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H3752 • 2025

An Act relative to greener and healthier transportation corridors

An Act relative to greener and healthier transportation corridors

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Sponsor
Norman J. Orrall
Last action
2025-10-02
Official status
Referred to House Committee on Rules
Effective date
Not listed

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An Act relative to greener and healthier transportation corridors

An Act relative to greener and healthier transportation corridors By Representative Orrall of Lakeville, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act relative to greener and healthier transportation corridors By Representative Orrall of Lakeville, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 3752) of Norman J.
  • Orrall for legislation to establish a special commission (including members of the General Court) to recommend strategies to improve the land usage of transportation corridors.
  • Transportation.

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Bill History

  1. 2025-10-02 House

    Discharged to the committee on House Rules

  2. 2025-09-08 House

    Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Rules of the two branches, acting concurrently

  3. 2025-06-18 Joint

    Hearing rescheduled to 06/24/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2

  4. 2025-06-16 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 06/24/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-2

  5. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Transportation

  6. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act relative to greener and healthier transportation corridors
By Representative Orrall of Lakeville, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3752) of Norman J. Orrall for legislation to establish a special commission (including members of the General Court) to recommend strategies to improve the land usage of transportation corridors. Transportation.
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Rules

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Bill H.3752

Notwithstanding any general provisions or special laws to the contrary, there shall be a special commission to recommend strategies to improve the land usage of the transportation corridors of the Commonwealth for decreasing noise, light, and air pollution as well as maximizing carbon sequestration and energy generation. The commission shall consist of the chief of the office of climate innovation and resilience, the secretary of transportation, and the secretary of energy and environmental affairs , who shall serve as the co-chairs, the Massachusetts Department of Transportation highway administrator, or their designee; the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority general manager, or their designee; the commissioner of the department of conservation and recreation, or their designee;

3 individuals appointed by the governor; provided, 1 shall be a specialist in the field of transportation maintenance and operations, 1 shall be a specialist in the field of transportation related pollutants and 1 shall be a resident of a designated environmental justice community abutting a transportation corridor; the president of the senate, or their designee; the speaker of the house, or their designee; the senate and house chairs of the joint committee on transportation, or their respective designees; the senate and house chairs of the joint committee on the environment, natural resources and agriculture, or their respective designees; the senate and house minority leaders, or their respective designees. The commission shall make a comprehensive study of utilizing transportation right of ways to provide natural solutions to reduce transportation related pollutants and increase carbon sequestration as well as for low carbon energy generation.

The commission shall review each agencies maintenance and design practices. The study shall also include a financial analysis that includes up front construction costs as well as long term maintenance costs of the implementation of new natural solutions compared to current practices. The commission shall report to the joint committee on transportation, the joint committee on the environment, natural resources and agriculture and the house and senate committees on ways and means, the finding and recommendations, if any, together with drafts of legislation necessary to carry the recommendations into effect by filing the same with the clerks of the senate and house of representatives on or before December 31, 2026.

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