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H2344 • 2025

An Act requiring Safe Harbor exceptions to the MBTA Communities Act

An Act requiring Safe Harbor exceptions to the MBTA Communities Act

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Sponsor
Jeffrey Rosario Turco
Last action
2026-02-12
Official status
Accompanied a study order, see H5065
Effective date
Not listed

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An Act requiring Safe Harbor exceptions to the MBTA Communities Act

An Act requiring Safe Harbor exceptions to the MBTA Communities Act By Representative Turco of Winthrop, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act requiring Safe Harbor exceptions to the MBTA Communities Act By Representative Turco of Winthrop, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 2344) of Jeffrey Rosario Turco, David F.
  • DeCoste and Colleen M.
  • Garry for legislation to require safe harbor exceptions to the multi-family zoning as-of-right in certain MBTA communities.

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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 requiring Safe Harbor exceptions to the MBTA Communities Act
By Representative Turco of Winthrop, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2344) of Jeffrey Rosario Turco, David F. DeCoste and Colleen M. Garry for legislation to require safe harbor exceptions to the multi-family zoning as-of-right in certain MBTA communities. Municipalities and Regional Government.

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Bill H.2344

MGL 40A, Section 3A is amended by addition a new subsection (d):

Any community which qualifies for any of the safe harbor provisions of M.G.L. 40B, shall be exempt from the requirements of this Section 3A.

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