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H1512 • 2025

An Act to exempt local housing authorities from the penalties of the MBTA Communities Law

An Act to exempt local housing authorities from the penalties of the MBTA Communities Law

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Sponsor
Richard M. Haggerty
Last action
2026-02-12
Official status
Accompanied a study order, see H5065
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act to exempt local housing authorities from the penalties of the MBTA Communities Law

An Act to exempt local housing authorities from the penalties of the MBTA Communities Law By Representative Haggerty of Woburn, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to exempt local housing authorities from the penalties of the MBTA Communities Law By Representative Haggerty of Woburn, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 1512) of Richard M.
  • Haggerty, David F.
  • DeCoste and Colleen M.

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  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-02-12 House

    Accompanied a study order, see H5065

  2. 2025-07-29 Joint

    Hearing rescheduled to 07/29/2025 from 01:00 PM-06:00 PM in Gardner Auditorium and Virtual Hearing updated to New End Time

  3. 2025-07-29 Joint

    Hearing rescheduled to 07/29/2025 from 01:00 PM-06:15 PM in Gardner Auditorium and Virtual Hearing updated to New End Time

  4. 2025-07-29 Joint

    Hearing rescheduled to 07/29/2025 from 01:00 PM-06:05 PM in Gardner Auditorium and Virtual Hearing updated to New End Time

  5. 2025-07-21 Senate

    Senate concurred

  6. 2025-07-21 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 07/29/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in Gardner Auditorium

  7. 2025-07-16 House

    Discharged to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government

  8. 2025-06-02 Joint

    Hearing rescheduled to 06/04/2025 from 09:00 AM-01:00 PM in B-2

  9. 2025-05-27 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 06/04/2025 from 09:00 AM-01:00 PM in A-2

  10. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Housing

  11. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act to exempt local housing authorities from the penalties of the MBTA Communities Law
By Representative Haggerty of Woburn, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1512) of Richard M. Haggerty, David F. DeCoste and Colleen M. Garry relative to the operations of local housing authorities. Housing.

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.1512

Section 3A of chapter 40A of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting the following words at the end of paragraph (b):

“Provided, however, a housing authority as defined in section 1 of chapter 121B of the general laws shall not be subject to the provisions of this section.”

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