The Community Preservation Coalition has been advocating for passage of SB 90 - An Act to Sustain Community Preservation - a bill designed to stabilize and strengthen the Community Preservation Act. The bill cleared an important initial hurdle on November 12, 2009, when the Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Business gave it a favorable recommendation.

Update on SB 90 (August 4, 2010): SB 90 made significant progress before the end of the legislative session on July 31st, 2010.   After a careful review by the House Ways and Means Committee, the bill received a favorable recommendation.  This is a significant development, as many bills never advance past this important committee.  Movement out of Ways and Means signals that the bill has strong support in the House, evidenced by the many contacts made by CPA supporters' state representatives to House leadership urging passage of the bill.
 
Since the legislative session ended on July 31st at midnight, no further progress on the bill will be made until the next session begins in January, 2011.  However, we are very encouraged by the favorable Ways and Means report and confident that the legislature can get the bill passed next year with another strong push from local advocates.
 
The Coalition is grateful to SB 90's sponsors, Senator Cynthia Stone Creem and Representative Stephen Kulik, for their leadership on SB 90.  We are also appreciative of the support of House Ways and Means, led by Chairman Charles Murphy and Vice Chair Barbara L'Italien. And a big THANK YOU to all CPA advocates across the state who took action to support SB 90 in these past weeks and months -- we have made great progress and will need you again in 2011 to get to the finish line!

For more information about this legislation, please click on the links below.

Summary of SB 90

Revised Text of SB 90 (as recommended by Committee on Community Development and Small Business)

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on SB 90

Legislative Sponsors

Endorsing Organizations

Press Release, December 2009 - SB 90 Recommended

March 2010 Letter to Ways & Means Chairman Charles Murphy