MA H180

Bill

Regarding municipal master plans

Introduced
01/22/2019

In Committee
02/24/2020

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

191st General Court

Bill Summary

Relative to municipal master plans. Community Development and Small Businesses.

AI Summary

This bill amends the existing law on municipal master plans in Massachusetts. The key provisions include: 1. Allowing municipalities to include optional elements in their master plans, such as economic development, open space and recreation, services and facilities, circulation, energy management, water management, public health, climate, and arts and culture. 2. Requiring master plans to consider ways to advance equity based on race, color, religion, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, ancestry, disability, and language. 3. Allowing municipalities in Barnstable and Dukes Counties to adopt a local comprehensive plan, which will be deemed a compliant master plan if certified by the regional planning agency. 4. Requiring a report evaluating the consistency of proposed zoning ordinances or by-laws with any existing master plan.

Committee Categories

Business and Industry

Sponsors (10)

Will Brownsberger (D), Michelle Ciccolo (D), Mike Connolly (D), Julian Cyr (D), Stephen Hay (D), Natalie Higgins (D), John Lawn (D), Joan Meschino (D), Sarah Peake (D), José Tosado (D),

Last Action

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 (on 02/24/2020)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H180

(14 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H180
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H180.pdf

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H1284	Relative to smart growth school cost reimbursement	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means	Similar To
H1765	To prevent nonprofit institutions from avoiding wetlands or natural resource protections under the so-called Dover Amendment	Accompanied a study order, see H5127	Similar To
H1784	Relative to methadone clinic zoning	Accompanied a study order, see H5127	Similar To
H1798	To establish commonsense permitting reforms for businesses and landowners	Read second and ordered to a third reading	Similar To
H1799	Relative to variances	Read second and ordered to a third reading	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
H2724	Relative to the state property zoning exemption	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means	Similar To
H3883	Facilitating local approval of inclusionary zoning	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means	Similar To
H3931	Requiring zoning for multifamily housing near transit	Accompanied a study order, see H4546	Similar To
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
S794	Facilitating site plan review	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	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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