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S 2390

Increases the tax exemption amount on clothing and apparel items from one hundred ten dollars to two hundred dollars

2025 Regular Session Introduced by Simcha Felder

Creates a MassDOT-led task force to design a Massachusetts anti-litter campaign, analyze cleanup costs and enforcement, and report funding needs and policy options by 12/31/2026.

RECOMMIT, ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN
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Bill Summary · S 2390

Summary — S.2390 (Senate Docket No. 1867)

Title shown in filing: Resolve establishing the roadside litter prevention and cleanup task force

Note: The bill package provided includes mixed header lines from other measures (e.g., a line citing an unrelated housing act and an initial title about clothing tax). The core legislative text for S.2390 is a Massachusetts resolve creating a roadside litter prevention and cleanup task force. This summary focuses on that text.

Purpose

Establish a multi‑agency task force to develop a consistent Massachusetts‑themed anti‑litter campaign, analyze the costs and funding of highway/roadside litter cleanup, evaluate enforcement and fines related to littering, and issue recommendations to the Governor and relevant legislative committees.

Key provisions

  • Establishes a litter prevention and cleanup task force within the Highway Division of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT).
  • Membership (ex officio or designees): Secretary of Transportation (chair), Executive Director of the Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism, Secretary of Public Safety and Security, Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs, and Executive Director of Keep Massachusetts Beautiful, Inc.
  • Tasks:
    • Create a consistent, memorable Massachusetts‑themed anti‑litter slogan/branding and develop an advertising campaign for multiple platforms (TV, radio, print, social media, state messaging boards, billboards, signs).
    • Conduct an analysis of: annual costs to clean highway/roadside litter, current funding sources used for cleanup, and geographic areas most impacted by litter.
    • Consider current enforcement statutes and fine regulations related to littering during its analysis.
  • Reporting requirement: issue a report with recommendations on:
    1. Potential funding needed for litter cleanup along highways/roadsides;
    2. Litter enforcement among motorists and vehicles with improperly covered loads, including best practices for law enforcement;
    3. Whether additional enforcement funding is needed;
    4. Whether the current fine structure is adequate.
  • Filing deadline: report due to the Governor, clerks of the House and Senate, and the joint committees on Transportation; Tourism, Arts & Cultural Development; and Environment, Natural Resources & Agriculture by December 31, 2026.

Who is affected

  • State agencies (MassDOT, Travel & Tourism, Public Safety, Energy & Environmental Affairs)
  • Keep Massachusetts Beautiful, Inc.
  • Municipalities and regional authorities responsible for roadside cleanup
  • Law enforcement agencies involved in litter and load‑coverage enforcement
  • Motorists and commercial haulers (potential future enforcement/fine changes)
  • Taxpayers and state budget (potential budgetary implications if new funding is recommended)

Procedural and timeline notes

  • Filed/senate docket dates in the package show activity in early 2025; sponsors and petitioners are primarily Massachusetts legislators led by Senator Paul R. Feeney.
  • Legislative actions listed include referrals to committees, print of an amended version (2390A), recommitment, and a scheduled hearing (11/04/2025).
  • Status entries include “RECOMMIT, ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN,” a procedural action that typically removes the statutory enactment language from a resolve during committee processing; the measure remains a resolve aiming to produce an official report rather than immediate regulatory changes.
  • Final substantive output is the task force’s report due December 31, 2026; subsequent legislative or budget action would be required to implement the recommendations.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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