MA S2138

Bill

Relative to transportation and environmental justice

Introduced
03/29/2021

In Committee
08/08/2022

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2022

Introduced Session

192nd General Court

Bill Summary

For legislation relative to transportation and environmental justice. Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy.

AI Summary

This bill establishes the Transportation Climate Initiative (TCI) Trust Fund, which will be administered by the Department of Transportation in consultation with the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs. The fund will receive proceeds from the auction of carbon emission allowances under the TCI program, a regional cap-and-invest program aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector. At least 70% of the annual proceeds must be used to benefit underserved and under-resourced communities with environmental justice populations, which are defined based on factors such as income, minority population, and access to resources. The remaining proceeds will be deposited into the Commonwealth Transportation Fund. The bill also creates an Equity Advisory Body to provide recommendations on the implementation and updating of the TCI program to ensure it benefits environmental justice communities.

Committee Categories

Transportation and Infrastructure

Sponsors (12)

Joseph Boncore (D)*, Jo Comerford (D), Brendan Crighton (D), Sal DiDomenico (D), Jamie Eldridge (D), Tami Gouveia (D), David LeBoeuf (D), Jack Lewis (D), Joan Lovely (D), Steve Owens (D), Becca Rausch (D), Erika Uyterhoeven (D),

Last Action

Ought NOT to pass (under Joint Rule 10) and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session (on 08/08/2022)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/S2138

(24 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/S2138
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/S2138.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H2013	Relative to relief for the Municipal Affordable Housing Trust Fund	Accompanied a study order, see H5023	Similar To
H2582	Designating certain employees of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to be in Group 2 of the contributory retirement system	Accompanied a study order, see H4960	Similar To
H3264	Relative to transportation and environmental justice	No further action taken	Similar To
H3362	Ensuring a healthy future for environmental justice communities	No further action taken	Similar To
H4059	Establishing a housing trust fund in the town of Chatham	No further action taken	Similar To
H4867	Relative to Massachusetts’s transportation resources and climate	Rejected	Similar To
H538	Relative to the safety of schools, residences, and public assemblies	Accompanied H653	Similar To
H893	Limiting toxics release inventory facilities in environmental justice communities	Accompanied a study order, see H5041	Similar To
H90	Financing a program for improvements to the Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund and providing relief to employers and workers in the Commonwealth	For actions on the section returned with recommendations of amendments, see H3702	Similar To
S1582	To provide automated external defibrillators in all public safety vehicles	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S2087	To promote safety, efficiency and accountability in transportation projects through public inspections	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S2090	Relative to state transportation project landowner notification	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S2135	Relative to energy facilities siting reform to address environmental justice, climate, and public health	Ought NOT to pass (under Joint Rule 10) and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session	Similar To
S2314	To update the Massachusetts rideshare program	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S2436	Relative to public safety and transparency by transportation network companies	Ought NOT to pass (under Joint Rule 10) and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session	Similar To
S2535	To revitalize agriculture, conditioning and simulcasting	Accompanied a new draft, see S3094	Similar To
S2538	Relative to H-2B worker mobility	Accompanied a study order, see S2758	Similar To
S332	Relative to carbon monoxide detectors in schools	Accompanied H653	Similar To
S35	Similar Bills	See H90	Similar To
S496	Improving air quality in airport environmental justice communities	Accompanied a new draft, see H4785	Similar To
S5	Proposal for a legislative amendment to the Constitution to provide resources for education and transportation through an additional tax on incomes in excess of one million dollars	Amendment again agreed to - see Senate Roll Call #48 and House Roll Call #38 (Yeas 159 to Nays 41)	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
S532	Relative to the Douglas State Forest Maintenance Trust Fund	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S791	To promote public health through the prevention and wellness trust fund	Accompanied a study order, see S2917	Similar To

Bill

Bill Name

Last Action

Type

H2013

Relative to relief for the Municipal Affordable Housing Trust Fund

Accompanied a study order, see H5023

Similar To

H2582

Designating certain employees of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to be in Group 2 of the contributory retirement system

Accompanied a study order, see H4960

Similar To

H3264

Relative to transportation and environmental justice

No further action taken

Similar To

H3362

Ensuring a healthy future for environmental justice communities

No further action taken

Similar To

H4059

Establishing a housing trust fund in the town of Chatham

No further action taken

Similar To

H4867

Relative to Massachusetts’s transportation resources and climate

Rejected

Similar To

H538

Relative to the safety of schools, residences, and public assemblies

Accompanied H653

Similar To

H893

Limiting toxics release inventory facilities in environmental justice communities

Accompanied a study order, see H5041

Similar To

H90

Financing a program for improvements to the Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund and providing relief to employers and workers in the Commonwealth

For actions on the section returned with recommendations of amendments, see H3702

Similar To

S1582

To provide automated external defibrillators in all public safety vehicles

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

Similar To

S2087

To promote safety, efficiency and accountability in transportation projects through public inspections

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

Similar To

S2090

Relative to state transportation project landowner notification

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

Similar To

S2135

Relative to energy facilities siting reform to address environmental justice, climate, and public health

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

Similar To

S2314

To update the Massachusetts rideshare program

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

Similar To

S2436

Relative to public safety and transparency by transportation network companies

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

Similar To

S2535

To revitalize agriculture, conditioning and simulcasting

Accompanied a new draft, see S3094

Similar To

S2538

Relative to H-2B worker mobility

Accompanied a study order, see S2758

Similar To

S332

Relative to carbon monoxide detectors in schools

Accompanied H653

Similar To

S35

Similar Bills

See H90

Similar To

S496

Improving air quality in airport environmental justice communities

Accompanied a new draft, see H4785

Similar To

Proposal for a legislative amendment to the Constitution to provide resources for education and transportation through an additional tax on incomes in excess of one million dollars

Amendment again agreed to - see Senate Roll Call #48 and House Roll Call #38 (Yeas 159 to Nays 41)

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

S532

Relative to the Douglas State Forest Maintenance Trust Fund

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

Similar To

S791

To promote public health through the prevention and wellness trust fund

Accompanied a study order, see S2917

Similar To

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