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An Act authorizing the town of Marblehead to establish a means-tested senior citizen property tax exemption

Filed by Jennifer Balinsky Armini  ·  1 cosponsor  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

Became Chapter 67 of the Acts of 2026.

H4225  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD4808

17 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-06-16HouseReferred to the committee on Revenue
2025-06-18SenateSenate concurred
2025-07-11JointHearing scheduled for 07/22/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2
2025-07-14JointHearing canceled – new hearing TBD
2025-10-28JointHearing scheduled for 11/07/2025 from 10:00 AM-02:00 PM in Gardner Auditorium
2026-01-15HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2026-02-09HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2026-02-09HouseRules suspended
2026-02-09HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading
2026-03-30HouseRead third and passed to be engrossed
2026-04-01SenateRead; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
2026-04-15SenateRead second and ordered to a third reading
2026-04-21SenateTaken out of the Orders of the Day
2026-04-21SenateRead third and passed to be engrossed
2026-04-23HouseEnacted
2026-04-23SenateEnacted and laid before the Governor
2026-04-29ExecutiveSigned by the Governor, Chapter 67 of the Acts of 2026

1 of these was struck from the record by the clerk and shown ruled through, because a struck line is part of what the record says happened.

1 committee vote

Revenue (J)  ·  2026-01-14 12:01  ·  Favorable

favorable · 9

reserve right · 2

Positions are the four the committee itself records. Reserving a right is not an abstention and no action is not an absence.

Public hearings

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

DateCommitteeWhereStatus
2025-07-22Revenue (J)A-2, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCanceled
2025-11-07Revenue (J)Gardner Auditorium, 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)

Cosponsors

In the order filed.

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.