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H1947 • 2025

An Act relative to small landlords

An Act relative to small landlords

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Sponsor
Orlando Ramos
Last action
2026-03-26
Official status
Accompanied a study order, see H5281 (under House Rule 27)
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

An Act relative to small landlords

An Act relative to small landlords By Representative Ramos of Springfield, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act relative to small landlords By Representative Ramos of Springfield, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 1947) of Orlando Ramos relative to procedures for certain landlords in housing court.
  • The Judiciary.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-26 House

    Accompanied a study order, see H5281 (under House Rule 27)

  2. 2025-10-10 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 10/21/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2

  3. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on The Judiciary

  4. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

  5. House

    Reported by committee to Clerk’s Office for processing, will accompany a study order

Official Summary Text

An Act relative to small landlords
By Representative Ramos of Springfield, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1947) of Orlando Ramos relative to procedures for certain landlords in housing court. The Judiciary.

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Bill H.1947

Section 7 of chapter 185C of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:-

A landlord that is a limited liability company formed pursuant to chapter 156C, and which owns and leases 10 or fewer residential dwelling units, may be represented in proceedings under this chapter by one of its officers or managers, regardless of whether the officer or manager is an attorney licensed to practice law; provided, that separate limited liability companies that share any of the same officers or managers shall be considered a single limited liability company for the purposes of calculating the number of properties owned and leased pursuant to this section.

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