{"AmendmentNumber":"396","ParentBillNumber":"H5562","Bill":null,"Sponsor":{"Id":"MJS3","Name":"Michael J. Soter","Type":1,"Details":"https://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/194/LegislativeMembers/MJS3","ResponseDate":"2026-07-06T15:41:44.75"},"Category":null,"Action":"Consolidated","RollCall":[],"Title":"Excluding Municipalities in Compliance with Local Needs","Branch":"House","RedraftNumber":null,"IsFurther":false,"GeneralCourtNumber":194,"Text":"Mr. Soter of Bellingham moves to amend the bill in Section 42, in the proposed Section 3D of chapter 40A, by adding at the end of the proposed subsection (b), the following paragraph:\r\n“(3) This section shall not apply to 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. In such municipalities, the use of land owned by a religious sect or denomination for multifamily housing shall remain subject to all local zoning ordinances, by-laws, and discretionary approval processes”\r\n"}