House Bill No. 7152 mandates that individuals submitting environmental, health, traffic, or economic impact studies in connection with local land use applications must provide specific disclosures. These disclosures include the identity of the study's authors, the total costs associated with the study and the entity that financed it, as well as any potential conflicts of interest that could affect the impartiality of the findings. This requirement applies to submissions made to various local bodies, including legislative bodies, zoning commissions, planning commissions, inland wetlands agencies, and zoning boards of appeals, and it overrides any conflicting provisions in special acts, municipal charters, or home rule ordinances.

Furthermore, the bill stipulates that when local authorities are making decisions regarding land use applications, they must take into account the disclosed information and assess whether the absence of such disclosures affects the reliability of the submitted studies or evaluations. The bill is set to take effect on October 1, 2025, and does not impose any fiscal impact on municipalities, as they are deemed capable of managing the additional information required for review.