MA H3110

Bill

Special act funding a study of passenger service on the Housatonic rail line

Introduced
01/22/2019

In Committee
04/02/2020

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

191st General Court

Bill Summary

By Mr. Pignatelli of Lee (by request), a petition of Karen Christensen that the Massachusetts Department of Transportation convene a working group on the benefits of passenger rail service between the city of Pittsfield and New York City using the Housatonic rail line. Transportation.

AI Summary

This bill requires the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to convene a working group, called the Berkshire Passenger Rail Service Working Committee, to evaluate and report on the economic and environmental benefits of establishing year-round, multiple trip-per-day passenger rail service between Pittsfield, Massachusetts and New York City using the Housatonic rail line. The working group will assess the short and long-term economic and environmental benefits, as well as the costs, of adding passenger service to the Housatonic rail line. The working group will also coordinate with officials in Connecticut and New York to identify opportunities for collaboration and improvements to the passenger rail infrastructure and service. The working group's report is due by May 1, 2021.

Committee Categories

Transportation and Infrastructure

Sponsors (1)

Smitty Pignatelli (D)*,

Last Action

Discharged to the committee on House Rules (on 04/02/2020)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H3110

(16 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H3110
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H3110.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H1220	Relative to breaking generational cycles of poverty	Accompanied a study order, see H5125	Similar To
H3795	Above quota alcohol license	Discharged to the committee on House Rules	Similar To
H4157	Elder affairs study order	Discharged to the committee on House Rules	Similar To
S1224	To conduct a comprehensive study of oral injuries in school sports	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S1351	To require the Department of Public Health to conduct a study of the health impacts of airplane flights on the resident communities that are represented on the Massachusetts Port Authority Community Advisory Committee	Accompanied a study order, see S2547	Similar To
S1860	Resolve establishing a needs assessment of municipal public safety & security facilities	Resolve reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S1982	Relative to wifi and cellular infrastructure along rail lines	Accompanied a study order, see S2552	Similar To
S2059	Establishing a feasibility study to expand rapid transit to Lynn	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S2221	Establishing a commission to study the effects of K2 in state prisons	Accompanied a study order, see S2531	Similar To
S2223	To commission a study on small manufacturing businesses in Massachusetts	Accompanied a study order, see S2533	Similar To
S2388	Resolve providing for an investigation and study by a special commission relative to mattress recycling	Discharged to the committee on Senate Rules	Similar To
S248	Evaluating providing additional educational assistance to school districts with low or declining enrollment	Accompanied a new draft, see S2348	Similar To
S253	Resolve authorizing a study of starting times and schedules	Resolve reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S307	To strengthen the evaluation process for proposed new charter schools	Accompanied a study order, see S2538	Similar To
S495	Resolve providing for an investigation and study by a special commission relative to mattress recycling	Accompanied a new draft, see S2388	Similar To
S670	To study disparities in health care resulting from changes in marital status	Ought NOT to pass (under Joint Rule 10) and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session	Similar To

Bill

Bill Name

Last Action

Type

H1220

Relative to breaking generational cycles of poverty

Accompanied a study order, see H5125

Similar To

H3795

Above quota alcohol license

Discharged to the committee on House Rules

Similar To

H4157

Elder affairs study order

Discharged to the committee on House Rules

Similar To

S1224

To conduct a comprehensive study of oral injuries in school sports

Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means

Similar To

S1351

To require the Department of Public Health to conduct a study of the health impacts of airplane flights on the resident communities that are represented on the Massachusetts Port Authority Community Advisory Committee

Accompanied a study order, see S2547

Similar To

S1860

Resolve establishing a needs assessment of municipal public safety & security facilities

Resolve reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means

Similar To

S1982

Relative to wifi and cellular infrastructure along rail lines

Accompanied a study order, see S2552

Similar To

S2059

Establishing a feasibility study to expand rapid transit to Lynn

Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means

Similar To

S2221

Establishing a commission to study the effects of K2 in state prisons

Accompanied a study order, see S2531

Similar To

S2223

To commission a study on small manufacturing businesses in Massachusetts

Accompanied a study order, see S2533

Similar To

S2388

Resolve providing for an investigation and study by a special commission relative to mattress recycling

Discharged to the committee on Senate Rules

Similar To

S248

Evaluating providing additional educational assistance to school districts with low or declining enrollment

Accompanied a new draft, see S2348

Similar To

S253

Resolve authorizing a study of starting times and schedules

Resolve reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means

Similar To

S307

To strengthen the evaluation process for proposed new charter schools

Accompanied a study order, see S2538

Similar To

S495

Resolve providing for an investigation and study by a special commission relative to mattress recycling

Accompanied a new draft, see S2388

Similar To

S670

To study disparities in health care resulting from changes in marital status

Ought NOT to pass (under Joint Rule 10) and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session

Similar To

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