Massachusetts Senate Bill 2596 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Introduced on November 22 2021 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2022-02-24 - Accompanied a study order, see S2715
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

For legislation to allow municipalities to reasonably regulate solar siting. Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy.

Allowing municipalities to reasonably regulate solar siting

Sen. Joanne Comerford [D]	Sen. Adam Hinds [D]	Sen. Eric Lesser [D]	Sen. Anne Gobi [D]
Rep. Michelle DuBois [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-02-24	Senate	Accompanied a study order, see S2715
2022-01-06	Joint	Hearing scheduled for 01/11/2022 from 11:30 AM-03:30 PM in Virtual Hearing
2021-12-09	House	House concurred
2021-12-02	Senate	Referred to the Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy
2021-12-02	Senate	Rules suspended
2021-11-22	Senate	Referred to the Joint Committee on Rules of the two branches, acting concurrently

S1323 (Similar To) 2021-12-16 - Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
S1449 (Similar To) 2022-03-24 - Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
S1522 (Similar To) 2022-06-09 - New draft substituted, see S2913
S148 (Similar To) 2022-02-14 - Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Rules
H4331 (Similar To) 2023-01-03 - No further action taken
S2715 (Replaced by) 2022-02-28 - Discharged to the committee on Senate Rules
H3100 (Similar To) 2022-06-24 - Accompanied a study order, see H4910
S1331 (Similar To) 2021-12-13 - Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Rules

Type	Source
Summary	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/S2596
Text	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/S2596.pdf