MA H4668

Bill

Environment and natural resources matters

Introduced
05/23/2024

In Committee
05/23/2024

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2024

Introduced Session

193rd General Court

Bill Summary

Environment and natural resources matters

Sponsors (0)

No sponsors listed

Other Sponsors (1)

Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources (J)

Last Action

No further action taken (on 12/31/2024)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/H4668

(62 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/H4668
BillText	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/H4668.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H3580	Relative to certain manufactured chemicals known as PFAS	Accompanied a study order, see H4668	Replaces
H3785	Relative to formalizing the category of endangered species	Accompanied a study order, see H4668	Replaces
H3854	Relative formalizing Title V and Watershed regulations	Accompanied a study order, see H4668	Replaces
H4182	Releasing certain land use restrictions held by the department of conservation and recreation	Accompanied a study order, see H4668	Replaces
H44	To improve emergency service access in Cummington	Accompanied a study order, see H4668	Replaces
H4555	Study Order	No further action taken	Similar To
H4735	Waterways, wastewater, floods and other related matters	No further action taken	Similar To
H4738	Study Order	No further action taken	Similar To
H4794	Study Order	No further action taken	Similar To
H4852	Study Order	No further action taken	Similar To
H741	Relative to on-site sewage disposal systems	Accompanied a study order, see H4668	Replaces
H742	To protect Massachusetts pollinators	Accompanied a study order, see H4668	Replaces
H743	Relative to Long and Moon Islands in Boston Harbor	Accompanied a study order, see H4668	Replaces
H746	Relative to the Division of Waterways to dredge Quincy Bay	Accompanied a study order, see H4668	Replaces
H748	Resolve to establish a special commission to perform an investigation and providing for a study relative to the long term management, maintenance and future use of the Boston Harbor Long and Moon Islands	Accompanied a study order, see H4668	Replaces
H749	Instructing the Massachusetts Department of Fish & Game to study the feasibility of repurposing the former Moon Island Sewage Treatment Plant for the purposes of fish and shellfish farms	Accompanied a study order, see H4668	Replaces
H750	Establishing sustainable and equitable funding for climate change adaptation and mitigation	Accompanied a study order, see H4668	Replaces
H751	Waiving sporting, hunting or fishing license fees for people who use a wheelchair as their primary source of mobility	Accompanied a study order, see H4668	Replaces
H756	Establishing an office of outdoor recreation	Accompanied a study order, see H4668	Replaces
H757	Creating the outdoor recreation program	Accompanied a study order, see H4668	Replaces
H761	Expanding pleasure boat access to Boston Harbor	Accompanied a study order, see H4668	Replaces
H762	Authorizing and directing the director of the Division of Waterways to dredge the harbor area surrounding Houghs Neck in the city of Quincy	Accompanied a study order, see H4668	Replaces
H763	Relative to DCR yacht club fees reflecting waterway access	Accompanied a study order, see H4668	Replaces
H772	Relative to concurrent jurisdiction on National Park Service properties	Accompanied a study order, see H4668	Replaces
H778	Resolve to review, consider, and evaluate, and to establish a suitable body and/or special commission to consider climate change economic consequences	Accompanied a study order, see H4668	Replaces
H780	To increase access to recycling	Accompanied a study order, see H4668	Replaces
H781	Relative to bow hunting for deer in Wompatuck State Park	Accompanied a study order, see H4668	Replaces
H782	Relative to the board of registration of hazardous waste site cleanup professionals	Accompanied a study order, see H4668	Replaces
H788	Protecting public drinking water by further regulating solid waste disposal facilities	Accompanied a study order, see H4668	Replaces
H789	Limiting toxics release inventory facilities in environmental justice communities	Accompanied a study order, see H4668	Replaces
H791	Relative to the placement of a certain statue in the city of Lowell along the Merrimack River	Accompanied a study order, see H4668	Replaces
H797	Removing barriers to beach access	Accompanied a study order, see H4668	Replaces
H800	Authorizing the use of bow and arrows for Sunday hunting	Accompanied a study order, see H4668	Replaces
H801	Relative to dogs brought into the Commonwealth by animal rescue organizations	Accompanied a study order, see H4668	Replaces
H802	Relative to the siting of facilities dealing with refuse	Accompanied a study order, see H4668	Replaces
H820	Relative to requiring the sealing of containers transporting solid waste	Accompanied a study order, see H4668	Replaces
H821	Relative to the use of chlorpyrifos in the Commonwealth	Accompanied a study order, see H4668	Replaces
H822	Relative to the Office of the State Climatologist	Accompanied a study order, see H4668	Replaces
H824	Further defining an environmental justice population	Accompanied a study order, see H4668	Replaces
H827	Relative to fluoridation	Accompanied a study order, see H4668	Replaces
H829	Relative to septic installers	Accompanied a study order, see H4668	Replaces
H830	Relative to waste disposal	Accompanied a study order, see H4668	Replaces
H831	Relative to DCR retained revenue	Accompanied a study order, see H4668	Replaces
H838	To protect open space, historical resources, and community housing from coastal threats	Accompanied a study order, see H4668	Replaces
H840	To assure the attainment of greenhouse gas emissions goals in the alternative portfolio standard	Accompanied a study order, see H4668	Replaces
H857	To reform the Toxic Use Reduction Act	Accompanied a study order, see H4668	Replaces
H865	Relative to the use of shotguns	Accompanied a study order, see H4668	Replaces
H866	Relative to critical wildlife habitat management	Accompanied a study order, see H4668	Replaces
H880	To improve the review and regulation of emerging contaminants on public water systems	Accompanied a study order, see H4668	Replaces
H888	To incentivize the reduction of residential waste disposal	Accompanied a study order, see H4668	Replaces
H891	To require transparency and disclosure by materials recovery facilities	Accompanied a study order, see H4668	Replaces
H894	Relative to forest management and practices guidelines	Accompanied a study order, see H4668	Replaces
H895	To require separate carbon accounting for working lands and natural lands and to eliminate from Massachusetts net-zero carbon emissions goal any carbon offsets sold to entities outside of the Commonwealth	Accompanied a study order, see H4668	Replaces
H898	Resolve for a climate change staffing study	Accompanied a study order, see H4668	Replaces
H902	Promoting drinking water quality for all	Accompanied a study order, see H4668	Replaces
H903	Requiring nonlead ammunition when taking wildlife	Accompanied a study order, see H4668	Replaces
H911	Authorizing permitting by the Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game	Accompanied a study order, see H4668	Replaces
H914	Relative to solid waste disposal facilities in environmental justice communities	Accompanied a study order, see H4668	Replaces
H917	To establish a study of Kingsbury Pond in the town of Norfolk	Accompanied a study order, see H4668	Replaces
H924	To establish a free snowmobile weekend	Accompanied a study order, see H4668	Replaces
H925	Relative to certain hunting zones	Accompanied a study order, see H4668	Replaces
H926	Relative to the use of shotgun ammunition for hunting	Accompanied a study order, see H4668	Replaces

