Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Massachusetts House Bill H3583 Compare Versions

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2	2	HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 142 FILED ON: 1/6/2025
3	3	HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3583
4	4	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
5	5	_________________
6	6	PRESENTED BY:
7	7	Bud L. Williams
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9	9	To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
10	10	Court assembled:
11	11	The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
12	12	An Act to establishing a moratorium on new gas system expansion.
13	13	_______________
14	14	PETITION OF:
15	15	NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Bud L. Williams11th Hampden1/6/2025 1 of 2
16	16	HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 142 FILED ON: 1/6/2025
17	17	HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3583
18	18	By Representative Williams of Springfield, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3583) of
19	19	Bud L. Williams relative to establishing a moratorium on new gas system expansion.
20	20	Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy.
21	21	[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
22	22	SEE HOUSE, NO. 3237 OF 2023-2024.]
23	23	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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25	25	In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
26	26	(2025-2026)
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28	28	An Act to establishing a moratorium on new gas system expansion.
29	29	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
30	30	of the same, as follows:
31	31	1 SECTION 1: Section 1 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is
32	32	2amended by inserting the following definition: -
33	33	3 “Combustible fuel facilities”, infrastructure involving the processing, storage,
34	34	4transmission, or distribution of combustible fuel sources, including but not limited to oil, natural
35	35	5gas, renewable natural gas, and hydrogen.
36	36	6 SECTION 2: Section 69J of said chapter 164, as so appearing, is hereby further amended
37	37	7by inserting, at the end thereof the following: - 2 of 2
38	38	8 No new combustible fuel facility shall be approved, and no expansion of an existing
39	39	9combustible fuel facility shall be approved unless required for the safety of the public, until 2026
40	40	10at the earliest.
41	41	11 SECTION 3: Section 69K of said chapter 164, as so appearing, is hereby amended by
42	42	12inserting, at the end thereof the following: -
43	43	13 No new combustible fuel facility shall be granted a petition for a certificate, and no
44	44	14expansion of an existing combustible fuel facility shall be granted a petition for a certificate
45	45	15unless required for the safety of the public until 2026 at the earliest.
46	46	16 SECTION 4: Section 30 of said chapter 164, as so appearing, is amended by striking out,
47	47	17in line 1 the words “a gas or” and inserting in place thereof the following word: -”an”.
48	48	18 SECTION 5: Said chapter 164, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by inserting
49	49	19after section 86 the following section:-
50	50	20 Section 86A. A town where no gas company exists in active operation, or where no
51	51	21person owns or operates the manufacture and sale of gas, no gas company, nor any other person,
52	52	22shall dig up and open the streets, lanes, and highways of such town in order to construct a
53	53	23combustible fuel facility.