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Committee votes to draft bill on municipal housing authority appointments
Summary
Proposed House Bill 6534 (appointments to municipal housing authority) was approved for drafting by voice vote; committee members requested full language in later drafting rounds.
The Planning and Development Committee agreed to draft House Bill 6534, an act concerning appointments to a municipal housing authority, on March 7. The chair called for a motion and the committee approved the request by voice vote.
Representative Zip Ripsolo (as recorded in the transcript) said she supported moving the bill out of committee to continue work on the language but asked to ensure the measure would not be mandatory, that it would respect municipal charters and include provisions for town-meeting forms of government.
Action taken - Motion: vote to draft House Bill 6534 (appointments to a municipal housing authority). The motion carried by voice vote; no recorded roll-call was requested.
Next steps - Committee staff to produce full bill text for member review; several members asked for clarifying language to protect municipal charters and to provide appropriate exemptions for towns that use town meeting governance.
