HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3794 FILED ON: 1/20/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3237
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Bud L. Williams and Adrianne Pusateri Ramos
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act to establishing a moratorium on new gas system expansion.
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: | Date Added: |
Bud L. Williams | 11th Hampden | 1/20/2023 |
Adrianne Pusateri Ramos | 14th Essex | 1/20/2023 |
Lindsay N. Sabadosa | 1st Hampshire | 1/30/2023 |
David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf | 17th Worcester | 1/30/2023 |
Margaret R. Scarsdale | 1st Middlesex | 2/9/2023 |
Jack Patrick Lewis | 7th Middlesex | 2/9/2023 |
Rebecca L. Rausch | Norfolk, Worcester and Middlesex | 2/9/2023 |
Samantha Montaño | 15th Suffolk | 2/9/2023 |
Mike Connolly | 26th Middlesex | 2/9/2023 |
Sally P. Kerans | 13th Essex | 4/3/2023 |
Kay Khan | 11th Middlesex | 4/3/2023 |
Natalie M. Higgins | 4th Worcester | 4/3/2023 |
James C. Arena-DeRosa | 8th Middlesex | 4/3/2023 |
James B. Eldridge | Middlesex and Worcester | 4/3/2023 |
Carmine Lawrence Gentile | 13th Middlesex | 4/3/2023 |
David Paul Linsky | 5th Middlesex | 9/11/2023 |
Tommy Vitolo | 15th Norfolk | 9/11/2023 |
Mindy Domb | 3rd Hampshire | 10/19/2023 |
Frank A. Moran | 17th Essex | 12/6/2023 |
Manny Cruz | 7th Essex | 12/8/2023 |
John J. Mahoney | 13th Worcester | 12/19/2023 |
Michelle L. Ciccolo | 15th Middlesex | 12/19/2023 |
John J. Lawn, Jr. | 10th Middlesex | 1/10/2024 |
Christine P. Barber | 34th Middlesex | 1/10/2024 |
James K. Hawkins | 2nd Bristol | 1/18/2024 |
Judith A. Garcia | 11th Suffolk | 1/30/2024 |
David M. Rogers | 24th Middlesex | 2/5/2024 |
Chynah Tyler | 7th Suffolk | 2/12/2024 |
Russell E. Holmes | 6th Suffolk | 2/16/2024 |
Jennifer Balinsky Armini | 8th Essex | 3/5/2024 |
Thomas M. Stanley | 9th Middlesex | 3/13/2024 |
Jacob R. Oliveira | Hampden, Hampshire and Worcester | 4/1/2024 |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3794 FILED ON: 1/20/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3237
By Representatives Williams of Springfield and Ramos of North Andover, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3237) of Bud L. Williams, Adrianne Pusateri Ramos and others relative to establishing a moratorium on new gas system expansion. Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy. |
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)
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An Act to establishing a moratorium on new gas system expansion.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1: Section 1 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is amended by inserting the following definition: -
“Combustible fuel facilities”, infrastructure involving the processing, storage, transmission, or distribution of combustible fuel sources, including but not limited to oil, natural gas, renewable natural gas, and hydrogen.
SECTION 2: Section 69J of said chapter 164, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by inserting, at the end thereof the following: -
No new combustible fuel facility shall be approved, and no expansion of an existing combustible fuel facility shall be approved unless required for the safety of the public, until 2026 at the earliest.
SECTION 3: Section 69K of said chapter 164, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting, at the end thereof the following: -
No new combustible fuel facility shall be granted a petition for a certificate, and no expansion of an existing combustible fuel facility shall be granted a petition for a certificate unless required for the safety of the public until 2026 at the earliest.
SECTION 4: Section 30 of said chapter 164, as so appearing, is amended by striking out, in line 1 the words “a gas or” and inserting in place thereof the following word: -”an”.
SECTION 5: Said chapter 164, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by inserting after section 86 the following section:-
Section 86A. A town where no gas company exists in active operation, or where no person owns or operates the manufacture and sale of gas, no gas company, nor any other person, shall dig up and open the streets, lanes, and highways of such town in order to construct a combustible fuel facility.