An Act to build resilience for Massachusetts communities
Senate, April 8, 2026 -- The committee on Senate Ways and Means, to whom was referred the Senate Bill to build resilience for Massachusetts communities (Senate, No. 2542),- reports, recommending that the same ought to pass with an amendment substituting a new draft with the same title (Senate, No. 3050).
Bill Information
Bill Information
- Sponsor:
- Senate Committee on Ways and Means
Emergency Preamble
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat its purpose, which is to authorize forthwith the financing of improvements to provide for climate change adaptation, resiliency and the immediate preservation and improvement of environmental and recreational assets of the commonwealth, and to make related changes in certain laws, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public convenience.
Bill History
| Branch | Action | |
|---|---|---|
| 4/8/2026 | Senate | Reported from the committee on Senate Ways and Means |
| 4/8/2026 | Senate | Recommended new draft for S2542 |
| 4/8/2026 | Senate | Order relative to subject matter adopted |
| 4/15/2026 | Senate | Amendment #1 (Moore) adopted -see Roll Call #149 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0) |
| 4/15/2026 | Senate | The following amendments were considered as one and rejected:13, 19, 23, 25, 28, 30, 33, 34, 35, 40, 53, 54, 55, 59, 60, 62, 63, 95, 97, 98, 100, 105, 111, 112, 114, 115, 118, 148, 176, 178, 183, 188, 201, 202, 203, 206, 208, 216, 217, 220, 223, 245, 250, 271, 272, 273, 274, 275, 277, 278, 279, 280, 286, 292, 295, 296, 297, 298, 299, 300, 302, 306, 307, 310, 315, 316, 317, 318, 319, 320, 321 |
| 4/15/2026 | Senate | The following amendments were considered as one and adopted:6, 12, 15, 16, 26, 27, 31, 32, 42, 47, 48, 49, 50, 56, 57, 58, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 76, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 87, 88, 92, 99, 101, 102, 116, 117, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 129, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 144, 145, 146, 147, 149, 150, 151, 153, 154, 155, 157, 158, 159, 161, 162, 163, 164, 166, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 179, 180, 181, 182, 184, 185, 186, 187, 189, 191, 192, 193, 195, 196, 197, 198, 200, 205, 207, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 218, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 246, 255, 256, 257, 258, 260, 261, 262, 264, 265, 266, 267, 270, 276, 287, 288, 289, 291, 294, 301, 303, 304, 305, 308, 309, 311, 312, 313, 314, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 327, 328, 329, 330, 333, 334, 336, 337 |
| 4/15/2026 | Senate | Amendment #2 (Lovely) adopted -see Roll Call #150 (Yeas 38 to Nays 0) |
| 4/15/2026 | Senate | Amendment #7 (Creem) adopted |
| 4/15/2026 | Senate | Amendment #10 (Eldridge) adopted |
| 4/15/2026 | Senate | Amendment #18 (Comerford) adopted |
| 4/15/2026 | Senate | Amendment #20 (Comerford) adopted |
| 4/15/2026 | Senate | Amendment #22 (Keenan) adopted |
| 4/15/2026 | Senate | Amendment #24 (Tarr) rejected (standing vote 5-10) |
| 4/15/2026 | Senate | Amendment #222 (Fernandes) adopted |
| 4/15/2026 | Senate | Amendment #290 (Driscoll) rejected |
| 4/15/2026 | Senate | Amendment #293 (Driscoll) adopted |
| 4/15/2026 | Senate | Amendment #331 (Montigny) adopted |
| 4/15/2026 | Senate | Amendment #332 (Montigny) adopted |
| 4/15/2026 | Senate | Amendment #4 (Mark) adopted |
| 4/15/2026 | Senate | Amendment #3 (Moore) adopted |
| 4/15/2026 | Senate | Amendment #38 (Oliveira) adopted |
| 4/15/2026 | Senate | Amendment #45 (Keenan) rejected |
| 4/15/2026 | Senate | Amendment #84 (Lewis) adopted |
| 4/15/2026 | Senate | Amendment #89 (Moore) rejected |
| 4/15/2026 | Senate | Amendment #90 (Durant) rejected |
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