MA S2338

Bill

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

Introduced
09/16/2019

In Committee

Crossed Over
09/19/2019

Passed

Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

191st General Court

Bill Summary

SENATE, September 16, 2019 - The committee on Ways and Means to whom was referred the Senate Bill to protect children, families, and firefighters from harmful flame retardants (Senate, No. 1230),-- reports, recommending that the same ought to pass with an amendment substituting a new draft with the same title (Senate, No. 2338).

AI Summary

This bill 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 by weight for any component part. The bill requires the Department of Environmental Protection to review and recommend other chemical flame retardants to be prohibited every three years. Manufacturers and retailers who violate the law may be subject to civil penalties. The bill provides exemptions for certain products and allows the sale of inventory manufactured prior to the effective date.

Sponsors (0)

No sponsors listed

Other Sponsors (1)

Senate Committee on Ways and Means (S)

Last Action

Passed to be engrossed - Roll Call #94 [YEAS 38 - NAYS 0] (on 09/19/2019)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S2338

(9 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S2338
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S2338.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
H2290	Relative to firefighter training	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means	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
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
H4104	Relative to the commonwealth's fire departments	Accompanied a study order, see H4722	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
S1546	Relative to Parkinson's disease disability and death in firefighters	Accompanied H2378	Similar To
S2349	To protect children, families, and firefighters from harmful flame retardants	Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means	Replaces

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