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H2289 • 2025

An Act to preserve public safety grant funding for cities and towns

An Act to preserve public safety grant funding for cities and towns

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Sponsor
Bradley H. Jones, Jr.
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 preserve public safety grant funding for cities and towns

An Act to preserve public safety grant funding for cities and towns By Representative Jones of North Reading, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to preserve public safety grant funding for cities and towns By Representative Jones of North Reading, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 2289) of Bradley H.
  • Jones, Jr.
  • and others relative to public safety grant funding for cities and towns for compliance with certain zoning laws.

Limits and Unknowns

  • 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. 2025-07-17 Joint

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

  6. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government

  7. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act to preserve public safety grant funding for cities and towns
By Representative Jones of North Reading, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2289) of Bradley H. Jones, Jr. and others relative to public safety grant funding for cities and towns for compliance with certain zoning laws. Municipalities and Regional Government.

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.2289

Section 3A of chapter 40A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting, in subsection (b), in line 18, after the words “chapter 23A” the following:-

“; provided, however, that under no circumstances shall any city or town’s eligibility for public safety related grant funding, including but not limited to the Firefighter Safety Equipment Grant program, be contingent upon that city or town’s compliance with this section”

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