Bill

Bill Name

Last Action

Type

H3580

Relative to certain manufactured chemicals known as PFAS

Accompanied a study order, see H4668

Replaces

H3785

Relative to formalizing the category of endangered species

Accompanied a study order, see H4668

Replaces

H3854

Relative formalizing Title V and Watershed regulations

Accompanied a study order, see H4668

Replaces

H4182

Releasing certain land use restrictions held by the department of conservation and recreation

Accompanied a study order, see H4668

Replaces

H44

To improve emergency service access in Cummington

Accompanied a study order, see H4668

Replaces

H4555

Study Order

No further action taken

Similar To

H4735

Waterways, wastewater, floods and other related matters

No further action taken

Similar To

H4738

Study Order

No further action taken

Similar To

H4794

Study Order

No further action taken

Similar To

H4852

Study Order

No further action taken

Similar To

H741

Relative to on-site sewage disposal systems

Accompanied a study order, see H4668

Replaces

H742

To protect Massachusetts pollinators

Accompanied a study order, see H4668

Replaces

H743

Relative to Long and Moon Islands in Boston Harbor

Accompanied a study order, see H4668

Replaces

H746

Relative to the Division of Waterways to dredge Quincy Bay

Accompanied a study order, see H4668

Replaces

H748

Resolve to establish a special commission to perform an investigation and providing for a study relative to the long term management, maintenance and future use of the Boston Harbor Long and Moon Islands

Accompanied a study order, see H4668

Replaces

H749

Instructing the Massachusetts Department of Fish & Game to study the feasibility of repurposing the former Moon Island Sewage Treatment Plant for the purposes of fish and shellfish farms

Accompanied a study order, see H4668

Replaces

H750

Establishing sustainable and equitable funding for climate change adaptation and mitigation

Accompanied a study order, see H4668

Replaces

H751

Waiving sporting, hunting or fishing license fees for people who use a wheelchair as their primary source of mobility

