H1130, S694: An Act relative to creating a statutory housing restriction and providing remedies related to statutory housing (filed in the Senate as S694 by Senator Eldridge) This bill addresses difficulties faced by municipalities in crafting durable affordable housing restrictions…
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An Act relative to creating a statutory housing restriction and providing remedies related to statutory housing
Tagged with: Housing, Legislation 2015/2016
Posted in Arlington, Belmont, Cambridge, The District, Uncategorized
Posted in Arlington, Belmont, Cambridge, The District, Uncategorized
An Act Creating a Living Wage for Employees and Contracted Employees of the Commonwealth
H1762: An Act Creating a Living Wage for Employees and Contracted Employees of the Commonwealth This bill creates a living wage of $15 per hour for employees of the Commonwealth and its contractors and subcontractors and ties that number to…
Tagged with: Economic Justice, Legislation 2015/2016
Posted in Arlington, Belmont, Cambridge, The District, Uncategorized
Posted in Arlington, Belmont, Cambridge, The District, Uncategorized
An Act Strengthening the Enforcement of Certain Dog Laws
H1866, S1085: An Act Strengthening the Enforcement of Certain Dog Laws (filed in the Senate as S1085 by Senator Jehlen) This bill strengthens enforcement of certain provisions of the state’s animal control laws by empowering special police officers of the…
Tagged with: Animal Rights, Legislation 2015/2016
Posted in Arlington, Belmont, Cambridge, The District, Uncategorized
Posted in Arlington, Belmont, Cambridge, The District, Uncategorized
An Act to Ensure Continued Humane Animal Care and Support Family Farms in Massachusetts
HD 1371: An Act to Ensure Continued Humane Animal Care and Support Family Farms in Massachusetts (filed in the Senate as SD 466 by Senator Lewis) This bill prohibits the confinement of farm animals in a manner that does not…
Tagged with: Animal Rights, Legislation 2015/2016
Posted in Arlington, Belmont, Cambridge, The District, Uncategorized
Posted in Arlington, Belmont, Cambridge, The District, Uncategorized
An Act Protecting Abandoned Animals in Vacant Properties
H1865: An Act Protecting Abandoned Animals in Vacant Properties (filed in the Senate as S1072 by Senator Eldridge) This bill requires owners of rented or foreclosed properties to check them for abandoned animals within 3 days after being vacated and…
Tagged with: Animal Rights, Legislation 2015/2016
Posted in Arlington, Belmont, Cambridge, The District, Uncategorized
Posted in Arlington, Belmont, Cambridge, The District, Uncategorized
An Act establishing a right to counsel in certain eviction cases
H3448: An Act establishing a right to counsel in certain eviction cases This legislation creates a right to counsel for indigent individuals in civil proceedings in which loss of housing is a potential outcome. What good are legal rights if…
Tagged with: Housing, Legislation 2015/2016
Posted in Arlington, Belmont, Cambridge, The District, Uncategorized
Posted in Arlington, Belmont, Cambridge, The District, Uncategorized
An Act relative to qualifications of voters
H3409: An Act relative to qualifications of voters Voting is one of the most basic civil rights in our society. While the Massachusetts Constitution precludes imprisoned felons from voting in some state elections, this bill restores one of our most…
Tagged with: Good Government, Legislation 2015/2016
Posted in Arlington, Belmont, Cambridge, The District, Uncategorized
Posted in Arlington, Belmont, Cambridge, The District, Uncategorized
An Act to regulate and tax the cannabis industry
H1561: An Act to regulate and tax the cannabis industry (filed jointly with Senator Jehlen) The war on marijuana has failed, with terrible and substantial spillover costs to society. Our approach over the last 40 or 50 years has demonstrated…
Tagged with: Legislation 2015/2016, Public Health
Posted in Arlington, Belmont, Cambridge, The District, Uncategorized
Posted in Arlington, Belmont, Cambridge, The District, Uncategorized
An Act requiring audiovisual recordings of certain police interrogations
H3449: An Act requiring audiovisual recordings of certain police interrogations Building on a Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court decision, this legislation requires that custodial interrogations of suspects in the most serious crimes be filmed. With this video record, jurors will be…
Tagged with: Legislation 2015/2016
Posted in Arlington, Belmont, Cambridge, The District, Uncategorized
Posted in Arlington, Belmont, Cambridge, The District, Uncategorized
An Act relative to the classification and punishment for certain offenses in the commonwealth
H3450: An Act relative to the classification and punishment for certain offenses in the commonwealth This bill reclassifies some low level, non-violent felonies as misdemeanors. For example, the bill increases the amount for felony shoplifting from $250 to $950. The…
Tagged with: Legislation 2015/2016
Posted in Arlington, Belmont, Cambridge, The District, Uncategorized
Posted in Arlington, Belmont, Cambridge, The District, Uncategorized
