{"AmendmentNumber":"394","ParentBillNumber":"H5562","Bill":null,"Sponsor":{"Id":"MJS3","Name":"Michael J. Soter","Type":1,"Details":"https://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/194/LegislativeMembers/MJS3","ResponseDate":"2026-07-06T15:42:29.117"},"Category":null,"Action":"Consolidated","RollCall":[],"Title":"Allowing Municipalities in Compliance with Local Needs to Limit Gross Density","Branch":"House","RedraftNumber":null,"IsFurther":false,"GeneralCourtNumber":194,"Text":"Mr. Soter of Bellingham moves to amend the bill by adding the following new section: \r\nSECTION XXXX. in Section 42, in the proposed Section 3D of chapter 40A, by adding at the end of subsection (c), in the proposed paragraph (2), the following:\r\n“; provided further, that if a city or town where low or moderate income housing, as defined in section 20 of chapter 40B, exists which is in excess of ten per cent of the housing units reported in the latest federal decennial census of the city or town, the city or town shall have the discretion to limit the gross density of any housing developed under this section to 10 units per acre.”\r\n"}