Massachusetts · Bill 101 · 193rd General Court

An Act protecting our soil and farms from PFAS contamination

H 101 Sponsored by Paul A. Schmid III Died in committee

  1. Introduced Feb 16, 2023
  2. In committee Feb 16, 2023
  3. Died  
  4. Passed the Senate  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law  

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

By Representative Schmid of Westport, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 101) of Paul A. Schmid, III and others for legislation to establish the agricultural PFAS relief fund to assist farmers who have suffered losses due to the presence of PFAS in soil, water, or agricultural products. Agriculture.

Every action

4 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. CommitteeReferred to the committee on Agriculture · Joint Committee on Agriculture
  2. SenateSenate concurred
  3. CommitteeHearing scheduled for 05/15/2023 from 11:00 AM-01:00 PM in Gardner Auditorium · Joint Committee on Agriculture
  4. CommitteeAccompanied a new draft, see H4288 · Joint Committee on Agriculture

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 62 cosponsors: 52 Democrats, 9 Republicans, 1 Independent.

All 62 cosponsors

From Massachusetts's official records (malegislature.gov/api), checked Nov 14, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.