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

Filed by Kate Lipper-Garabedian  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

Became Chapter 206 of the Acts of 2026.

H5418  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD6087

14 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2026-05-07HouseReferred to the committee on Revenue
2026-05-07SenateSenate concurred
2026-06-15JointHearing scheduled for 06/25/2026 from 09:00 AM-05:00 PM in Written Testimony Only
2026-07-06HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2026-07-09HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2026-07-09HouseRules suspended
2026-07-09HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading
2026-07-23HouseRead third and passed to be engrossed
2026-07-27SenateRead; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
2026-08-24SenateTaken out of the Orders of the Day
2026-08-24SenateRead second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed
2026-08-27HouseEnacted
2026-08-27SenateEnacted and laid before the Governor
2026-09-04ExecutiveSigned by the Governor, Chapter 206 of the Acts of 2026

1 committee vote

Revenue (J)  ·  2026-07-01 17:05  ·  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
2026-06-25Revenue (J)Written Testimony Only, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorableRevenue (J)
Place in ODSteering, Policy and Scheduling (H)
Correctly DrawnBills in the Third Reading (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.