Legislative Updates
Thank you for your steadfast support of Massachusetts House Bill 2215. Unfortunately, our bill and many others faced significant challenges at the end of this legislative session and did not move forward. However, our collective advocacy efforts have paved the way for a promising future. Over the past year, we’ve achieved notable milestones, including meeting with lawmakers from over 50 offices like key committee members and Gov. Maura Healey, co-hosting a successful legislative briefing and advocacy day at the State House with the help of Rep. Kay Khan, and securing strong press coverage from a Boston Globe editorial endorsement and other key news outlets. While we didn’t achieve our desired outcome this time, our message resonated in the highest offices and we look forward to getting this bill across the finish line next session!
Thank you Massachusetts Representative Khan and Senator Rush for being champions of bills to protect young people from dangerous weight loss and muscle-building supplements.
Introduced by Massachusetts Representative Kay Khan and Senator Michael Rush in the 2023-2024 Massachusetts legislative session, An Act protecting children from harmful diet pills and muscle-building supplements (H.2215/S.1465), would protect kids from dangerously underregulated over-the-counter diet pills and muscle-building supplements by restricting the sale to adults 18 years or older.
News articles:
- “It’s All Strategy” In Late-Session Lobbying Season – State House News
Helpful materials:
- Protect the Health of Massachusetts Children (Updated 1/31/2024)
- Massachusetts Out of Kids’ Hands Fact Sheet
- Massachusetts H.2215/S.1465 At a Glance
- Partner organization support letter for H.2215/S.1465
- Letter in support of Massachusetts H.2215/S.1465 from the MA Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics
- Letter in support of Massachusetts H.2215/S.1465 from The Micheli Center for Sports Injury Prevention, at Boston Children’s Hospital
- Letter in support of Massachusetts H.2215/S.1465 from Jason M. Nagata, MD, MSc
- Letter in support of Massachusetts H.2215/S.1465 from professional figure skating coaches and officials from the Skating Club of Boston in Norwood, MA
- Letter in support of Massachusetts H.2215/S.1465 from fitness industry professionals
- Letter in support of Massachusetts S.1525/H.4271 from former supplements sales representatives and store manager
- Joint Committee Alert on Massachusetts H.4271/S.1525
