MA S2242

Bill

To recover hospitality, visitor and tourism jobs from Covid-19

Introduced
03/29/2021

In Committee
03/29/2021

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2022

Introduced Session

192nd General Court

Bill Summary

For legislation to recover hospitality, visitor and tourism jobs from Covid-19. Tourism, Arts and Cultural Development.

AI Summary

This bill aims to recover hospitality, visitor, and tourism jobs impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. It establishes a competitive grant program administered by the Office of Travel and Tourism to provide tourism and visitor marketing funds to businesses and regional tourism councils for promoting and advertising visitation and tourism. The bill also increases the funding for the Tourism Trust Fund by allocating 10% of the increase in occupancy excise tax revenue over the prior fiscal year. Additionally, it directs the Secretary of Housing and Economic Development to apply for a waiver to utilize HUD Community Development Block Grant funds through the Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism for regional tourism councils' marketing and promotion efforts to support tourism recovery.

Committee Categories

Business and Industry

Sponsors (3)

Julian Cyr (D)*, Joan Lovely (D), John Velis (D),

Last Action

Accompanied a study order, see S2908 (on 06/02/2022)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/S2242

(12 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/S2242
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/S2242.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H1316	Relative to the primary care workforce development and loan repayment grant program at community health centers	No further action taken	Similar To
H3375	To recover hospitality, visitor and tourism jobs from Covid-19	Accompanied a study order, see H5219	Similar To
H4218	Order relative to special procedures for consideration of the House Bill relative to immediate COVID-19 recovery needs	Adopted	Similar To
S1313	Establishing a pilot program to provide a support structure for parents during the COVID-19 global pandemic	Accompanied a study order, see H5225	Similar To
S2246	To rebuild the Commonwealth’s cultural future	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S252	Establishing the Commission of Inquiry on the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ response to and recovery from the COVID-19 crisis	Accompanied a new draft, see H4670	Similar To
S2908	Order relative to authorizing the joint committee on Tourism, Arts and Cultural Development to make an investigation and study of certain current Senate documents relative to tourism, arts and cultural development	Discharged to the committee on Senate Rules	Replaced by
S293	Expanding opportunities to demonstrate academic achievement	Accompanied a study order, see S2756	Similar To
S312	To improve literacy skills	Accompanied a new draft, see S2883	Similar To
S370	Establishing a hate crimes grant program	Accompanied a new draft, see S2525	Similar To
S384	Creating a grant program on alternative assessment models	Accompanied a study order, see S2756	Similar To
S744	Relative to the primary care workforce development and loan repayment grant program at community health centers	Accompanied H1316	Similar To

Bill

Bill Name

Last Action

Type

H1316

Relative to the primary care workforce development and loan repayment grant program at community health centers

No further action taken

Similar To

H3375

To recover hospitality, visitor and tourism jobs from Covid-19

Accompanied a study order, see H5219

Similar To

H4218

Order relative to special procedures for consideration of the House Bill relative to immediate COVID-19 recovery needs

Adopted

Similar To

S1313

Establishing a pilot program to provide a support structure for parents during the COVID-19 global pandemic

Accompanied a study order, see H5225

Similar To

S2246

To rebuild the Commonwealth’s cultural future

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

Similar To

S252

Establishing the Commission of Inquiry on the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ response to and recovery from the COVID-19 crisis

Accompanied a new draft, see H4670

Similar To

S2908

Order relative to authorizing the joint committee on Tourism, Arts and Cultural Development to make an investigation and study of certain current Senate documents relative to tourism, arts and cultural development

Discharged to the committee on Senate Rules

Replaced by

S293

Expanding opportunities to demonstrate academic achievement

Accompanied a study order, see S2756

Similar To

S312

To improve literacy skills

Accompanied a new draft, see S2883

Similar To

S370

Establishing a hate crimes grant program

Accompanied a new draft, see S2525

Similar To

S384

Creating a grant program on alternative assessment models

Accompanied a study order, see S2756

Similar To

S744

Relative to the primary care workforce development and loan repayment grant program at community health centers

Accompanied H1316

Similar To

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