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An Act allowing the town of Williamstown to expand financial eligibility for senior property tax exemption

Filed by John Barrett, III  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

Became Chapter 29 of the Acts of 2026.

H3026  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD302

15 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-02-27HouseReferred to the committee on Revenue
2025-02-27SenateSenate concurred
2025-04-02JointHearing scheduled for 04/08/2025 from 10:00 AM-01:00 PM in A-1
2025-07-21HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2025-07-23HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2025-07-23HouseRules suspended
2025-07-23HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading
2025-10-30HouseRead third and passed to be engrossed
2025-11-03SenateRead; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
2025-11-13SenateRead second and ordered to a third reading
2026-02-09SenateTaken out of the Orders of the Day
2026-02-09SenateRead third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed
2026-02-11HouseEnacted
2026-02-12SenateEnacted and laid before the Governor
2026-02-19ExecutiveSigned by the Governor, Chapter 29 of the Acts of 2026

Public hearing

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

DateCommitteeWhereStatus
2025-04-08Revenue (J)A-1, 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 (S)

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.