H1283 • 2025

An Act relative to real estate disclosure forms

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Sponsor: Alice Hanlon Peisch
Last action: 2026-01-12
Official status: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means
Effective date: Not listed

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An Act relative to real estate disclosure forms

An Act relative to real estate disclosure forms By Representative Peisch of Wellesley, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

An Act relative to real estate disclosure forms By Representative Peisch of Wellesley, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
1283) of Alice Hanlon Peisch relative to real estate disclosure forms.
Financial Services.
Status: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means

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Bill History

2026-01-12 House
Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
2025-09-05 Joint
Hearing scheduled for 09/15/2025 from 10:30 AM-01:00 PM in A-1
2025-02-27 House
Referred to the committee on Financial Services
2025-02-27 Senate
Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act relative to real estate disclosure forms
By Representative Peisch of Wellesley, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1283) of Alice Hanlon Peisch relative to real estate disclosure forms. Financial Services.
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means

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Bill H.1283

Chapter 93 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended after section 114 by adding the following section:-

Section 115. The office of the attorney general shall promulgate regulations to create a standard disclosure form for real estate sales. Such a form shall disclose all relevant and material information known to a real estate broker or real estate salesman as defined in section 87PP of chapter 112 of the General Laws, or a seller, about the property to be sold, and shall include information on, but not limited to: (i) the roof, foundation, and other structural components; (ii) appliances; (iii) electrical, water, sewer, heating, and other mechanical systems; (iv) trees and natural hazards (earthquakes, flooding, hurricanes); (v) environmental hazards, such as lead, asbestos, mold, radon, or contamination by use as a meth lab; and (vi) zoning.

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