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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1420 FILED ON: 1/14/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2338
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Kenneth P. Sweezey and 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 exemptions from MBTA community designations.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Kenneth P. Sweezey6th Plymouth1/14/2025Patrick Joseph Kearney4th Plymouth1/15/2025Norman J. Orrall12th Bristol1/21/2025Marcus S. Vaughn9th Norfolk1/22/2025Colleen M. Garry36th Middlesex1/23/2025Steven S. Howitt4th Bristol1/23/2025John R. Gaskey2nd Plymouth1/23/2025Joseph D. McKenna18th Worcester1/24/2025Kathleen R. LaNatra12th Plymouth1/24/2025Paul K. Frost7th Worcester1/24/2025Bradley H. Jones, Jr.20th Middlesex1/28/2025Dennis C. Gallagher8th Plymouth1/28/2025Alyson M. Sullivan-Almeida7th Plymouth2/6/2025Hannah Kane11th Worcester2/11/2025Kimberly N. Ferguson1st Worcester2/13/2025Justin Thurber5th Bristol2/27/2025 1 of 1
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1420 FILED ON: 1/14/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2338
By Representatives Sweezey of Duxbury and Kearney of Scituate, a petition (accompanied by
bill, House, No. 2338) of Kenneth P. Sweezey, Patrick Joseph Kearney and others relative to
exemptions from MBTA community designations. Municipalities and Regional Government.
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 exemptions from MBTA community designations.
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 3A of chapter 40A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022
2Official Edition, is hereby amended in subsection (a) by adding at the end thereof the following:
3 No community without a rail, subway, or ferry station shall have to comply with this
4section.