Massachusetts legislation · 194th General Court
Massachusetts H3531: An Act providing for natural gas workforce safety
Status: Failed, April 6, 2026
What the bill says
From the introduced text, February 27, 2025:
Section 1. Section 1E of Chapter 164 of the General Laws shall hereby be amended by striking out said section and replacing it with the following section: “Section 1E (a) The department is hereby authorized to promulgate rules and regulations to establish and require performance based rates for each distribution, transmission, and gas company organized and doing business in the commonwealth pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. In promulgating such performance based rate schemes, the department shall establish service quality standards each distribution, transmission, and gas company, including, but not limited to, standards for customer satisfaction service outages, distribution facility upgrades, repairs and maintenance, telephone service, billing service, public safety, occupational safety, training and certifications for both in-house and contractor employees, map and record accuracy, and in-house staffing benchmarks sufficient to ensure pipeline safety through the period of transition to net zero emissions. provided, however, that such service quality standards shall include benchmarks for employee staff levels and employee training programs for each such distribution, transmission, and gas company. In addition, the department shall require each gas company, as part of performance based ratemaking, require each gas company to submit a just transition plan, which must be approved by the department, to address workforce development, maintenance and attrition over the course of the transition to net zero emissions generally, …
Sponsors
- Frank Moran (D, 17th Essex) · primary sponsor
- David LeBoeuf (D)
- Lisa Field (D, 3rd Bristol)
- Nick Collins (D, First Suffolk)
Latest actions
- : Accompanied a study order, see H5323
- : Reporting date extended to Wednesday, March 18, 2026
- : Hearing rescheduled to 11/13/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-2 and Virtual<br> <span style="color: blue; font-style: italic;">Hearing location changed</span>
- : Hearing scheduled for 11/13/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1
- : Senate concurred
- : Referred to the committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy
Common questions
- What is H3531?
- H3531 is a bill in the Massachusetts Legislature (194th General Court): An Act providing for natural gas workforce safety.
- What is the status of H3531?
- Failed as of April 6, 2026. Latest action: Accompanied a study order, see H5323 (April 6, 2026).
- Who sponsored H3531?
- Frank Moran (D, 17th Essex), with 3 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for H3531?
- On the Massachusetts Legislature website: https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H3531
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