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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2787 FILED ON: 1/16/2025
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Judith A. Garcia and Samantha Montaño
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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 improve indoor air quality for highly-impacted communities.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Judith A. Garcia11th Suffolk1/16/2025 1 of 2
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2787 FILED ON: 1/16/2025
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By Representatives Garcia of Chelsea and Montaño of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill,
House, No. 2427) of Judith A. Garcia for an investigation by a task force relative to improving
indoor air quality for certain highly-impacted communities. Public Health.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
(2025-2026)
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An Act to improve indoor air quality for highly-impacted communities.
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. There shall be a task force created to develop a statutory and regulatory
2framework to identify, monitor, and remediate indoor air pollution and indoor mold
3contamination in schools, long term care facilities, correctional facilities, early childhood
4education facilities, public housing, and privately-owned residential buildings. The task force
5shall also identify and make recommendations for funding sources for implementation of its
6recommendations.
7 Said task force shall be comprised of the commissioner of public health or a designee,
8who shall serve as chair, the commissioner of environmental protection or a designee; the
9secretary of housing and livable communities or a designee; the attorney general or a designee;
10and 7 additional members to be appointed by the Governor: a representative of a community-
11based environmental justice organization; an academic expert on environmental health; a
12representative of the Massachusetts Association of Health Boards; an individual with experience 2 of 2
13in community clinical health care; an individual with experience in the state’s shelter housing
14system; an individual with experience in long-term senior care; and an individual with
15experience in public school administration.
16 Said task force shall convene its first meeting within 30 days of the passage of this Act.
17Said task force shall submit a final report with its recommendations to the House and Senate
18Committees on Public Health, the House and Senate Committees on Ways and Means, the
19executive office of health and human services, the executive office of energy and environmental
20affairs, the Attorney General, and the state Environmental Justice Council within one year of the
21passage of this Act. Not less than 30 days prior to the release of said final report, the task force
22shall release draft recommendations for public review and comment.
23 SECTION 2. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the department
24of public health, in consultation with the department of environmental protection, shall
25promulgate regulations for conducting indoor air quality assessments monitoring exposure to
26ultrafine particulate matter and black carbon particulate matter concentrations present in the
27indoor air of existing and proposed buildings, based on the best available science about the
28health risks associated with ultrafine particulate matter and black carbon. The regulations shall
29include, but not be limited to, establishing standard procedures and public reporting mechanisms
30for conducting air dispersion modeling, managing air pollution, monitoring ultrafine particulate
31matter, and estimating exposure.
32 Said regulations shall be promulgated no later than December 31, 2026.