{"AmendmentNumber":"149","ParentBillNumber":"S3178","Bill":null,"Sponsor":{"Id":"JBL0","Name":"Joan B. Lovely","Type":1,"Details":"https://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/194/LegislativeMembers/JBL0","ResponseDate":"2026-07-20T10:13:11.263"},"Category":null,"Action":"Rejected","RollCall":[],"Title":"Clarification of the Three-Story Provision","Branch":"Senate","RedraftNumber":null,"IsFurther":false,"GeneralCourtNumber":194,"Text":"Ms. Lovely moves that the proposed new text be amended by striking out the words:\r\n“provided further, that regulations concerning the height of a duplex do not limit height to less than 3 stories”\r\nand inserting in place thereof the following:\r\n\"provided further, that a zoning ordinance or by-law shall not prohibit a duplex from containing 3 stories where a 3-story single-family dwelling is permitted, and shall not impose a duplex-specific height limitation lower than the height limitation applicable to a single-family dwelling in the same zoning district\".\r\n"}