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ASA joined a broad coalition in California to oppose AB 100, unless amended. This legislation is similar to AB 2060, which ASA and its members defeated last year.

ASA joined other national organizations in a letter supporting the Save Local Business Act. The letter is in support of the Save Local Business Act, which is being reintroduced to serve as a contrast to some provisions of the PRO Act, as well as an Obama Administration rule on what constitutes as a joint employer for purposes of labor organization.

ASA is part of a coalition of organizations that support Air-Conditioning Heating & Refrigeration Institute’s petition, pursuant to the American Innovation in Manufacturing Act of 2020 (AIM Act), that respectively requests the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to require residential and light commercial air conditioners (stationary AC) to use refrigerants with global warming potentials of 750 or less, with such requirement applying to new stationary AC equipment, manufactured after Jan. 1 2025, excluding variable refrigerant flow (VRF) equipment.

On March 25, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker signed Chapter 8 of the Acts of 2021 titled An Act Creating A Next-Generation Roadmap For Massachusetts Climate Policy.

The American Supply Association recently joined its more than 90 coalition partners in supporting an extension of the Paycheck Protection Plan loan availability that was due to expire March 31. The Senate overwhelmingly passed the bill 92-7, and earlier this week President Biden signed the bill into law.

The House and Senate are in session this week.

With the passage of the American Rescue Plan, attention will turn to several Democratic initiatives, including a new infrastructure bill.

The House is out and the Senate is in session, mainly for committee hearings and the Trump impeachment trial.

A pandemic, a Supreme Court appointment, mail-in ballots, economic uncertainty and a lost laptop have turned the national conversation on its head — and continues create fluidity in a number of races across the country.

ASA is part a coalition of organizations throughout the manufacturing supply chain urging Congress to advance a bold, long-term infrastructure bill to address the nation’s longstanding infrastructure needs, and to provide much-needed stability and certainty for the sector during this critical time.