As introduced: - Appropriates $1,000,000 for PFAS mitigation in the town of Princeton. (Sec. 2A) - Appropriates $10 million for capital repairs and improvements to broadband infrastructure owned by the Massachusetts Technology Park Corporation. - Appropriates $103 million for a capital grant program support the adoption and application of artificial intelligence capabilities to public policy problems. - Appropriates $115 million to provide grants or other financial assistance for infrastructure support for industry-led consortia focused on advancing the commonwealth’s global leadership and growing jobs in key emerging technology sectors. - Appropriates $115 million for a competitive program to be administered by the Massachusetts Technology Park Corporation to provide grants or other financial assistance for infrastructure support for industry-led consortia focused on advancing and growing jobs in key emerging technology sectors, including, bioindustrial manufacturing and nontherapeutic biomanufacturing, which may include alternative proteins; provided, that "alternative proteins" shall mean proteins created from plant-based, ferments or cell-cultured inputs and processes to create foods that share sensory characteristics that are consistent with conventional meat and dairy products. - Requires the executive office of energy and environmental affairs shall promulgate regulations to monitor the utilization or frequency of use of Public electric vehicle charging stations; monitor the reliability and availability of such chargers and charging stations including, but not limited to, whether reliability varies by the income of municipalities or neighborhoods or by regions of the commonwealth; and require charging network providers and charging station operators to share, free of charge, certain data fields, with third-party software developers via application programming interfaces. (Sec. 20) - Creates a new definition of "Proportion of compliance" as it relates to the creation of sufficient new jobs to qualify for economic development tax credits. (Sec. 26) - Grants the Economic Assistance Coordinating Council authority to certify economic development proposals. (Sec. 32) - Gives the Economic Assistance Coordinating Council the discretion to allow a tax credit related to economic development projects to be refundable. (Sec. 33) - Rewrites the tax increment code section. (Sec. 36) - Creates procedures and criteria for instances whereby an economic development project can be found to be in material noncompliance of requirement established by the Economic Assistance Coordinating Council. (Sec. 39) - Amends the definition "rural communities" for purposes of the rural development tax credit. (Sec. 43) - Institutes a rural development tax program. (Sec. 44) - Provides incentives for "climatetech" programs and provides grants or other financial assistance to private businesses that are constructing or expanding commercial, industrial or manufacturing facilities in a manner that eliminates or minimizes the use of fossil-fuel heating and cooling equipment, or incorporates other decarbonization measures that would not otherwise be incorporated into the facility design. (Sec. 95) - Requires public entities serving as credit generators including, but not limited to, utilities and state agencies, shall invest or direct a percentage, as determined by the department, of the entity’s overall credit value to support clean energy and accessible transportation projects in disadvantaged communities beyond existing local, federal and state incentives. The department shall establish criteria for projects and goals in consultation with credit generators, communities, community leaders and environmental justice advocates. (Sec. 97) - Establishes a clean fuel standard that reduces the aggregate carbon intensity of transportation fuels by 80 per cent from 1990 levels by 2050. Allows fuel providers subject to the clean fuel standard to comply by blending or purchasing credits to offset any aggregate deficit incurred from transportation fuels exceeding the average carbon intensity standard for that year.(Sec. 97) - Establishes an Educator Diversity Fund. The commissioner of elementary and secondary education shall administer the fund. The commissioner shall expend funds for the purposes of furthering the establishment of plans and programs to increase educator diversity and professional development pertaining to evidence-based culturally responsive and linguistically sustaining pedagogy and practices in the commonwealth. (Sec. 98) - Allows a governmental body to procure broadband internet service; installation of fiber optic cables or installation of a wireless communication network for a public building or public land in a single procurement. (Sec. 100) - Establishes a private passenger motor vehicle distinctive registration plates that shall display on its face a design celebrating state parks. (Sec. 160) - Requires manufacturers of portable wireless devices to make available to owners and to independent repair providers, documentation, parts, and tools to repair such devices. (Sec. 164) - Requires the state to inventory the number and location of charging stations; and ensure the accuracy of pricing and volumes of electricity purchased at public electric vehicle charging stations. (Sec. 170) - Requires the Dept. of Public Health to establish a state action plan for public health excellence program to enhance uniformity in public health services for the purpose of achieving equity. (Sec. 172) - Recognizes a multistate license to practice as a nurse. (Sec. 177) - Establishes that a client and a registered PEO or PEO group is an employer for the purposes of sponsoring retirement and welfare benefit plans for its covered employees which must be treated as a single employer welfare benefit plan. (Sec. 204) - Establishes that a PEO or PEO group is the employer of covered employees, and they must be included in the full-time equivalents count for purposes of a fully-insured health insurance plan sponsored by a PEO or PEO group. (Sec. 204) - Allows certain cities to allow the sale of alcohol at a discounted price at certain times, with limitations. (Sec. 234) - Prohibits using or selling ticket purchasing software to purchase tickets. Requires a ticket seller to any theatrical exhibition, public show, public amusement or exhibition to disclose all fees. (Sec. 236) - Allows farm-wineries to hold a special license to sell wine at an indoor or outdoor agricultural event. (Sec. 277) - Prohibits distributing deepfake political content within 90 days of an election without a disclaimer. (Sec. 309) - Establishes supervisory requirements for public high schools and apprentice training facilities that operates hoisting equipment. (Sec. 246) - Requires the secretary of energy and environmental affairs to convene an electric vehicle battery recycling commission to review and advise the general court on policies pertaining to the recovery and recycling of electric vehicle batteries in the commonwealth. (Sec. 312)
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
Jul 11, 2024 | S | See H4804 |
Jul 11, 2024 | S | Text of S2856, printed as amended |
| Last Action | Jul 11, 2024 |
|---|---|
| Year | 2023 |
| Bill Type | Bill |
| Created | Apr 11, 2026 |
| Updated | Apr 10, 2026 |