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An Act authorizing the city of Somerville to establish a net zero emissions standard for new constructed buildings and major renovation projects

Filed by Christine P. Barber  ·  2 cosponsors  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

H4035  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD4554

10 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-04-17HouseReferred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government
2025-04-22SenateSenate concurred
2025-07-07HouseDischarged to the committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy
2025-07-10SenateSenate concurred
2025-10-17JointHearing scheduled for 10/29/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1
2025-12-04HouseReporting date extended to Wednesday, March 18, 2026
2026-03-23HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2026-04-21HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2026-04-21HouseRules suspended
2026-04-21HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading

1 committee vote

Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy (J)  ·  2026-03-17 13:57  ·  Whether the bill ought to pass

favorable · 10

adverse · 1

Positions are the four the committee itself records. Reserving a right is not an abstention and no action is not an absence.

Public hearing

House Rule 27 counts its reporting deadline from the day a bill is heard.

DateCommitteeWhereStatus
2025-10-29Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy (J)A-1, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
Discharge to Another CommitteeMunicipalities and Regional Government (J)
FavorableTelecommunications, Utilities and Energy (J)
Place in ODSteering, Policy and Scheduling (H)

Cosponsors

In the order filed.

Every action here is as the legislature published it. A bill that drew no recorded vote is the ordinary case: the House records roughly 150 a year.