Establishes a Special Commission on Micro-Transit to benchmark operating models and services, define micro-transit for purposes of state funding eligibility, assess funding sources and unmet needs, estimate annual state support with a mechanism for periodic reassessment, and evaluate micro-transit's role in closing mobility gaps, enhancing connectivity, and addressing transportation inequities.

Specifies multi-stakeholder membership including legislative leaders, Regional Transit Authority administrators, Department of Transportation representatives, micro-transit operators, municipalities, and organizations representing disability, rural policy, public health, transportation advocacy, aging, and health care, and requires a final report within 15 months with an option to release a draft for public comment.

This bill establishes the InterCity Regional Passenger Rail Fund, designed to finance rail transportation projects, initially focusing on the Route 2 Corridor. The fund will support various costs associated with rail transportation, including contracts, services, and debt service on bonds for passenger rail expansion or improvements. To support this fund, the bill establishes a New Gaming Revenue Fund, earmarking 25% of the gross gaming revenues from the Region D gaming licensee for the InterCity Passenger Rail Fund. The bill also restructures the allocation of Massachusetts gaming regions: it redefines Region A to encompass Suffolk, Middlesex, Essex, and Norfolk counties, and designates a new Region D, which includes the towns of Ashburnham, Fitchburg, Leominster, Lunenburg, and Westminster. Furthermore, it specifies that any gaming license granted within Region D must be for a site comprising at least 70 contiguous acres.

Creates a special commission on micro-transit to study existing and emerging services and funding, benchmark operating models and service types (including regional transit authority and non-RTA models) and dependent populations, assess funding sources, constraints, and unmet needs, define micro-transit for purposes of state-funding eligibility, estimate annual state funding requirements and establish a mechanism and frequency to reassess needs, and evaluate micro-transit's potential to close mobility gaps, enhance connectivity with existing transit, and address geographic and demographic inequities.

Designates the commission to be co-chaired by the House and Senate chairs of the Joint Committee on Transportation and to include regional transit authority administrators with rural and micro-transit experience, the Department of Transportation's Rail and Transit Division, non-RTA micro-transit operators, a municipality that sponsors or operates a service, the MassHire Department of Career Services (a rural office), and a regional planning agency from a predominantly rural region. Requires a final report within 3 months after this section takes effect and permits release of a draft report for public comment.

This bill establishes the InterCity Regional Passenger Rail Fund, designed to finance rail transportation projects, initially focusing on the Route 2 Corridor. The fund will support various costs associated with rail transportation, including contracts, services, and debt service on bonds for passenger rail expansion or improvements. To support this fund, the bill establishes a New Gaming Revenue Fund, earmarking 25% of the gross gaming revenues from the Region D gaming licensee for the InterCity Passenger Rail Fund. The bill also restructures the allocation of Massachusetts gaming regions: it redefines Region A to encompass Suffolk, Middlesex, Essex, and Norfolk counties, and designates a new Region D, which includes the towns of Ashburnham, Fitchburg, Leominster, Lunenburg, and Westminster. Furthermore, it specifies that any gaming license granted within Region D must be for a site comprising at least 70 contiguous acres.

Establishes a special commission on micro-transit to study existing and emerging services and funding, benchmarking operating models and service types and the populations that rely on them, assessing funding sources and unmet needs, defining "micro-transit" for state funding eligibility, estimating annual state funding requirements with a mechanism to reassess those estimates, and examining micro-transit's role in closing mobility gaps, enhancing connectivity, and addressing transportation inequities.

Chairs the commission with the House and Senate chairs of the Joint Committee on Transportation and includes legislative appointees; representatives of Regional Transit Authorities (including rural and micro-transit-experienced), disability stakeholders, the MassDOT Rail and Transit Division and Mobility Assistance Program, non-RTA micro-transit operators, rural policy, public health, transportation advocacy, and councils on aging; plus two Governor appointees representing a sponsoring or operating municipality and a health care organization served by micro-transit. Requires a final report within 15 months of enactment and allows public comment on a draft before submission.

Establishes a special commission on micro-transit to study existing and emerging services and develop recommendations to fund, support, and expand them. Requires evaluation of service types and rider needs; review of current funding mechanisms and whether they meet demand or enable expansion; and recommendations to rationalize funding, including options for dedicated state funding, to define "micro-transit services" in statute for funding eligibility, and to use micro-transit to close mobility gaps, enhance connectivity with existing transit, and address geographic and population inequities.

Composes the commission with the Chairs of the Transportation Committee as co-chairs and representatives of Regional Transit Authorities (including rural and micro-transit-offering RTAs), the Department of Transportation's Rail and Transit Division, non-RTA micro-transit providers, municipal and regional planning entities, and workforce and aging organizations, with specified rural representation, and requires a final report within 15 months of the effective date.