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H2327 • 2025

An Act mitigating MBTA Communities funding impact for First Responders and Education

An Act mitigating MBTA Communities funding impact for First Responders and Education

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Sponsor
David Allen Robertson
Last action
2026-02-12
Official status
Accompanied a study order, see H5065
Effective date
Not listed

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An Act mitigating MBTA Communities funding impact for First Responders and Education

An Act mitigating MBTA Communities funding impact for First Responders and Education By Representative Robertson of Tewksbury, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act mitigating MBTA Communities funding impact for First Responders and Education By Representative Robertson of Tewksbury, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 2327) of David Allen Robertson relative to funding for public safety and education for certain Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority communities.
  • Municipalities and Regional Government.

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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. 2025-07-17 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 mitigating MBTA Communities funding impact for First Responders and Education
By Representative Robertson of Tewksbury, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2327) of David Allen Robertson relative to funding for public safety and education for certain Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority communities. Municipalities and Regional Government.

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.2327

Section 3A of chapter 40A of the General Laws, as most recently amended by section 9 of chapter 150 of the acts of 2024, is hereby further amended by adding the following subsection:-

(d) Notwithstanding subsection (b) or any other general or special law to the contrary, no department or agency of the commonwealth shall, pursuant to this section or any other general or special law, withhold funding or grant opportunities for which the MBTA community is otherwise eligible for failure to comply with this section, if the funding or grant may lawfully be used by the MBTA community for public safety or public education purposes, as determined by the department or agency responsible for determining the funding or grant eligibility.

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