MA H2134

Bill

Protecting neighboring communities from deleterious construction

Introduced
03/29/2021

In Committee
03/29/2021

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2022

Introduced Session

192nd General Court

Bill Summary

Relative to certain construction projects occurring in municipalities within 1,500 feet of a border of another municipality. Municipalities and Regional Government.

AI Summary

This bill aims to require municipalities in Massachusetts to establish a buffer zone of at least 1,500 feet between their borders and any major construction project (costing over $5 million or involving roads, highways, or bridges) occurring within that distance. The buffer zone must be dedicated to open space uses such as parks, gardens, trails, or wetlands to prevent potential harms from the construction to neighboring communities.

Committee Categories

Government Affairs

Sponsors (1)

Bruce Ayers (D)*,

Last Action

Accompanied a study order, see H4933 (on 06/29/2022)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H2134

(20 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H2134
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H2134.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H1376	Relative to manufactured housing	Accompanied a new draft, see H4686	Similar To
H1402	Relative to manufactured housing communities	Accompanied S904	Similar To
H1942	Requiring OSHA training	No further action taken	Similar To
H3099	Relative to the health and safety on public construction projects	Accompanied a study order, see H4856	Similar To
H3138	Relative to the fair participation of minority and women-owned businesses on public construction projects	No further action taken	Similar To
H3924	Order relative to an investigation and study of diversity and inclusion in the construction industry	Adopted	Similar To
H4102	Establishing the Blue Communities Program	Accompanied a new draft, see H4596	Similar To
H4933	Certain matters concerning municipal governance	No further action taken	Replaced by
S1189	Relative to compliance with the prevailing wage laws of the Commonwealth	Accompanied H2046	Similar To
S1190	Relative to workplace safety and disclosure of violations	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S148	Authorizing municipalities to expend certain funds for the acquisition of land to be used for rail trails	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Rules	Similar To
S1579	To protect the civil rights and safety of all Massachusetts residents	Accompanied H2418	Similar To
S1580	Ensuring the safety of our communities and citizens	Accompanied H2418	Similar To
S1589	Relative to safe building materials	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S1601	Establishing a public safety building authority and assistance program	Accompanied a new draft, see S2971	Similar To
S2086	Relative to the definition of fraud in public construction bid laws	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S2205	Relative to transparency in private utility construction contracts	Accompanied a study order, see S2715	Similar To
S2473	Authorizing the town of Brookline to adopt and enforce local regulations restricting new fossil fuel infrastructure in certain construction	Ought NOT to pass (under Joint Rule 10) and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session	Similar To
S354	To improve and enhance the Advisory Board to the Massachusetts School Building Authority	Accompanied a new draft, see S2727	Similar To
S428	Resolve relative to a special community care retirement communities commission	Accompanied a study order, see S2650	Similar To

Bill

Bill Name

Last Action

Type

H1376

Relative to manufactured housing

Accompanied a new draft, see H4686

Similar To

H1402

Relative to manufactured housing communities

Accompanied S904

Similar To

H1942

Requiring OSHA training

No further action taken

Similar To

H3099

Relative to the health and safety on public construction projects

Accompanied a study order, see H4856

Similar To

H3138

Relative to the fair participation of minority and women-owned businesses on public construction projects

No further action taken

Similar To

H3924

Order relative to an investigation and study of diversity and inclusion in the construction industry

Adopted

Similar To

H4102

Establishing the Blue Communities Program

Accompanied a new draft, see H4596

Similar To

H4933

Certain matters concerning municipal governance

No further action taken

Replaced by

S1189

Relative to compliance with the prevailing wage laws of the Commonwealth

Accompanied H2046

Similar To

S1190

Relative to workplace safety and disclosure of violations

Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means

Similar To

S148

Authorizing municipalities to expend certain funds for the acquisition of land to be used for rail trails

Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Rules

Similar To

S1579

To protect the civil rights and safety of all Massachusetts residents

Accompanied H2418

Similar To

S1580

Ensuring the safety of our communities and citizens

Accompanied H2418

Similar To

S1589

Relative to safe building materials

Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means

Similar To

S1601

Establishing a public safety building authority and assistance program

Accompanied a new draft, see S2971

Similar To

S2086

Relative to the definition of fraud in public construction bid laws

Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means

Similar To

S2205

Relative to transparency in private utility construction contracts

Accompanied a study order, see S2715

Similar To

S2473

Authorizing the town of Brookline to adopt and enforce local regulations restricting new fossil fuel infrastructure in certain construction

Ought NOT to pass (under Joint Rule 10) and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session

Similar To

S354

To improve and enhance the Advisory Board to the Massachusetts School Building Authority

Accompanied a new draft, see S2727

Similar To

S428

Resolve relative to a special community care retirement communities commission

Accompanied a study order, see S2650

Similar To

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