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An Act authorizing an increase in the limit of the local (hotel) excise tax that the town of Franklin may impose

Filed by Jeffrey N. Roy  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

H5334  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD6003

7 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2026-04-02HouseReferred to the committee on Revenue
2026-04-06SenateSenate concurred
2026-04-24JointHearing scheduled for 05/04/2026 from 09:00 AM-05:00 PM in Written Testimony Only
2026-05-18HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2026-06-01HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2026-06-01HouseRules suspended
2026-06-01HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading

1 committee vote

Revenue (J)  ·  2026-05-14 17:16  ·  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
2026-05-04Revenue (J)Written Testimony Only, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorableRevenue (J)
Place in ODSteering, Policy and Scheduling (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.