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H3488 • 2025

An Act relative to tax incentives for building to NetZero Standards

An Act relative to tax incentives for building to NetZero Standards

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Sponsor
Christopher Richard Flanagan
Last action
2026-04-06
Official status
Accompanied a study order, see H5323
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act relative to tax incentives for building to NetZero Standards

An Act relative to tax incentives for building to NetZero Standards By Representative Flanagan of Dennis, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act relative to tax incentives for building to NetZero Standards By Representative Flanagan of Dennis, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 3488) of Christopher Richard Flanagan relative to the cost burdens of certain incentives for statewide greenhouse gas emissions limits.
  • Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-06 House

    Accompanied a study order, see H5323

  2. 2025-12-04 House

    Reporting date extended to Wednesday, March 18, 2026

  3. 2025-10-17 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 10/29/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1

  4. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy

  5. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act relative to tax incentives for building to NetZero Standards
By Representative Flanagan of Dennis, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3488) of Christopher Richard Flanagan relative to the cost burdens of certain incentives for statewide greenhouse gas emissions limits. Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy.

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.3488

(a) The commissioner of the department of energy resources, as established in chapter 25A of the General Laws, shall conduct an analysis of regulations promulgated or proposed by the department pursuant to chapter 8 of the acts of 2021. The analysis shall include: (i) an assessment of the increased cost burden of compliance with each regulatory provision as compared to the costs in the absence of each provision; (ii) the aggregate cost burden of compliance with all regulatory provisions on housing affordability; and (iii) identifying incentives, subsidies and other programs that could offset increased costs of compliance with the department’s regulations and cause any proposed regulations to, at a minimum, be net neutral to the cost of housing production.

(b) The commissioner of the department of energy resources shall file a report on the analysis with the house and senate chairs of the joint committee on telecommunications, utilities and energy and with the chairs of the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than December 31, 2026.

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