The Beacon Hill FYI
House  ·  Senate  ·  Committees  ·  The data

Question on adoption of the amendment 9

S2900  ·  Senate roll call No. 121  ·  2026-01-15 15:36  ·  194th General Court (2025 to 2026)
36 yeas, 1 nays, 1 absent  ·  the Clerk's sheet (PDF)

Amendment 9, moved by Nick Collins  ·  Adopted

Senior Property Tax Relief

Messrs. Collins and Montigny move that the proposed new draft be amended by inserting the following section:- “SECTION 2. Clause forty-first C of section 5 of chapter 59 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2024 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the second sentence and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:- A city, by vote of its council and approval of its mayor, or a town, by vote of town meeting, may adjust the following factors contained in these provisions by: (i) reducing the requisite age of eligibility to any person age 65 years or older; (ii) increasing the sum contained in the first sentence of this clause from $500 to $1500; (iii) increasing th…

yea · 36

nay · 1

absent · 1

An asterisk marks a vote the sheet records as entered after the roll closed. A member shown as "not linked" is a name on the sheet that did not resolve to exactly one member of the session's roster; it is left as printed rather than guessed.