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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3907 FILED ON: 1/20/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 895
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Lindsay N. Sabadosa
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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 require separate carbon accounting for working lands and natural lands and to
eliminate from Massachusetts net-zero carbon emissions goal any carbon offsets sold to entities
outside of the Commonwealth.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Lindsay N. Sabadosa1st Hampshire1/20/2023Margaret R. Scarsdale1st Middlesex2/10/2023David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf17th Worcester2/23/2023 1 of 1
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3907 FILED ON: 1/20/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 895
By Representative Sabadosa of Northampton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 895)
of Lindsay N. Sabadosa, Margaret R. Scarsdale and David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf for
legislation to further regulate climate policy and regulate carbon emissions. 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 require separate carbon accounting for working lands and natural lands and to
eliminate from Massachusetts net-zero carbon emissions goal any carbon offsets sold to entities
outside of the Commonwealth.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 Chapter 21N, Section 5, Part (xiii) as amended by Chapter 8 of the Acts of 2021 is hereby
2further amended by adding xiii D and xiii E as follows:
3 (xiii) (D) contain benchmarks, baseline measurements, measures of carbon flux, roadmap
4goals and plans for natural and working lands reported separately for each of the following: 1)
5agricultural lands, 2) forest lands managed for producing wood products, 3) forest lands in parks
6or reserves and not available for producing wood products, and 4) any other natural or working
7lands as deemed appropriate by the Secretary;
8 (xiii) (E) provide a full carbon accounting of all lands in the commonwealth with carbon
9offset contracts in effect; any lands subject to such offsets that serve the purpose of offsetting
10carbon emissions outside of Massachusetts shall not be counted toward meeting roadmap goals.