An Act providing for retroactive housing compliance under the MBTA Communities Act
This bill amends Massachusetts housing law to allow MBTA communities to count housing units built within the past three years toward their compliance with the MBTA Communities Act. It requires state housing guidelines to include criteria for considering these recently completed units when determining if a community meets its housing requirements. The change directly affects municipalities located near MBTA transit lines that must comply with state housing mandates. This provision retroactively includes qualifying housing construction completed up to three years before the law's effective date in compliance calculations.
Bill status
passed
3 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Feb 2025
Governor
Introduced Feb 27, 2025
Last action Feb 12, 2026
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
7
Key actions
1
Committee
1
Feb 27, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senate concurred
upper
Feb 27, 2025
Committee
Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government
lower
1 primary · 10 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Brad Jones
RRepublican
Co
Colleen Garry
DDemocratic
Co
Dave Muradian
RRepublican
Co
Dave Robertson
DDemocratic
Co
David DeCoste
RRepublican
Co
Hannah Kane
RRepublican
Co
Kim Ferguson
RRepublican
Co
Norm Orrall
RRepublican
Co
Paul Frost
RRepublican
Co
Steven Howitt
RRepublican
Co
Todd Smola
RRepublican
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