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An Act to prevent property tax bill shocks

Filed by William N. Brownsberger  ·  2 cosponsors  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

S1933  ·  Bill  ·  docket SD325

12 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-02-27SenateReferred to the committee on Revenue
2025-02-27HouseHouse 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
2025-12-08SenateAccompanied a study order (under JR10), see S2824
2025-12-11SenateBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
2025-12-11SenateHearing scheduled for 12/11/2025 from 04:00 PM until 12/29/25 at 5:00 PM in Written Testimony Only
2026-01-08SenateCommittee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, substituting a new draft, see S2899
2026-01-08SenateOrder relative to subject matter adopted
2026-01-08SenatePlaced in the Orders of the Day for Thursday, January 15, 2026
2026-01-15SenateRead second
2026-01-15SenateNew draft substituted, see S2899

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 amendments filed

1 adopted, as amended

No.TitleMoved byOutcome
Senate 1An Act to prevent property tax bill shocksSenate Committee on Ways and MeansAdopted, as Amended

1 committee vote

Ways and Means (S)  ·  2026-01-08 16:45  ·  Ought to pass – by substitution of a New Draft

favorable · 14

reserve right · 3

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 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
2025-12-11Ways and Means (S)Written Testimony Only, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
AccompaniedRevenue (J)
FavorableRules (S)
Favorable with AmendmentWays and Means (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.