Vote Description

This was a vote on bill H4912 from the Senate's S2500. This bill sets arbitrary green house gas emissions cut goals and gives power to the executive branch to do whatever they see fit to meet these goals. This includes entering Massachusetts into regional cap and trade deals that hand over taxing authority to a third party bureaucracy, and adding new regulations and mandates. This bill also sets new CA style energy efficiency standards on the following: commercial dishwashers, commercial fryers, commercial hot-food holding cabinets, commercial ovens, commercial steam cookers, computer or computer monitors, electric vehicle supply equipment, faucets, high CRI fluorescent lamps, portable electric spas, residential ventilating fans, showerheads, sprinklers, urinals, water closets, and water coolers