MA S501

Bill

Promoting sustainable development and infrastructure, economic security, and fiscal responsibility with respect to climate risks

Introduced
03/29/2021

In Committee
03/03/2022

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2022

Introduced Session

192nd General Court

Bill Summary

For legislation to promote sustainable development and infrastructure, economic security, and fiscal responsibility with respect to climate risks. Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture.

AI Summary

This bill aims to promote sustainable development and infrastructure, economic security, and fiscal responsibility with respect to climate risks. Key provisions include: - Requiring permits and projects to disclose climate risks, identify adaptation measures, and prioritize nature-based solutions to address those risks. - Developing uniform climate resilient design standards and requiring applicants for state funding to demonstrate their projects include sufficient adaptation measures. - Exempting certain projects that pose no climate risks or use only nature-based adaptation measures. - Requiring the state building code to incorporate climate change impacts and adopt a municipal opt-in climate resilience stretch code. - Mandating investor-owned utilities to prepare climate vulnerability and adaptation plans, and consider climate risks in rate-setting proceedings. - Establishing a climate science education program for local planning and zoning board members. The goal is to integrate climate resilience and adaptation into state and local planning, infrastructure, and utility regulation to mitigate the impacts of climate change.

Committee Categories

Agriculture and Natural Resources, Budget and Finance

Sponsors (11)

Nick Collins (D)*, Michael Brady (D), Jo Comerford (D), Sal DiDomenico (D), Jamie Eldridge (D), Adam Hinds (D), David LeBoeuf (D), Jack Lewis (D), Jason Lewis (D), Mike Moore (D), Walter Timilty (D),

Last Action

Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means (on 03/03/2022)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/S501

(15 Companion Bills)

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Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/S501
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/S501.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H302	To establish the Western Massachusetts balanced sustainable development commission	No further action taken	Similar To
H3279	To modernize our natural gas infrastructure	No further action taken	Similar To
H3893	Authorizing the town of Lexington to adopt and enforce local regulations restricting new fossil fuel infrastructure in certain construction	No further action taken	Similar To
H4807	Financing the general governmental infrastructure of the Commonwealth	Reported by H5065	Similar To
H849	Relative to community preservation funds for coastal infrastructure	Accompanied a study order, see H5041	Similar To
H980	Promoting sustainable development and infrastructure, economic security, and fiscal responsibility with respect to climate risks	Accompanied S501	Similar To
S1337	To improve the local infrastructure development program	Accompanied H2135	Similar To
S2119	Requiring fiscal responsibility	Accompanied a study order, see S2681	Similar To
S2185	Providing for community-based green infrastructure in Western Massachusetts	Accompanied a study order, see S2715	Similar To
S2190	Providing oversight to leverage economic security in rural Massachusetts	Accompanied a study order, see S2715	Similar To
S2473	Authorizing the town of Brookline to adopt and enforce local regulations restricting new fossil fuel infrastructure in certain construction	Ought NOT to pass (under Joint Rule 10) and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session	Similar To
S2515	Authorizing the town of Acton to adopt and enforce local regulations restricting new fossil fuel infrastructure in certain construction	Ought NOT to pass (under Joint Rule 10) and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session	Similar To
S348	To expand the capacity of career technical schools	Accompanied a new draft, see S2749	Similar To
S505	Relative to funding water infrastructure and addressing economic target areas	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S527	Improving municipal water infrastructure	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To

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