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An Act authorizing the town of Hopkinton to establish a means-tested senior citizen property tax exemption for school building construction projects

Filed by James C. Arena-DeRosa  ·  193rd General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

Became Chapter 329 of the Acts of 2024.

H4848  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD5243

17 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2024-07-10HouseReferred to the committee on Revenue
2024-07-11SenateSenate concurred
2024-07-22JointHearing scheduled for 07/22/2024 from 09:00 AM-05:00 PM in Written Testimony Only
2024-08-05HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2024-09-03HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2024-09-03HouseRules suspended
2024-09-03HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading
2024-09-30HouseRead third and passed to be engrossed
2024-10-03SenateRead; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
2024-12-30SenateTaken out of the Orders of the Day
2024-12-30SenateRead second, amended, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed
2024-12-30HouseReferred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading
2024-12-30HouseHouse concurred in the Senate amendment
2024-12-31HouseEnacted
2024-12-31SenateEnacted
2025-01-01SenateLaid before the Governor
2025-01-06ExecutiveSigned by the Governor, Chapter 329 of the Acts of 2025

1 amendments filed

1 adopted

No.TitleMoved byOutcome
Senate 1Hopkinton means-tested senior citizen property tax exemptionSal N. DiDomenicoAdopted

Public hearing

House Rule 27 counts its reporting deadline from the day a bill is heard.

DateCommitteeWhereStatus
2024-07-22Revenue (J)Written Testimony Only, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorableRevenue (J)
Place in ODSteering, Policy and Scheduling (H)
Correctly DrawnBills in the Third Reading (H)
Correctly DrawnBills in the Third Reading (H)

Every action here is as the legislature published it. A bill that drew no recorded vote is the ordinary case: the House records roughly 150 a year.