Massachusetts legislation · 194th General Court
Massachusetts H3909: An Act authorizing the Provincetown year-round market rate rental housing trust to acquire year-round housing occupancy restrictions
Status: Signed into law, October 21, 2026
What the bill says
From the introduced text, March 17, 2025:
SECTION 1. As used in this Act the following words shall, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context, have the following meanings: Select Board- the duly elected Select Board of the Town of Provincetown. Town- the Town of Provincetown. Year-Round Housing Occupancy Restriction- is a right, either in perpetuity or for a specified number of years, whether or not stated in the form of a restriction, easement, covenant, condition in any deed, mortgage, will, agreement or other instrument executed by or on behalf of the owner of the land appropriate to (a) limiting the use of all or part of the land to residential housing occupancy by persons or families who occupy either rental or ownership housing as their primary residence for not less than 11 months during any 1-year period, or (b) in any way limiting or restricting the use or enjoyment of all or any portion of the land for the purpose of encouraging or assuring creation or retention of rental and ownership housing for occupancy to persons or families who occupy either rental or ownership housing as their primary residence for not less than 11 months during any 1-year period. SECTION 2. Notwithstanding any special or general law to the contrary in the Commonwealth, the Provincetown Year-Round Market Rate Rental Housing Trust created pursuant to …
Sponsors
- Hadley Luddy (D) · primary sponsor
- Julian Cyr (D, Cape and Islands)
Latest actions
- : Signed by the Governor, Chapter 251 of the Acts of 2026
- : Enacted and laid before the Governor
- : Enacted
- : Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed
- : Taken out of the Orders of the Day
- : Read second and ordered to a third reading
- : Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
- : Read third and passed to be engrossed
- : Read second and ordered to a third reading
- : Rules suspended
Votes
- Committee Vote - Joint Committee on Housing (March 6, 2026): 10 yea, 0 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is H3909?
- H3909 is a bill in the Massachusetts Legislature (194th General Court): An Act authorizing the Provincetown year-round market rate rental housing trust to acquire year-round housing occupancy restrictions.
- What is the status of H3909?
- Signed into law as of October 21, 2026. Latest action: Signed by the Governor, Chapter 251 of the Acts of 2026 (October 21, 2026).
- Who sponsored H3909?
- Hadley Luddy (D), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for H3909?
- On the Massachusetts Legislature website: https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H3909
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