2025-2026 Regular SessionMassachusetts Legislature

H948: To protect the public health, safety and welfare including but not limited to the drinking water supply in Plymouth Carver Sole Source Aquifer, designated under the federal Safe Drinking Water Act by the United States Environmental Protection Agency in 1990

Legislative Summary

By Representative Gaskey of Carver, a petition of John R. Gaskey that there be a one-year moratorium on the extraction of minerals, sand and gravel from land for the purposes of commercial sale in Plymouth and Bristol Counties. Environment and Natural Resources.

Bill History

2/27/2025
Referred to the Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources
House of Representatives
2/27/2025
Senate concurred
Senate
5/21/2025
Hearing scheduled for 06/03/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1
Joint Conference

Status Information

Current Status
Introduced(2/27/2025)
Chamber
House of Representatives
Committee
Environment and Natural Resources(Joint Conference)

Sponsors

Republican: 1
Democrat: 1

Primary Sponsor

John Gaskey
John Gaskey
Republican

Documents

Introduced
Bill Text2/27/2025126.2 KB