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H3951 • 2025

An Act addressing the contradictory terms of 225 CMR 24.03

An Act addressing the contradictory terms of 225 CMR 24.03

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

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An Act addressing the contradictory terms of 225 CMR 24.03

An Act addressing the contradictory terms of 225 CMR 24.03 By Representative Connolly of Cambridge, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act addressing the contradictory terms of 225 CMR 24.03 By Representative Connolly of Cambridge, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 3951) of Mike Connolly relative to municipal fossil fuel free building construction and renovation demonstration projects.
  • Municipalities and Regional Government.

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  • 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. 2025-07-10 Senate

    Senate concurred

  5. 2025-07-07 House

    Discharged to the committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy

  6. 2025-04-03 Senate

    Senate concurred

  7. 2025-03-31 House

    Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government

Official Summary Text

An Act addressing the contradictory terms of 225 CMR 24.03
By Representative Connolly of Cambridge, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3951) of Mike Connolly relative to municipal fossil fuel free building construction and renovation demonstration projects. Municipalities and Regional Government.

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Bill H.3951

Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b) of 225 CMR 24.03, as in effect as of the passage of this act, no municipality that withdrew its local approval, as defined in subsection (a) of section 84 of chapter 179 of the acts of 2022, for participation in the demonstration project established pursuant to said section 84 shall be considered a prioritized community for the purposes of demonstration project participation. Notwithstanding subsection (c) of said section 84, the department of energy resources shall admit to the demonstration project any municipality, upon the municipality’s request by its chief executive officer, that received local approval and submitted a home rule petition to the general court on the subject matter of said section 84 prior to the initial promulgation of regulations by the department of energy resources pursuant to subsection (f) of said section 84.

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