Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Massachusetts Senate Bill S640 Compare Versions

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2	2	SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1640 FILED ON: 1/16/2025
3	3	SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 640
4	4	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
5	5	_________________
6	6	PRESENTED BY:
7	7	Mark C. Montigny
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 promoting humane cosmetics and other household products by limiting the use of animal
13	13	testing.
14	14	_______________
15	15	PETITION OF:
16	16	NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Mark C. MontignySecond Bristol and PlymouthJohn F. KeenanNorfolk and Plymouth1/29/2025Joanne M. ComerfordHampshire, Franklin and Worcester2/2/2025Michael O. MooreSecond Worcester2/3/2025Marcus S. Vaughn9th Norfolk2/5/2025James K. Hawkins2nd Bristol2/7/2025James B. EldridgeMiddlesex and Worcester2/10/2025Vanna Howard17th Middlesex2/14/2025Adam GomezHampden2/20/2025Bruce E. TarrFirst Essex and Middlesex2/26/2025Paul W. MarkBerkshire, Hampden, Franklin and
17	17	Hampshire
18	18	2/27/2025Adam J. Scanlon14th Bristol3/4/2025Patrick M. O'ConnorFirst Plymouth and Norfolk3/10/2025 1 of 3
19	19	SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1640 FILED ON: 1/16/2025
20	20	SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 640
21	21	By Mr. Montigny, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 640) of Mark C. Montigny, John
22	22	F. Keenan, Joanne M. Comerford, Michael O. Moore and other members of the General Court
23	23	for legislation to promote humane cosmetics and other household products by limiting the use of
24	24	animal testing. Environment and Natural Resources.
25	25	[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
26	26	SEE SENATE, NO. 1424 OF 2023-2024.]
27	27	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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29	29	In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
30	30	(2025-2026)
31	31	_______________
32	32	An Act promoting humane cosmetics and other household products by limiting the use of animal
33	33	testing.
34	34	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
35	35	of the same, as follows:
36	36	1 SECTION 1. Chapter 140 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after
37	37	2Section 174H the following new section:-
38	38	3 Section 174I.
39	39	4 (a) As used in this section, the following words shall have the following meanings unless
40	40	5the context clearly requires otherwise:
41	41	6 "Alternative test method", a process or procedure implemented to obtain information
42	42	7regarding the biological effects of exposure to a chemical or agent that does not employ the use
43	43	8of an animal and results in the gathering of valid information that would otherwise be acquired 2 of 3
44	44	9through the use of a traditional animal test method, including, but not limited to, computational
45	45	10toxicology, bioinformatics, high-throughput screening methods, chemical substances testing,
46	46	11tiered testing methods, in vitro studies, and systems biology.
47	47	12 “Commissioner”, the commissioner of the department of public health.
48	48	13 "Contract testing facility", a partnership, corporation, association, or other legal
49	49	14relationship that tests chemicals, ingredients, product formulations, or products.
50	50	15 "Manufacturer", a partnership, corporation, association, or other legal relationship that
51	51	16produces products, product formulations, chemicals, or ingredients.
52	52	17 "Medical research", investigations, experiments, and studies to discover, develop, or
53	53	18verify knowledge relating to the causes, diagnosis, treatment, prevention, or control of physical
54	54	19or mental diseases and impairments of humans and animals or relating to the development of
55	55	20biomedical products, devices, or pharmaceuticals.
56	56	21 "Traditional animal test method", a process or procedure using animals to obtain
57	57	22information regarding the biological effects of exposure to a chemical or agent.
58	58	23 (b) (1) When testing a product, product formulation, chemical, or ingredient in the
59	59	24Commonwealth, no manufacturer or contract testing facility shall use a traditional animal test
60	60	25method for which a valid alternative test method exists. No provision of this subsection shall be
61	61	26construed to apply to a test method conducted for the purposes of medical research.
62	62	27 (c) The commissioner shall promulgate regulations to implement, enforce, and administer
63	63	28this section and shall establish standards for alternative test methods to ensure safety and
64	64	29comparable validity of results to traditional animal test methods. The commissioner shall 3 of 3
65	65	30consider the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development’s Guidelines for the
66	66	31Testing of Chemicals when establishing said standards.
67	67	32 SECTION 2. The commissioner of public health shall promulgate regulations to
68	68	33implement this act no later than 180 days following passage of this act.
69	69	34 SECTION 3. Section 1 shall take effect 6 months after the passage of this act and section
70	70	352 shall take effect upon passage.