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Read. Follow. Verify.Massachusetts Bill H.2154 Establishes Mandatory Parking Cash-Out Programs for Employers
Last action · October 29, 2025: Accompanied a new draft, see H4658Sponsors: Steve Owens and 2 others
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What This Bill Would Do
Employers in Massachusetts with at least 10 employees that offer parking benefits must provide a daily or monthly cash-out option equivalent to the market rate of parking for employees who choose not to drive alone to work. Covered businesses must submit biennial reports to the department of transportation, and the department of revenue is authorized to levy fines for noncompliance.
Qualifying employees gain the option to receive equivalent financial value through transit subsidies or taxable cash if they decline employer-provided parking, while affected employers face new record-keeping, reporting, and cash-out administration requirements.
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Employers with at least 10 employees
Employers offering parking benefits must establish daily or monthly cash-out programs, maintain records for four years, file reports with the Department of Transportation, and face potential fines for noncompliance.
Employees offered parking benefits
Employees may decline employer-provided parking and receive an equivalent financial benefit in the form of transit subsidies, taxable cash, or a combination of both.
Department of Revenue
The department is required to annually adjust market rate costs of parking, submit biennial reports to legislative committees, impose fines for violations, and appoint at least two employees to oversee implementation.
Department of Transportation
The department must create an awareness and compliance assistance program, make information available in multiple languages on its website, and collect reports from covered employers.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Procedural history
4 actions- Oct 29, 2025HouseAccompanied a new draft, see H4658
- Jul 10, 2025JointHearing scheduled for 07/22/2025 from 10:00 AM-01:00 PM in B-2
- Feb 27, 2025SenateSenate concurred
- Feb 27, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to the committee on Labor and Workforce Development
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Companion Draft Action
According to legislative progress tracking, this bill was accompanied by a new draft, H4658, indicating ongoing legislative refinement.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance75How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy60Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz35Current news / social attention level
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