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An Act authorizing the town of Wrentham to exempt from taxation certain real estate owned and occupied by the surviving spouse of Wrentham Deputy Chief George C. Labonte

Filed by Marcus S. Vaughn  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

Became Chapter 190 of the Acts of 2026.

H4269  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD4902

15 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-07-14HouseReferred to the committee on Revenue
2025-07-21SenateSenate concurred
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
2026-04-30HouseRead third and passed to be engrossed
2026-05-04SenateRead; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
2026-06-11SenateRead second and ordered to a third reading
2026-08-10SenateTaken out of the Orders of the Day
2026-08-10SenateRead third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed
2026-08-13HouseEnacted
2026-08-13SenateEnacted and laid before the Governor
2026-08-21ExecutiveSigned by the Governor, Chapter 190 of the Acts of 2026

1 committee vote

Revenue (J)  ·  2026-01-14 12:16  ·  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 hearing

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

DateCommitteeWhereStatus
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)

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.