Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Massachusetts Senate Bill S609 Compare Versions

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2	2	SENATE DOCKET, NO. 872 FILED ON: 1/15/2025
3	3	SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 609
4	4	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
5	5	_________________
6	6	PRESENTED BY:
7	7	John F. Keenan
8	8	_________________
9	9	To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
10	10	Court assembled:
11	11	The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
12	12	An Act prohibiting hotels from providing plastic-packaged toiletries.
13	13	_______________
14	14	PETITION OF:
15	15	NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :John F. KeenanNorfolk and Plymouth 1 of 2
16	16	SENATE DOCKET, NO. 872 FILED ON: 1/15/2025
17	17	SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 609
18	18	By Mr. Keenan, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 609) of John F. Keenan for
19	19	legislation to prohibit hotels from providing plastic-packaged personal care products.
20	20	Environment and Natural Resources.
21	21	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
22	22	_______________
23	23	In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
24	24	(2025-2026)
25	25	_______________
26	26	An Act prohibiting hotels from providing plastic-packaged toiletries.
27	27	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
28	28	of the same, as follows:
29	29	1 SECTION 1. Chapter 21 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition,
30	30	2is hereby amended by inserting after chapter 21O the following chapter:-
31	31	3 CHAPTER 21P.
32	32	4 MASSACHUSETTS HOTEL PACKAGING REDUCTION ACT
33	33	5 Section 1. As used in this chapter, the following words shall have the following meanings
34	34	6unless the context clearly requires otherwise:
35	35	7 “Department”, the department of environmental protection.
36	36	8 "Hotel", a building or portion of a building regularly used for the lodging of guests
37	37	9including an apartment hotel, a motel or a boarding house, regardless of whether meals are
38	38	10served. 2 of 2
39	39	11 "Hospitality personal care product", a product provided by a hotel and intended to be
40	40	12applied to or used on the human body or any part thereof for cleansing, conditioning or
41	41	13moisturizing including, but not limited to, shampoo, conditioner, lotion and liquid soap.
42	42	14 "Small plastic bottle", a plastic container with a capacity of less than 12 ounces.
43	43	15 Section 2. A hotel shall not provide any small plastic bottle containing a hospitality
44	44	16personal care product.
45	45	17 Section 3. A hotel that violates section 2 shall receive a warning notice detailing the
46	46	18hotel's requirement to correct the violation within thirty days from the date the notice is sent. A
47	47	19hotel shall be liable for a civil penalty of two hundred fifty dollars for the first violation after
48	48	20receiving a warning and failing to correct the violation within thirty days and five hundred
49	49	21dollars for any subsequent violation in the same calendar year. A hearing or opportunity to be
50	50	22heard shall be provided prior to the assessment of any civil penalty.
51	51	23 Section 4. The department shall enforce the provisions of this act.
52	52	24 Section 5. This act shall take effect January 1, 2027.