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H2308 • 2025

An Act relative to multi-family zoning in MBTA communities

An Act relative to multi-family zoning in MBTA communities

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Sponsor
Marc T. Lombardo
Last action
2026-02-12
Official status
Accompanied a study order, see H5065
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

An Act relative to multi-family zoning in MBTA communities

An Act relative to multi-family zoning in MBTA communities By Representative Lombardo of Billerica, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act relative to multi-family zoning in MBTA communities By Representative Lombardo of Billerica, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 2308) of Marc T.
  • Lombardo, Colleen M.
  • Garry and John R.

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 relative to multi-family zoning in MBTA communities
By Representative Lombardo of Billerica, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2308) of Marc T. Lombardo, Colleen M. Garry and John R. Gaskey relative to multi-family zoning in MBTA communities. Municipalities and Regional Government.

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.2308

Section 3A of chapter 40A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following subsection:-

(d) In the event that an MBTA community has reached the threshold required for it to be consistent with local needs whereby low or moderate income housing exists in the MBTA community in excess of 10 per cent of the housing units reported in the latest federal decennial census of the city or town, as defined in section 20 of chapter 40B, such MBTA community shall not be subject to this section.

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