MassachusettsAn Act banning hostile architecture targeting unhoused individuals
What it does
By Representative Connolly of Cambridge, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3307) of Mike Connolly for legislation to prohibit the construction of publicly accessible buildings or structures designed or intended to prevent unhoused individuals from sitting or lying on the building or structure at street level. State Administration and Regulatory Oversight.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed 1st Chamber
- Passed 2nd Chamber
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Dec 4Read second and ordered to a third readingLatest
- Dec 4Rules suspended
- Dec 4Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
- Nov 12Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and SchedulingMinor
- Sep 3Hearing scheduled for 09/09/2025 from 10:00 AM-1:00 PM in A-1 and virtual
- Feb 27Senate concurred
- Feb 27Referred to the committee on State Administration and Regulatory OversightIntroduced