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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3503 FILED ON: 1/20/2023
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Patrick Joseph Kearney
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act relative to detached accessory dwellings.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Patrick Joseph Kearney4th Plymouth1/20/2023Susan Williams Gifford2nd Plymouth2/14/2023 1 of 1
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3503 FILED ON: 1/20/2023
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By Representative Kearney of Scituate, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1348) of
Patrick Joseph Kearney and Susan Williams Gifford relative to detached accessory dwellings
knows as tiny homes. Housing.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)
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An Act relative to detached accessory dwellings.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 SECTION 1. Section 94 of Chapter 143 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020
2Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following paragraph:-
3 (s) To incorporate the International Code Council’s Appendix Q into the code of
4Massachusetts regulations, 780 CMR, for purposes of defining “tiny homes” and establishing
5requirements and standards for the construction of tiny homes, and to develop and promulgate
6rules and regulations necessary to administering and enforcing regulation of tiny homes. Any
7Appendix Q provisions incorporated into the code of Massachusetts regulations shall be updated
8within 1 year of any revision to the International Residential Code for one and two family
9dwellings.