Amendment ID: S3050-22-R1

Redraft Amendment 22

Prohibiting Hotels from Providing Plastic-Packaged Toiletries

Mr. Keenan moves that the proposed new draft be amended in section 12, in proposed section 1 of chapter 21P of the General Laws, by inserting after the definition of “Food service ware” the following 2 definitions:-

“Hotel”, a building or portion of a building regularly used for the lodging of guests, including, but not limited to, an apartment hotel, a motel or a boarding house, whether or not meals are served on the premises.

“Hospitality personal care product”, a product provided by a hotel and intended to be applied to or used on the human body, or any part thereof, for cleansing, conditioning or moisturizing, including, but not limited to, shampoo, conditioner, lotion and liquid soap.”; and

by inserting after section 12 the following section:-

“SECTION 12A. Chapter 21P of the General Laws, inserted by section 12, is hereby amended by inserting after section 2 the following section:-

Section 2A. A hotel shall not provide or otherwise make available a hospitality personal care product in a plastic container with a volume of less than or equal to 9 ounces. Each day a hotel is in violation of this section shall be considered a separate violation.”; and

by striking out, in line 2570, the words “Section 43” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- “Sections 12A and 43”.