MA S94

Bill

MA S94

To promote livable communities and zoning reform act

Introduced
01/22/2019

In Committee
01/22/2019

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

191st General Court

Bill Summary

For legislation to promote livable communities and zoning reform act. Community Development and Small Businesses.

AI Summary

This bill aims to promote livable communities and zoning reform in Massachusetts. The key provisions include: 1. Establishing state-level principles and goals to encourage sustainable development, such as targeting growth in areas with existing infrastructure, discouraging sprawl, and protecting natural resources. 2. Creating a Council for a Sustainable Commonwealth to coordinate state agency plans and provide technical assistance to municipalities. 3. Requiring state agencies to develop sustainable development plans and consider regional and local plans in their decision-making. 4. Providing incentives and priority funding to municipalities that have adopted certified local sustainable development plans. 5. Requiring regional planning commissions to develop regional sustainable development plans that consider local plans and promote targeted investment areas and concentrated development centers. 6. Amending the state's zoning and land use laws to align with the goals of sustainable development, such as allowing for the transfer of development rights, enabling site plan review, and establishing development impact fees. The overall aim is to promote coordinated, sustainable growth and development across the state through state-local collaboration and updated land use regulations.

Committee Categories

Business and Industry

Sponsors (3)

Jamie Eldridge (D), Brian Murray (D), Marc Pacheco (D),

Last Action

Accompanied a study order, see S2533 (on 02/13/2020)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S94

(14 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S94
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S94.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H137	Relative to mandated reporter reform	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means	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
H380	To institute CORI Reform	Accompanied a study order, see H5011	Similar To
H4083	Relative to DCF legislative reporting reform	Accompanied a new draft, see H4163	Similar To
H487	Relative to special education funding reform	Accompanied a study order, see H5159	Similar To
H664	Relative to campaign finance reform	Accompanied a study order, see H4403	Similar To
S2220	To reform the toxic use reduction act	Accompanied a study order, see S2540	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
S2533	Order relative to authorizing the joint committee on Community Development and Small Businesses to make an investigation and study of certain current Senate documents relative to community development and small businesses issues	Discharged to the committee on Senate Rules	Replaced by
S411	For political party endorsement reform	Accompanied a study order, see S2544	Similar To
S794	Facilitating site plan review	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S974	Reforming the judicial system	Accompanied a study order, see S2496	Similar To

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