| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to trade regulations; requiring retailers to display signage warning about |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 the dangers of mercury-containing skin-lightening products; proposing coding for |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4 new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 325F. |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1.6 Section 1. [325F.998] SKIN-LIGHTENER SIGNAGE REQUIRED. |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7 Subdivision 1.Signage required.After August 1, 2026, at each location where |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8skin-lightening products are sold at retail, the retailer must display a sign in plain view to |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9provide public notice that selling skin-lightening products that contain mercury is illegal |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10and subject to penalties, and that using skin-lightening products that contain mercury may |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11result in adverse health consequences. The notice must be placed in a conspicuous location |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12in the retail establishment and must be readily visible to any person who is purchasing or |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13attempting to purchase skin-lightening products. |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14 Subd. 2.Signage development.The commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency and |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15the commissioner of health, in consultation with community-based organizations that have |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16worked to raise awareness about mercury in skin-lightening products, must jointly develop |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17the signage required by subdivision 1. Words on the signage must be displayed in at least |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18the English, Spanish, Hmong, Somali, French, Ethiopian, and Oromo languages. |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 20 | 20 | | REVISOR RSI/VJ 25-0245602/04/25 |
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| 21 | 21 | | State of Minnesota |
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| 22 | 22 | | This Document can be made available |
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| 23 | 23 | | in alternative formats upon request |
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| 24 | 24 | | HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 25 | 25 | | H. F. No. 1884 |
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| 26 | 26 | | NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 27 | 27 | | Authored by Pérez-Vega, Finke, Agbaje, Mahamoud and Clardy03/05/2025 |
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| 28 | 28 | | The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce Finance and Policy |
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