Bill
SD 2074
Creates a cross-agency framework to identify, remediate, and regulate indoor air quality and mold in high-impact facilities, with public reporting.
Proposed bill overview
- Title: An Act to improve indoor air quality for highly-impacted communities
- Bill number: S.D. 2074 (Senate) / Senate Docket No. 2074
- Introduced: February 27, 2025 by Senator Adam Gómez
- Status: House concurred (as of the provided information)
- Purpose: Create a framework to identify, monitor, and remediate indoor air pollution and mold contamination in select building types and to establish a regulatory process for indoor air quality assessments, focusing on ultrafine particulate matter and black carbon indoors.
Key provisions
1) Establishment of an interagency Task Force
- Duty: Develop a statutory and regulatory framework to identify, monitor, and remediate indoor air pollution and indoor mold contamination.
- Scope of buildings: Schools, long-term care facilities, correctional facilities, early childhood education facilities, public housing, and privately-owned residential buildings.
- Funding recommendations: Identify and recommend funding sources to implement the Task Force’s recommendations.
- Task Force composition:
- Core members: Commissioner of Public Health (chair), Commissioner of Environmental Protection, Secretary of Housing and Livable Communities, Attorney General (or designee).
- Governor-appointed members (7 total):
- Community-based environmental justice organization representative
- Academic expert on environmental health
- Representative of the Massachusetts Association of Health Boards
- Individual with community clinical health care experience
- Individual with experience in the state shelter housing system
- Individual with experience in long-term senior care
- Individual with experience in public school administration
- Timeline: First meeting within 30 days of passage; final report with recommendations due within one year of passage; draft recommendations released at least 30 days before the final report.
2) Regulatory framework for indoor air quality assessments
- Interagency collaboration: Department of Public Health (in consultation with the Department of Environmental Protection) to promulgate regulations.
- Focus areas: Conducting indoor air quality assessments; monitoring exposure to ultrafine particulate matter and black carbon indoors; based on the best available science.
- Regulatory features: Standard procedures for air dispersion modeling, pollution management, monitoring ultrafine PM, and estimating exposure; public reporting mechanisms.
- Timeline: Regulations to be promulgated no later than December 31, 2026.
Affected parties and potential impacts
- Government and regulatory bodies: DPH, DEP, executive offices (Health and Human Services; Energy and Environmental Affairs), Attorney General, and the state Environmental Justice Council.
- Institutions and facilities: Public and private schools, long-term care facilities, correctional facilities, early childhood education facilities, public housing, and privately-owned residential buildings.
- Communities: Environmental justice communities and residents in impacted facilities who may benefit from improved indoor air quality and transparency about pollutants.
Procedural and timeline notes
- Task force convening and reporting obligations are time-bound (first meeting within 30 days; final report within 1 year; draft recommendations preceding the final report by at least 30 days).
- Regulatory timeline for indoor air quality standards set to final promulgation by December 31, 2026.
In short, the bill collaborates across agencies to create a focused, funded approach to reduce indoor air pollution and mold in high-impact settings, culminating in a regulatory framework for ongoing assessment and public reporting.
Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.
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