HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 554        FILED ON: 1/13/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 819

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Jessica Ann Giannino

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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 promote natural carbon sequestration.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Jessica Ann Giannino

16th Suffolk

1/11/2023

Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.

12th Hampden

1/27/2023

Lindsay N. Sabadosa

1st Hampshire

1/27/2023

Tackey Chan

2nd Norfolk

2/2/2023

Jon Santiago

9th Suffolk

2/7/2023

Marc R. Pacheco

Third Bristol and Plymouth

2/8/2023

Edward R. Philips

8th Norfolk

2/14/2023

Dylan A. Fernandes

Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket

2/15/2023

Mathew J. Muratore

1st Plymouth

2/17/2023

Tommy Vitolo

15th Norfolk

4/4/2023


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 554        FILED ON: 1/13/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 819

By Representative Giannino of Revere, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 819) of Jessica Ann Giannino and others relative to the development of quantified net positive statewide natural carbon sequestration and storage goals.  Environment and Natural Resources.

 

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 promote natural carbon sequestration.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

Chapter 21N of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting, after section 3B, the following section: -

Section 3C. The Secretary shall, in consultation with the department and the coastal zone management office created in Section 4A of Chapter 21A, develop a quantified net positive statewide carbon sequestration and storage goal for natural and working lands as defined in Section 1. In consideration of Massachusetts’ substantial coastline, the Secretary shall study the sequestration capacity of its salt marshes, seagrasses, and waterways in developing the Commonwealth’s carbon sequestration goal. The sequestration goal shall be determined in agreement with the statewide greenhouse gas emission reductions goals as established by the Secretary.