REPORT of the SPECIAL JOINT COMMITTEE on INITIATIVE PETITIONS on the INITIATIVE PETITION of ANDREW B. MIKULA AND OTHERS FOR THE PASSAGE OF AN ACT TO ALLOW SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES ON SMALL LOTS IN AREAS WITH ADEQUATE INFRASTRUCTURE (see House, No. 5000).

This document is a formal report from a Massachusetts legislative committee regarding a citizen-initiated ballot measure that would allow single-family homes on small lots in areas with adequate infrastructure. The committee reviewed the proposal, which aims to bypass local zoning rules to increase housing supply and affordability, but ultimately recommended that the legislature take no action on the petition. Because the state constitution requires the legislature to accept or reject initiative petitions exactly as written without amendments, the committee could not modify the specific language or address concerns about implementation details raised during public hearings. Consequently, the measure will not be enacted through this legislative process unless it is successfully re-submitted as a new petition.