{"AmendmentNumber":"401","ParentBillNumber":"S3064","Bill":null,"Sponsor":{"Id":"E_U1","Name":"Erika Uyterhoeven","Type":1,"Details":"https://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/194/LegislativeMembers/E_U1","ResponseDate":"2026-06-16T15:20:29.547"},"Category":null,"Action":"Consolidated","RollCall":[],"Title":"Funding and Restoring Outdoor Air Quality Protections","Branch":"House","RedraftNumber":null,"IsFurther":false,"GeneralCourtNumber":194,"Text":"Ms. Uyterhoeven of Somerville moves to amend the bill in section 2A, by inserting after item 2200-7031 the following item:\r\n\r\n\"xxxx-xxxx  For a community air filtration and mitigation grant program; provided, that the department of environmental protection shall award grants for the purchase and installation of air filtration systems meeting or exceeding MERV 13 or an equivalent HEPA standard, mechanical ventilation upgrades and nature-based pollution buffers in eligible buildings, as defined in section 18B of chapter 21A of the General Laws, located within 200 meters of a class 1, class 2 or class 3 roadway, marine terminal, airport, or train station or train yard serving diesel locomotives; provided further, that replacement filters and maintenance for a period of not less than 3 years shall be eligible costs; provided further, that not less than 60 per cent of amounts expended shall benefit environmental justice populations; provided further, that the department shall give priority to public, private and charter schools, early education and care programs and residential public and private multifamily housing; and provided further, that the department shall begin awarding grants not later than 12 months after the effective date of this act ……… $50,000,000\".\r\n\r\nand further, in section 11, in proposed section 18B of chapter 21A of the General Laws, in subsection (d), in lines 644 and 645, by striking out the following: “may make recommendations on areas that would benefit from being equipped with new or expanded air monitors” and inserting in place thereof the following:\r\n\r\n“shall, in consultation with the department of public health, expand air quality monitoring to not fewer than 8 communities identified as having high cumulative exposure burdens, and shall establish and maintain real-time public reporting of air quality data from such monitors”;\r\n\r\nand further, in section 11, in proposed section 18B of chapter 21A of the General Laws, in subsection (d), in lines 648 and 649, by striking out the following: “recommendations regarding the installation of air filtration” and inserting in place thereof the following:\r\n\r\n“a plan and timeline for the installation of air filtration”;\r\n\r\nand further, in section 11, in proposed section 18B of chapter 21A of the General Laws, in subsection (d), in lines 651 and 652, by striking out the following: “potential incentives for eligible buildings that are schools, private housing and public housing to cover the cost of installing air filtration equipment” and inserting in place thereof the following:\r\n\r\n“a program of grants and technical assistance for eligible buildings that are schools, private housing and public housing to cover the cost of purchasing, installing and maintaining air filtration equipment”;\r\n\r\nand further, in section 11, in proposed section 18B of chapter 21A of the General Laws, by inserting after subsection (d) the following subsection:\r\n\r\n“(e) The department shall establish air pollution reduction targets for communities identified as pollution hotspots pursuant to subsection (d). The targets shall require reductions in fine particulate matter concentrations of not less than 50 per cent by 2030 and not less than 75 per cent by 2035, as measured against the baseline concentrations at the time each community is identified.”\r\n\r\nand further, in section 78, line 2256, by striking out the following: “$2,543,457,500” and inserting in place thereof the following:\r\n\r\n“$2,593,457,500”.\r\n"}