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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 258 FILED ON: 1/7/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2308
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Marc T. Lombardo
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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 multi-family zoning in MBTA communities.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Marc T. Lombardo22nd Middlesex1/7/2025Colleen M. Garry36th Middlesex1/31/2025John R. Gaskey2nd Plymouth2/6/2025 1 of 1
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 258 FILED ON: 1/7/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2308
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.
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4465 OF 2023-2024.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
(2025-2026)
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An Act relative to multi-family zoning in MBTA communities.
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 3A of chapter 40A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official
2Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following subsection:-
3 (d) In the event that an MBTA community has reached the threshold required for it to be
4consistent with local needs whereby low or moderate income housing exists in the MBTA
5community in excess of 10 per cent of the housing units reported in the latest federal decennial
6census of the city or town, as defined in section 20 of chapter 40B, such MBTA community shall
7not be subject to this section.