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H1486 • 2025

Resolve establishing a special commission to study and make recommendations relative to Chapter 40B

Resolve establishing a special commission to study and make recommendations relative to Chapter 40B

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Sponsor
Michael S. Day
Last action
2025-12-15
Official status
Referred to House Committee on Rules
Effective date
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Resolve establishing a special commission to study and make recommendations relative to Chapter 40B

Resolve establishing a special commission to study and make recommendations relative to Chapter 40B By Representative Day of Stoneham, a petition (accompanied by resolve, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • Resolve establishing a special commission to study and make recommendations relative to Chapter 40B By Representative Day of Stoneham, a petition (accompanied by resolve, House, No.
  • 1486) of Michael S.
  • Day for an investigation by a special commission (including members of the General Court) to study and make recommendations relative to the comprehensive permit law.
  • Housing.

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Bill History

  1. 2025-12-15 House

    Discharged to the committee on House Rules

  2. 2025-11-20 House

    Resolve reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Rules of the two branches, acting concurrently

  3. 2025-09-17 Joint

    Hearing rescheduled to 09/17/2025 from 09:00 AM-11:30 AM in B-1 Hearing updated to New End Time

  4. 2025-09-16 Joint

    Hearing rescheduled to 09/17/2025 from 09:00 AM-01:00 PM in B-1 Hearing location changed

  5. 2025-09-04 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 09/17/2025 from 09:00 AM-01:00 PM in A-2

  6. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Housing

  7. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

Resolve establishing a special commission to study and make recommendations relative to Chapter 40B
By Representative Day of Stoneham, a petition (accompanied by resolve, House, No. 1486) of Michael S. Day for an investigation by a special commission (including members of the General Court) to study and make recommendations relative to the comprehensive permit law. Housing.
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Rules

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Bill H.1486

Resolved,
there shall be a 9 member special commission for the purpose of investigating the use and effectiveness of the “comprehensive permit law,” sections 20 to 23, inclusive of chapter 40B of the General Laws.

The commission shall consist of the secretary of administration and finance or his designee; the secretary of housing and economic development or his designee; the secretary of transportation or his designee; the senate chair of the joint committee on municipalities and regional government, the senate chair of the joint committee on housing; 1 member appointed by the senate minority leader; the house chair of the joint committee on municipalities and regional government, the house chair of the joint committee housing; and 1 member appointed by the house minority leader.

The commission shall study the effectiveness of the “comprehensive permit law” as a mechanism for promoting the construction of affordable housing units in the Commonwealth and its impact on regional and municipal planning.

The commission shall hold at least 14 public hearings, one in each county in the Commonwealth, to solicit public testimony and evidence of the positive and negative aspects of the “comprehensive permit law.”

The commission shall issue a report that shall include the history of the comprehensive permit law; other statutory mechanisms designed to promote the increase of affordable housing units in our municipalities; a summary of the testimony presented at the public hearings; and any legislative or regulatory amendments it deems necessary to ensure the “comprehensive permit law” effectively promotes the best interests of the Commonwealth, its municipalities and the goal of increasing the amount of affordable housing units in both.

The commission shall file its report with the clerk of the senate and the clerk of house of representatives on or before December 31, 2026.

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