MA S2197

Bill

MA S2197

To prevent biomass energy to protect the air we breathe

Introduced
03/29/2021

In Committee
01/13/2022

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2022

Introduced Session

192nd General Court

Bill Summary

For legislation to prevent biomass energy to protect the air we breathe. Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy.

AI Summary

This bill seeks to prevent the use of biomass energy in order to protect air quality. It does this by amending existing Massachusetts laws to remove references to biomass and wood as eligible renewable energy sources. The bill also removes provisions that allowed certain biomass facilities to be considered renewable energy sources, even if they had previously been operational. The bill will take effect upon enactment and apply to any new biomass facilities, as well as existing facilities that expand their generating capacity or modify their fuel feedstock to include wood-derived biomass, after December 31, 2020.

Committee Categories

Budget and Finance, Transportation and Infrastructure

Sponsors (16)

Eric Lesser (D)*, Sonia Chang-Díaz (D), Michelle Ciccolo (D), Jo Comerford (D), Sal DiDomenico (D), Carmine Gentile (D), Adam Gómez (D), John Keenan (D), Jack Lewis (D), Jason Lewis (D), Jay Livingstone (D), Patrick O'Connor (R), Jake Oliveira (D), Angelo Puppolo (D), Orlando Ramos (D), Walter Timilty (D),

Last Action

Accompanied H4524 (on 04/07/2022)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/S2197

(18 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/S2197
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/S2197.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H1729	Relative to harassment prevention orders	Accompanied a study order, see H4844	Similar To
H2014	Requiring human service employers to develop and implement programs that prevent workplace violence	Accompanied a study order, see H5233	Similar To
H3333	To prevent biomass energy to protect the air we breathe	No further action taken	Similar To
H4524	Advancing offshore wind and clean energy	Reported by H5060	Replaced by
H540	To prevent concussion and head injury	No further action taken	Similar To
S1131	Promoting pet safety aka Crawford's Law	Accompanied a study order, see S2665	Similar To
S1179	To prevent wage theft, promote employer accountability, and enhance public enforcement	Accompanied a new draft, see H4681	Similar To
S1266	Supporting student mental health	Accompanied a study order, see S2919	Similar To
S1477	To prevent death and disability from stroke	Accompanied a study order, see S3164	Similar To
S1563	Relative to firearms and firearms violence	Accompanied a study order, see S2762	Similar To
S1603	Requiring health care facilities to develop and implement programs to prevent workplace violence	Accompanied a study order, see S2766	Similar To
S1718	To provide diabetes prevention program benefits	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S2516	Mitigating COVID-19 transmission among children and families	Accompanied a study order, see S2756	Similar To
S289	Relative to dropout prevention and re-engagement	Accompanied a study order, see S2756	Similar To
S290	To prioritize violence prevention and social emotional health in school support staff hiring	Accompanied a study order, see S2756	Similar To
S334	To prevent discrimination in interscholastic athletic and extracurricular activities	Accompanied a study order, see S2756	Similar To
S791	To promote public health through the prevention and wellness trust fund	Accompanied a study order, see S2917	Similar To
S942	To prevent illegal trafficking and gun violence among youth in the Commonwealth	Accompanied a study order, see S2665	Similar To

Bill

Bill Name

Last Action

Type

H1729

Relative to harassment prevention orders

Accompanied a study order, see H4844

Similar To

H2014

Requiring human service employers to develop and implement programs that prevent workplace violence

Accompanied a study order, see H5233

Similar To

H3333

To prevent biomass energy to protect the air we breathe

No further action taken

Similar To

H4524

Advancing offshore wind and clean energy

Reported by H5060

Replaced by

H540

To prevent concussion and head injury

No further action taken

Similar To

S1131

Promoting pet safety aka Crawford's Law

Accompanied a study order, see S2665

Similar To

S1179

To prevent wage theft, promote employer accountability, and enhance public enforcement

Accompanied a new draft, see H4681

Similar To

S1266

Supporting student mental health

Accompanied a study order, see S2919

Similar To

S1477

To prevent death and disability from stroke

Accompanied a study order, see S3164

Similar To

S1563

Relative to firearms and firearms violence

Accompanied a study order, see S2762

Similar To

S1603

Requiring health care facilities to develop and implement programs to prevent workplace violence

Accompanied a study order, see S2766

Similar To

S1718

To provide diabetes prevention program benefits

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

Similar To

S2516

Mitigating COVID-19 transmission among children and families

Accompanied a study order, see S2756

Similar To

S289

Relative to dropout prevention and re-engagement

Accompanied a study order, see S2756

Similar To

S290

To prioritize violence prevention and social emotional health in school support staff hiring

Accompanied a study order, see S2756

Similar To

S334

To prevent discrimination in interscholastic athletic and extracurricular activities

Accompanied a study order, see S2756

Similar To

S791

To promote public health through the prevention and wellness trust fund

Accompanied a study order, see S2917

Similar To

S942

To prevent illegal trafficking and gun violence among youth in the Commonwealth

Accompanied a study order, see S2665

Similar To

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