Accompanied a study order, see H4668

Replaces

H756

Establishing an office of outdoor recreation

Accompanied a study order, see H4668

Replaces

H757

Creating the outdoor recreation program

Accompanied a study order, see H4668

Replaces

H761

Expanding pleasure boat access to Boston Harbor

Accompanied a study order, see H4668

Replaces

H762

Authorizing and directing the director of the Division of Waterways to dredge the harbor area surrounding Houghs Neck in the city of Quincy

Accompanied a study order, see H4668

Replaces

H763

Relative to DCR yacht club fees reflecting waterway access

Accompanied a study order, see H4668

Replaces

H772

Relative to concurrent jurisdiction on National Park Service properties

Accompanied a study order, see H4668

Replaces

H778

Resolve to review, consider, and evaluate, and to establish a suitable body and/or special commission to consider climate change economic consequences

Accompanied a study order, see H4668

Replaces

H780

To increase access to recycling

Accompanied a study order, see H4668

Replaces

H781

Relative to bow hunting for deer in Wompatuck State Park

Accompanied a study order, see H4668

Replaces

H782

Relative to the board of registration of hazardous waste site cleanup professionals

Accompanied a study order, see H4668

Replaces

H788

Protecting public drinking water by further regulating solid waste disposal facilities

Accompanied a study order, see H4668

Replaces

H789

Limiting toxics release inventory facilities in environmental justice communities

Accompanied a study order, see H4668

Replaces

H791

Relative to the placement of a certain statue in the city of Lowell along the Merrimack River

Accompanied a study order, see H4668

Replaces

H797

Removing barriers to beach access

Accompanied a study order, see H4668

Replaces

H800

Authorizing the use of bow and arrows for Sunday hunting

Accompanied a study order, see H4668

Replaces

H801

Relative to dogs brought into the Commonwealth by animal rescue organizations

Accompanied a study order, see H4668

Replaces

H802

Relative to the siting of facilities dealing with refuse

Accompanied a study order, see H4668

Replaces

H820

Relative to requiring the sealing of containers transporting solid waste

Accompanied a study order, see H4668

Replaces

H821

Relative to the use of chlorpyrifos in the Commonwealth

Accompanied a study order, see H4668

Replaces

H822

Relative to the Office of the State Climatologist

Accompanied a study order, see H4668

Replaces

H824

Further defining an environmental justice population

Accompanied a study order, see H4668

Replaces

H827

Relative to fluoridation

Accompanied a study order, see H4668

Replaces

H829

Relative to septic installers

Accompanied a study order, see H4668

Replaces

H830

Relative to waste disposal

Accompanied a study order, see H4668

Replaces

H831

Relative to DCR retained revenue

Accompanied a study order, see H4668

Replaces

H838

To protect open space, historical resources, and community housing from coastal threats

Accompanied a study order, see H4668

Replaces

H840

To assure the attainment of greenhouse gas emissions goals in the alternative portfolio standard

Accompanied a study order, see H4668

Replaces

H857

To reform the Toxic Use Reduction Act

Accompanied a study order, see H4668

Replaces

H865

Relative to the use of shotguns

Accompanied a study order, see H4668

Replaces

H866

Relative to critical wildlife habitat management

Accompanied a study order, see H4668

Replaces

H880

To improve the review and regulation of emerging contaminants on public water systems

Accompanied a study order, see H4668

Replaces

H888

To incentivize the reduction of residential waste disposal

Accompanied a study order, see H4668

Replaces

H891

To require transparency and disclosure by materials recovery facilities

Accompanied a study order, see H4668

Replaces

H894

Relative to forest management and practices guidelines

Accompanied a study order, see H4668

Replaces

H895

To require separate carbon accounting for working lands and natural lands and to eliminate from Massachusetts net-zero carbon emissions goal any carbon offsets sold to entities outside of the Commonwealth

Accompanied a study order, see H4668

Replaces

H898

Resolve for a climate change staffing study

Accompanied a study order, see H4668

Replaces

H902

Promoting drinking water quality for all

Accompanied a study order, see H4668

Replaces

H903

Requiring nonlead ammunition when taking wildlife

Accompanied a study order, see H4668

Replaces

H911

Authorizing permitting by the Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game

Accompanied a study order, see H4668

Replaces

H914

Relative to solid waste disposal facilities in environmental justice communities

Accompanied a study order, see H4668

Replaces

H917

To establish a study of Kingsbury Pond in the town of Norfolk

Accompanied a study order, see H4668

Replaces

H924

To establish a free snowmobile weekend

Accompanied a study order, see H4668

Replaces

H925

Relative to certain hunting zones

Accompanied a study order, see H4668

Replaces

H926

Relative to the use of shotgun ammunition for hunting

Accompanied a study order, see H4668

Replaces

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