | 21 | | and installation of artificial turf fields. State Administration and Regulatory Oversight. |
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| 22 | 22 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 23 | 23 | | _______________ |
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| 24 | 24 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 25 | 25 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 26 | 26 | | _______________ |
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| 27 | 27 | | An Act prohibiting state and municipal contracts for the purchase and installation of artificial turf |
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| 28 | 28 | | fields. |
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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 SECTION 1. Chapter 29 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2is hereby amended by adding the following section:- |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3 Section 72. |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4 As used in this section, the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5otherwise, have the following meanings: |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6 “Intentionally-added PFAS”, PFAS chemicals that are added to a product or that enter the |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7product from the manufacturing or processing of the product; provided, however, that the |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8manufacturer of the product knows, or is reasonably expected to know, or possesses or controls |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9information of the addition of PFAS chemicals; and provided further, that “intentionally-added |
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| 40 | 40 | | 10PFAS” shall include any degradation products containing PFAS chemicals or products for which 2 of 3 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 11PFAS chemicals or PFAS precursors are used as a processing agent or mold release agent or |
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| 42 | 42 | | 12PFAS created by chemical reactions. |
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| 43 | 43 | | 13 “Perfluoraolkyl and polyfluoraolkyl substances” or “PFAS chemicals”, a class of |
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| 44 | 44 | | 14fluorinated organic chemicals containing at least 1 fully fluorinated carbon atom. |
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| 45 | 45 | | 15 No state agency or state authority shall provide funding for the purchase, use or |
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| 46 | 46 | | 16installation of artificial turf that contains zinc, plastic, or intentionally-added perfluoroalkyl and |
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| 47 | 47 | | 17polyfluoroalkyl substances for any new or existing field. Any existing artificial turf field |
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| 48 | 48 | | 18containing zinc, plastic, or intentionally-added PFAS chemicals shall be allowed to be used for |
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| 49 | 49 | | 19its useful life but shall not be replaced with artificial turf containing zinc, plastic, or |
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| 50 | 50 | | 20intentionally-added PFAS chemicals. |
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| 51 | 51 | | 21 SECTION 2. Chapter 40 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by |
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| 52 | 52 | | 22adding the following section:- |
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| 53 | 53 | | 23 Section 70. |
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| 54 | 54 | | 24 “Intentionally-added PFAS”, PFAS chemicals that are added to a product or that enter the |
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| 55 | 55 | | 25product from the manufacturing or processing of the product; provided, however, that the |
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| 56 | 56 | | 26manufacturer of the product knows, or is reasonably expected to know, or possesses or controls |
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| 57 | 57 | | 27information of the addition of PFAS chemicals; and provided further, that “intentionally-added |
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| 58 | 58 | | 28PFAS” shall include any degradation products containing PFAS chemicals or products for which |
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| 59 | 59 | | 29PFAS chemicals or PFAS precursors are used as a processing agent or mold release agent or |
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| 60 | 60 | | 30PFAS created by chemical reactions. |
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| 61 | 61 | | 31 “Local government”, a county, city, town or other municipal entity. 3 of 3 |
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| 62 | 62 | | 32 “Perfluoraolkyl and polyfluoraolkyl substances” or “PFAS chemicals”, a class of |
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| 63 | 63 | | 33fluorinated organic chemicals containing at least 1 fully fluorinated carbon atom. |
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| 64 | 64 | | 34 No local government shall provide funding for the purchase, use or installation of |
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| 65 | 65 | | 35artificial turf that contains zinc, plastic, or intentionally-added perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl |
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| 66 | 66 | | 36substances for any new or existing field. Any existing artificial turf field containing zinc, plastic, |
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| 67 | 67 | | 37or intentionally-added PFAS chemicals shall be allowed to be used for its useful life but shall not |
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| 68 | 68 | | 38be replaced with artificial turf containing zinc, plastic, or intentionally-added PFAS chemicals. |
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