Chapter 8, An Act Creating a Next-Generation Roadmap for Massachusetts Climate Policy

1.  Procedural History and Bill Versions

• An Act Creating a Next-Generation Roadmap for Massachusetts Climate Policy – Acts of 2021 Chapter 8
• S9 (Passed)
• S2477
• S2500
• S2995 (Vetoed)
• Component Bills
  • S524 (Emissions Limits)
  • S1925 (Heat Pumps)
  • S1926 (Advance Shared Solar)
  • S1929 (Timely Adoption)
  • S1935 (Stretch Energy Code)
  • S1957 (Solar Rooftop Energy)
  • S2011 (Building Energy Performance Standards)

2. Committee Documents

• S30 (Report of the Committee on Bills in the Third Reading)
• H4909 (Ordering Amendment)
• H4933 (House Redraft)
• M.J. Bradley & Associates Summary

3. Floor Documents & Conference Committee Documents

• Commonwealth of Massachusetts Global Warming Solutions Act 10-Year Progress Report
• Senate Committee on Global Warming and Climate Change Report – No Time to Waste
• House Journal – Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021
• House Journal – Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021
• House Journal – Thursday, Mar. 18, 2021
• Senate Journal – Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021
• Senate Journal – Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021
• Senate Journal – Monday, Feb. 8, 2021
• Senate Journal – Thursday, Mar. 11, 2021
• Senate Journal – Monday, Mar. 15, 2021
• Senate Journal – Thursday, Mar. 18, 2021
• House Vote on Governors Amendments (S9)
• House Vote on Enactment (S9)
• House Vote on Engrossment (S9)
• House Vote on Re-Enactment (S9)
• Senate Roll Call on S2477 Amendment 111
• Senate Roll Call on S2477 Amendment 16
• Senate Roll Call on S2477 Amendment 55
• Senate Roll Call on S2995 Conference Committee Report
• Senate Roll Call on S9 Governor Amendments
• Temporary Senate Committee on Ways and Means Vote on S9

4. Executive Action Documents

• Governor Pocket Veto of S2995
• Governor Veto of S9

5. Press Reports (links only)

• MAPC Statement on Governor’s Veto of S.2995
• The Veto of Bill S.2995: A [Painfully] Missed Opportunity
• Governor Baker Signs Climate Legislation to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Protect Environmental Justice Communities
• Next-Generation Roadmap Bill: What You Need to Know
• What You Need to Know About the New Mass. Climate Law
• Massachusetts Enacts Major Climate Change Legislation

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