H 3406

HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 811  FILED ON: 1/13/2025
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  The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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  PRESENTED BY:
  Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.
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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 relative to responsibly reducing emissions in the transportation sector.
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  PETITION OF:
NAME:  DISTRICT/ADDRESS:  DATE ADDED:
Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.  12th Hampden  1/13/2025
Steven S. Howitt  4th Bristol  1/14/2025
Christopher M. Markey  9th Bristol  1/31/2025
James K. Hawkins  2nd Bristol  2/7/2025
James C. Arena-DeRosa  8th Middlesex  2/13/2025
Patrick Joseph Kearney  4th Plymouth  2/27/2025
Justin Thurber  5th Bristol  2/28/2025
Rodney M. Elliott  16th Middlesex  3/3/2025
John J. Marsi  6th Worcester  3/3/2025
Todd M. Smola  1st Hampden  3/4/2025
John R. Gaskey  2nd Plymouth  3/6/2025
Kimberly N. Ferguson  1st Worcester  3/4/2025
Ryan C. Fattman  Worcester and Hampden  3/5/2025
Carmine Lawrence Gentile  13th Middlesex  3/5/2025
Brian W. Murray  10th Worcester  3/5/2025
Bradley H. Jones, Jr.  20th Middlesex  3/5/2025
Jonathan D. Zlotnik  2nd Worcester  3/14/2025
Joseph D. McKenna  18th Worcester  3/17/2025
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Aaron L. Saunders      7th Hampden  3/18/2025
Michael P. Kushmerek   3rd Worcester  3/28/2025
Bruce E. Tarr  First Essex and Middlesex   4/2/2025
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  HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 811  FILED ON: 1/13/2025
 HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3406
By Representative Puppolo of Springfield, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3406) of
Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr., and others relative to reducing emissions in the transportation sector.
State Administration and Regulatory Oversight.
  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 relative to responsibly reducing emissions in the transportation sector.
  Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1SECTION 1. Section 9A of chapter 7 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022
2 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting the following paragraphs at the end thereof:
3Beginning in July 1, 2025, all Commonwealth purchases or leases for new medium- and
4 heavy-duty trucks shall be for models that are zero emissions vehicles. Further, the
5 Commonwealth shall ensure that its fleet of medium- and heavy-duty, whether owned or leased,
6 is comprised of zero emission vehicles by June 30, 2035. Zero emission vehicle shall mean a
7 battery electric medium- or heavy-duty truck.
8In the event that there are no battery electric medium- and heavy-duty trucks that meet
9 the Commonwealth’s needs or cannot be supported by the Commonwealth’s existing charging
10 infrastructure for medium- and heavy-duty trucks, the secretary shall be permitted to purchase
11 any other medium- or heavy-duty truck that is not a battery electric vehicle.
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12The secretary shall submit to the clerks of the senate and house of representatives and the
13 chairs of the joint committee on transportation a statement annually, not later than July 1,
14 detailing the progress made in meeting the requirements of this section. The report shall include:
15 (i) a complete listing of medium- and heavy-duty trucks leased, owned or assigned to each
16 agency; and (ii) a description of each medium- and heavy-duty truck, including the year, make
17 and model, whether the truck is powered by an internal combustion engine, a mild hybrid engine,
18 a plug-in hybrid motor, a fully battery electric motor, a hydrogen fuel cell electric motor, a
19 compressed liquefied natural gas engine, a propane engine or other means of propulsion. If a
20 zero emission medium- or heavy-duty truck is not purchased or leased, the secretary shall
21 provide, in each instance, a specific explanation as to why a zero emission vehicle could not have
22 sufficiently fulfilled the intended functions.
23SECTION 2. Section 142K of chapter 111 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022
24 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting the following at the end thereof:-
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26Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the Department of
27 Environmental Protection shall not implement or enforce the Advanced Clean Trucks and
28 Heavy-Duty Omnibus regulations, as modified to apply to Massachusetts, earlier than July 1,
29 2027. As used in this section, "Advanced Clean Trucks regulation” means the portion of the
30 California Low Emission Vehicle program that was adopted by the California Air Resources
31 Board, and which would require manufacturers of medium-duty and heavy-duty motor vehicles
32 to sell an increasing percentage of zero-emissions vehicles, including the provisions codified in
33 sections 1905, 1963, and sections 1963.1 through 1963.5 of Title 13 of the California Code of
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34 Regulations. “Heavy Duty Omnibus regulation” means the portion of the California Low
35 Emission Vehicle program that was adopted by the California Air Resources Board regulation in
36 title 13, California Code of Regulations sections 2139.5, and 2169.1 through 2169.8 and any
37 other related amendments relative to the emissions standards for nitrogen oxide for medium-duty
38 and heavy-duty motor vehicles.
39SECTION 3. This act shall take effect immediately upon passage.
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