Massachusetts Packaging EPR Dies as Formal Session Closes July 31

Legislative update, July 27, 2026. Part of the EPR Atlas weekly packaging EPR update log.

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Legislative  |  MA  |  July 27, 2026

The Massachusetts formal legislative session ended July 31, 2026 without a floor vote on either packaging EPR bill. S.571 and its House counterpart H.926 both remained in their respective Ways and Means committees and never advanced. Massachusetts bills do not carry over between biennia, so both die and must be refiled in the 2027 session. Informal sessions continue after July 31 but rarely move contested legislation. The separate Mass Ready Act environmental bond bill, which passed the Senate in April and the House in June, carries a paint EPR framework rather than packaging EPR; a Senate amendment that would have funded a $1.2 million packaging EPR needs assessment was rejected. The 2026 Massachusetts EPR Commission had recommended a needs assessment before any program, which is the proximate reason neither bill moved. Source: Sustainable Packaging Coalition, Packaging Policy Roundup (July 29, 2026).

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