MA S1230

Bill

MA S1230

To protect children, families, and firefighters from harmful flame retardants

Introduced
01/22/2019

In Committee
09/16/2019

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

191st General Court

Bill Summary

For legislation to protect children and families from harmful flame retardants. Public Health.

AI Summary

This bill aims to protect children, families, and firefighters from harmful flame retardants. It prohibits the manufacture, sale, distribution, or importation of certain covered products, such as bedding, carpeting, children's products, residential upholstered furniture, and window treatments, that contain specified chemical flame retardants exceeding 1,000 parts per million. The bill also allows the Department of Environmental Protection to periodically review and identify additional flame retardants that should be restricted. Manufacturers and retailers who violate this law can face civil penalties. The bill also provides for a labeling program for covered products that meet fire safety standards and do not contain the prohibited flame retardants.

Committee Categories

Budget and Finance, Health and Social Services

Sponsors (31)

Brian Ashe (D), John Barrett (D), Mike Barrett (D), Michael Brady (D), Harriette Chandler (D), Jo Comerford (D), Mike Connolly (D), Cynthia Creem (D), Brendan Crighton (D), Sal DiDomenico (D), Diana Dizoglio (D), Lori Ehrlich (D), Jamie Eldridge (D), Paul Feeney (D), Cindy Friedman (D), Colleen Garry (D), Carmine Gentile (D), Jim Hawkins (D), John Keenan (D), Kay Khan (D), David LeBoeuf (D), Jack Lewis (D), Jason Lewis (D), Joan Lovely (D), Mike Moore (D), Brian Murray (D), Patrick O'Connor (R), Marc Pacheco (D), Denise Provost (D), Becca Rausch (D), Tom Stanley (D),

Last Action

New draft substituted, see S2338 (on 09/19/2019)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S1230

(14 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S1230
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S1230.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H159	Providing for enhanced protection of children and investigation of abuse and neglect allegations	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means	Similar To
H2210	Relative to firefighter retirement benefits	Accompanied a study order, see H4722	Similar To
H2290	Relative to firefighter training	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means	Similar To
H2344	Relative to the retirement benefits of certain employees of the department of children and families	Accompanied a study order, see H4722	Similar To
H2502	Providing volunteer firefighters and emergency medical technicians with a local option real estate tax exemption	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling	Similar To
H3054	Relative to distinctive registration plates for firefighters	Accompanied a study order, see H4772	Similar To
H4006	Providing for line-of-duty death benefits for firefighters	Accompanied a study order, see H5031	Similar To
H4083	Relative to DCF legislative reporting reform	Accompanied a new draft, see H4163	Similar To
S1241	Relative to firefighters	Accompanied a study order, see S2683	Similar To
S1483	Concerning health insurance benefits for surviving spouses of firefighters in the city of Boston	Signed by the Governor, Chapter 94 of the Acts of 2020	Similar To
S1484	Relative to survivor retirement benefits	Accompanied a study order, see S2545	Similar To
S1546	Relative to Parkinson's disease disability and death in firefighters	Accompanied H2378	Similar To
S2338	To protect children, families, and firefighters from harmful flame retardants	Passed to be engrossed - Roll Call #94 [YEAS 38 - NAYS 0]	Replaced by
S2349	To protect children, families, and firefighters from harmful flame retardants	Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means	Similar To

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