MA H1784

Bill

MA H1784

Relative to methadone clinic zoning

Introduced
01/22/2019

In Committee
01/22/2019

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

191st General Court

Bill Summary

Relative to methadone clinic zoning. Municipalities and Regional Government.

AI Summary

This bill amends Chapter 40A of the General Laws in Massachusetts to allow municipalities to adopt zoning ordinances to regulate the location of proposed methadone clinics. If no local requirements exist, the bill establishes a default rule that a methadone clinic cannot be sited within 500 feet of a school, daycare center, or any facility where children commonly congregate, such as playgrounds, youth programs, and sports facilities. The bill also specifies that methadone clinics cannot use the provisions in Section 3 of Chapter 40A to bypass local zoning requirements. The bill would take effect 90 days after passage.

Committee Categories

Government Affairs

Sponsors (2)

Paul Frost (R), Timothy Whelan (R),

Last Action

Accompanied a study order, see H5127 (on 11/19/2020)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H1784

(9 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H1784
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H1784.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H1798	To establish commonsense permitting reforms for businesses and landowners	Read second and ordered to a third reading	Similar To
H180	Regarding municipal master plans	Ought NOT to pass (under Joint Rule 10) and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting, the question being on acceptance	Similar To
H1814	Relative to changes to publication of by-laws	Accompanied a study order, see H5127	Similar To
H187	Improving housing opportunities and the Massachusetts economy	Accompanied a study order, see H5052	Similar To
H1985	To advance the safety of women seeking to terminate a pregnancy	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Similar To
H5127	Study Order - Miscellaneous Municipalities Matters	Discharged to the committee on House Rules	Replaced by
S2369	Relative to the terms for members of the city of Somerville's Zoning Board of Appeals	Read; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling	Similar To
S818	Streamlining housing permitting	Accompanied a study order, see S2527	Similar To
S94	To promote livable communities and zoning reform act	Accompanied a study order, see S2533	Similar To

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