MA H2180

Bill

Relative to protecting municipalities from unfunded mandates

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 require that fiscal notes be attached to legislation providing unfunded mandates on municipal governments. Municipalities and Regional Government.

AI Summary

This bill aims to protect municipalities from unfunded mandates by requiring the state legislature to attach fiscal notes to any legislation that imposes costs on local governments. The bill defines an "unfunded mandate" as any legislation that requires municipalities to incur additional expenses, such as hiring more staff to implement the new law. The bill states that legislative committees must include a fiscal note explaining the costs before favorably reporting the bill, and that the legislature cannot enact the legislation until it provides an appropriation to cover the municipal costs.

Committee Categories

Government Affairs

Sponsors (16)

Jim Arciero (D)*, Hannah Kane (R)*, Brian Ashe (D), David DeCoste (R), Marcos Devers (D), Shawn Dooley (R), Kim Ferguson (R), Colleen Garry (D), James Kelcourse (R), Joe McKenna (R), Dave Muradian (R), Matt Muratore (R), Kelly Pease (R), Dave Robertson (D), Adam Scanlon (D), Steve Xiarhos (R),

Last Action

Accompanied a study order, see H4933 (on 06/29/2022)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H2180

(10 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H2180
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H2180.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H3100	Requiring municipalities to place insurance out to bid	Accompanied a study order, see H4910	Similar To
H4933	Certain matters concerning municipal governance	No further action taken	Replaced by
S1323	To update the public shade tree law	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S1331	Relative to the effective enforcement of municipal ordinances and by-laws	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Rules	Similar To
S1346	Relative to PEG access and cable related funds	No further action taken	Similar To
S1802	Relative to providing better notices and protections in the process for collecting delinquent property taxes	Accompanied a study order, see H5247	Similar To
S2472	Relative to extending certain COVID-19 measures adopted during the state of emergency	No further action taken	Similar To
S2982	Relative to extending certain state of emergency accommodations	Reprinted, as amended, see S2985	Similar To
S572	To reduce solid waste, increase recycling and generate municipal cost savings	Accompanied S494	Similar To
S880	Facilitating site plan review	Accompanied a study order, see S2760	Similar To

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MA H2180

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