{"AmendmentNumber":"74","ParentBillNumber":"H5151","Bill":null,"Sponsor":{"Id":"JDM1","Name":"Joseph D. McKenna","Type":1,"Details":"https://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/194/LegislativeMembers/JDM1","ResponseDate":"2026-02-25T16:00:21.573"},"Category":null,"Action":"Consolidated","RollCall":[],"Title":"Full regulatory decoupling from CARB","Branch":"House","RedraftNumber":null,"IsFurther":false,"GeneralCourtNumber":194,"Text":"Mr. McKenna of Sutton moves to amend the bill by adding the following new section,\r\n\r\nSECTION XX-\r\n\r\nSection 1. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, including but not limited to the Department of Environmental Protection, the Department of Energy Resources, and any office, division, bureau, or quasi-public entity subject to the supervision or control of said executive office, shall not adopt, implement, enforce, incorporate by reference, rely upon, or otherwise give legal or regulatory effect to any rule, regulation, standard, guidance, executive order, advisory opinion, determination, or policy issued by the California Air Resources Board or any successor entity thereto, including but not limited to ZEV, ACC I/II, ACT II.\r\n\r\nSection 2. No new regulation promulgated pursuant to chapter 30A shall incorporate by reference, in whole or in part, any present or future rule, standard, or determination of the California Air Resources Board unless expressly authorized by a subsequent act of the General Court.\r\n\r\nSection 3. Within 180 days of the effective date of this act, the Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs shall:\r\n(a) Conduct a comprehensive review of all regulations, policies, memoranda, guidance documents, and enforcement practices under the jurisdiction of the executive office;\r\n(b) Identify any provision that incorporates, relies upon, or conditions compliance upon standards promulgated by the California Air Resources Board; and\r\n(c) Promulgate emergency regulations, where necessary, rescinding or amending such provisions to ensure complete regulatory independence from said board.\r\n\r\nSection 4. Nothing in this act shall prohibit the executive office from reviewing publicly available scientific research or data originating from any jurisdiction; provided, however, that no binding legal obligation, enforcement standard, or regulatory requirement within the commonwealth shall be contingent upon or automatically updated by actions of the California Air Resources Board.\r\n\r\n"}