{"AmendmentNumber":"148","ParentBillNumber":"S3178","Bill":null,"Sponsor":{"Id":"JBL0","Name":"Joan B. Lovely","Type":1,"Details":"https://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/194/LegislativeMembers/JBL0","ResponseDate":"2026-07-20T10:11:38.493"},"Category":null,"Action":"Rejected","RollCall":[],"Title":"Written Findings Required for Denial","Branch":"Senate","RedraftNumber":null,"IsFurther":false,"GeneralCourtNumber":194,"Text":"Ms. Lovely moves that the proposed new text be amended in section 43 by inserting after the word \"occupancy\" in line 508 the following paragraph:- \"A decision denying an application for a duplex or imposing a condition contested by the applicant shall identify with particularity each applicable provision of a zoning ordinance or by-law upon which the denial or condition is based, the material facts supporting the decision and the reasons that approval subject to a less restrictive condition would not adequately address the identified concern. A denial or condition not supported by the written findings required by this paragraph shall be invalid.\"\r\n"}