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MA H1797
Bill
Status
2/27/2025
Primary Sponsor
Bradley Jones
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AI Summary
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Establishes a special legislative commission to study intermittent variable rewards (IVRs) and other strategies used by social media platforms, with particular focus on psychologically manipulative tools that prolong adolescent users' time on these platforms
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Commission membership includes 9 members: co-chairs from the Joint Committee on the Judiciary, 1 appointee each from the House Speaker, Senate President, House Minority Leader, and Senate Minority Leader, plus the Commissioner of Mental Health, Secretary of Public Health, and Attorney General (or their designees)
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Report with recommendations must be submitted to the House and Senate clerks' offices within 1 year of the act's passage
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Filed on January 17, 2025 by Representative Bradley H. Jones, Jr. (20th Middlesex) with 3 co-sponsors; referred to the Judiciary Committee
Legislative Description
Establishing a special legislative commission to study the use of IVRs and other strategies by social media platforms
Last Action
Accompanied a study order, see H5281 (under House Rule 27)
3/26/2026