Massachusetts Jail Cellular Telephone Band & Wireless Security Legislation
Mass. Legislature Introduces Another Bill
Update on Massachusetts Cell Phone & Wireless Safety Bills
S. 2431 Resolve relative to disclosure of radio frequency notifications. After investigating wireless radiations for S. 107 in addition to S. 108, the Joint Committee on Consumer Protection in addition to Professional Licensure introduced their ain mouth on Apr 17, 2018. Resolve S. 2431 forms a commission to convey scientists, doctors, manufacture in addition to fundamental world servants to the tabular array to address EMFs. The mouth has been assigned to the Senate Committee on Ways in addition to Means. Click here for updates.
February 18, 2018
Two wireless security bills were reported out of commission favorably, in addition to two were granted an extension for the commission to examine further. The other bills were sent to study which agency they could live on reintroduced during the adjacent legislative session.
- S.1268 Resolve creating a exceptional commission to examine the wellness impacts of electromagnetic fields will examine non-industry-funded scientific discipline in addition to recommend world protections. This mouth was reported out of commission favorably on Feb 2, 2018. Click here for updates.
- H.2030 An Act relative to best administration practices for wireless inward schools in addition to world institutions of higher education requires the Massachusetts Department of Elementary in addition to Secondary Education to constitute wireless applied scientific discipline standards to protect the wellness in addition to security of world schoolhouse students in addition to staff. After a world hearing this mouth was discharged to the Joint Committee on Public Health, which reported it out of commission favorably on Feb 7, 2018. Click here for updates.
- S.2079 An Act reducing non-ionizing radiations exposure inward schools. Originally referred to the Joint Committee on Education. After a world hearing on September 5, 2017, the mouth was discharged to the Joint Committee on Public Health which sent it to study on Feb 7, 2018. Click here for updates.
- S.107 An Act relative to disclosure of radio frequency notifications requires manufacturer warnings live on prominently displayed on production packaging of wireless radiation-emitting devices. On Feb 7, 2018, the commission filed an extension to April 9, 2018 to permit fourth dimension to cast a commission amongst EMF scientists in addition to doctors. Click here for updates.
- S.108 An Act relative to the rubber utilisation of handheld devices yesteryear children requires specific linguistic communication live on included on production packaging. On February 7, 2018, the commission filed an extension to April 9, 2018 to permit fourth dimension to cast a commission amongst EMF scientists in addition to doctors. Click here for updates.
- S.1864 An Act relative to utilities, smart meters, in addition to ratepayers’ rights gives utility customers the no-fee alternative of retaining non-wireless radiation-emitting water, gas in addition to electrical meters in addition to refusing installation of “smart” utility meters.The commission sent this mouth to study on Feb 7, 2018. Click here for updates.
March 22, 2017
Five Cell Phone & Wireless Safety Bills introduced inward Massachusetts Legislature
In 2017, the Massachusetts dry reason legislature introduced v bills to address wireless radiations in addition to world health:
S.107 would require manufacturers’ RF security information to live on manifestly visible on prison theater mobile telephone outcry upward production packaging or straight customers to security notifications inside the user manual including information pertaining to RF radiations exposure, compliance amongst RF regulatory requirements, in addition to the minimum separation distance betwixt the device in addition to the person’s body.
S.108 would require the next linguistic communication to seem on prison theater mobile telephone outcry upward production packaging:
"To assure safety, the Federal Government requires that prison theater mobile telephone phones run into radio frequency (RF) exposure guidelines. If yous send or utilisation your outcry upward inward a bag or the outcry upward is otherwise inward contact amongst your trunk when the outcry upward is on in addition to connected to a wireless network, yous may move yesteryear the federal guidelines for exposure to RF radiation. Refer to the instructions inward your outcry upward or user manual for information most how to utilisation your outcry upward safely."
This notification is required yesteryear the model prison theater mobile telephone outcry upward “right to know” ordinance that was adopted inward 2015 inward Berkeley, California. The Berkeley ordinance allows the retailer the alternative to post the respect inward the shop or render it to the customer. It does non require the respect to live on placed on the cell outcry upward production packaging.
The commission volition study whether EMF has a disparate deport on on potentially vulnerable subgroups including children, fetuses, meaning women, the elderly in addition to those amongst pre-existing illnesses or impairments. The commission volition investigate whether children are to a greater extent than vulnerable.
The commission volition file a study yesteryear July 31, 2018, in addition to recommend legislation needed to protect world wellness including a recommendation on whether children’s EMF (including Wi-Fi) exposure inward schools should live on eliminated or reduced. No commission fellow member shall accept a fiscal conflict of interest.
S.1864 would give residents the correct to buy the farm on non-RF-emitting water, gas in addition to electrical meters instead of "smart" utility meters without having to pay extra fees. Ratepayers volition accept the correct to asking that utility companies take away wireless meters in addition to install electromechanical analog meters that emit no RF radiation.
H.2030 would require the dry reason authorities to educate best practices in addition to guidance for the buy in addition to installation of wireless mesh service inward world schools, colleges in addition to universities. The guidelines would prioritize practices that protect the wellness in addition to security of students in addition to staff.
