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SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1732 FILED ON: 1/19/2023
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 560
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Marc R. Pacheco
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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 establishing tracking and reporting requirements for Massachusetts transportation fuels
and associated greenhouse gas emissions.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Marc R. PachecoThird Bristol and Plymouth 1 of 2
SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1732 FILED ON: 1/19/2023
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 560
By Mr. Pacheco, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 560) of Marc R. Pacheco for
legislation to establish tracking and reporting requirements for Massachusetts transportation fuels
and associated greenhouse gas emissions. Environment and Natural Resources.
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. 604 OF 2021-2022.]
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 establishing tracking and reporting requirements for Massachusetts transportation fuels
and associated greenhouse gas emissions.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 SECTION 1. The Department of Environmental Protection shall promulgate regulations
2requiring producers, importers, and wholesale distributors that sell, supply, or offer for sale
3transportation fuels in Massachusetts to report all Massachusetts transportation fuel sales, and the
4source of any fuel sold, to the Department of Environmental Protection. The regulations shall
5require the Department of Environmental Protection to compute and track the individual and
6collective lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions of all fuels, as well as the carbon intensity of each
7fuel, that are reported by regulated entities on an annual basis.
8 SECTION 2. All sales, lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions, and carbon intensity data
9collected or computed by the Department of Environmental Protection pursuant to the 2 of 2
10regulations required by Section 1 shall be published by the Department in an annual report that is
11available to the public.
12 SECTION 3. The regulations required by Section 1 shall be promulgated within 180 days
13of passage of this Act, and must take effect within 180 days of promulgation.