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Springfield lawmaker files bill on allocation of energy‑monitoring costs in rental housing
Summary
Rep. Angelo J. Puppolo Jr. filed House Bill No. 3545 on Jan. 13, 2025, to amend Section 335 of Chapter 164 of the Acts of 1997; the filing removes a date restriction in existing language and lists Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy as the committee reference.
Rep. Angelo J. Puppolo Jr., a representative from the 12th Hampden District, filed House Bill No. 3545 on Jan. 13, 2025, proposing an amendment to Sec. 335 of Chapter 164 of the Acts of 1997 that relates to energy conservation and the allocation of costs for energy monitoring systems in certain rental housing. The filing identifies "Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy" in its committee reference.
Why it matters: The bill’s text published with the filing would remove the words "installed prior to July 1, 1997" from the cited section of existing law. That phrase currently appears in the statute; the filing’s only explicit edit in the provided text is to strike those words. The legislative filing does not include explanatory language about how cost allocation would change in practice, which landlords or units are covered, or who would bear specific expenses.
The document filed on Jan. 13, 2025 appears on House docket No. 813 as House No. 3545 and is presented by Rep. Angelo J. Puppolo Jr. of Springfield. The cover lines list the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and note referral language that reads "Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy." The filing includes the formal instruction to amend an existing statutory section by removing the quoted phrase; it contains no recorded votes, committee action, public-comment summaries, or implementation details in the provided excerpt.
Next steps under standard legislative process: After a representative files a bill, it is placed on the House docket and referred to the committee named in the filing for study, potential hearings, and a recommendation to the full Legislature. The filing itself does not enact a legal change; statutory amendment would require committee consideration, a House vote, a Senate vote, and the governor’s signature.
Who stands to be affected: The text identifies the subject as "certain rental housing" and concerns "energy monitoring systems," but the filing excerpt does not specify which types of rental properties, what monitoring equipment, or the financial mechanisms for allocating costs among tenants, owners or utilities. Those specifics would need to be clarified in committee hearings or subsequent drafts of the bill.
