An Act establishing a climate change superfund and promoting polluter responsibility
This bill creates a new Climate Change Adaptation Cost Recovery Act to establish a superfund that recovers costs from entities responsible for climate pollution. It defines "climate change adaptive infrastructure projects" broadly to include measures like coastal protection, stormwater upgrades, and energy efficiency improvements for both public and private buildings. Under the proposed law, polluters would be required to pay into this fund to help finance these resilience projects, shifting the financial burden of climate adaptation from taxpayers to those contributing to the problem. The legislation also sets specific definitions for terms like "applicable payment date" and "controlled group" to ensure consistent application of the funding rules.
Bill status
passed
3 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2023
Committee Review
Feb 2023
Senate Passage
Feb 2023
Governor
Introduced Feb 16, 2023
Last action Apr 16, 2024
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
4
Key actions
1
Committee
1
Feb 16, 2023
Upper · Passed
Senate concurred
upper
Feb 16, 2023
Committee
Referred to the committee on Environment and Natural Resources
lower
1 primary · 39 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Steve Owens
DDemocratic
Co
Bill Driscoll
DDemocratic
Co
Brian Murray
DDemocratic
Co
Carmine Gentile
DDemocratic
Co
Christine Barber
DDemocratic
Co
Dave Robertson
DDemocratic
Co
Dave Rogers
DDemocratic
Co
David LeBoeuf
DDemocratic
Co
David Linsky
DDemocratic
Co
Dylan Fernandes
DDemocratic
Co
Erika Uyterhoeven
DDemocratic
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