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An Act relative to a real property exemption for disabled persons in the town of Swampscott

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

Became Chapter 198 of the Acts of 2026.

H4444  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD5030

16 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-08-25HouseReferred to the committee on Revenue
2025-08-28SenateSenate concurred
2026-01-16JointHearing scheduled for 01/27/2026 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1 & A-2
2026-01-27JointHearing rescheduled to 01/27/2026 from 01:00 PM-02:25 PM in A-1 and Virtual. Hearing updated to New End Time
2026-03-12HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2026-03-23HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2026-03-23HouseRules suspended
2026-03-23HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading
2026-04-06HouseRead third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed
2026-04-08SenateRead; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
2026-04-15SenateRead second and ordered to a third reading
2026-08-17SenateTaken out of the Orders of the Day
2026-08-17SenateRead third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed
2026-08-20HouseEnacted
2026-08-20SenateEnacted and laid before the Governor
2026-08-26ExecutiveSigned by the Governor, Chapter 198 of the Acts of 2026

1 committee vote

Revenue (J)  ·  2026-03-06 17:28  ·  Favorable

favorable · 9

reserve right · 1

no action · 1

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
2026-01-27Revenue (J)A-1 & A-2, 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.