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H3026 • 2025

An Act allowing the town of Williamstown to expand financial eligibility for senior property tax exemption

An Act allowing the town of Williamstown to expand financial eligibility for senior property tax exemption

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Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
John Barrett, III
Last action
2026-02-19
Official status
Signed by the Governor, Chapter 29 of the Acts of 2026
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act allowing the town of Williamstown to expand financial eligibility for senior property tax exemption

An Act allowing the town of Williamstown to expand financial eligibility for senior property tax exemption By Representative Barrett of North Adams, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act allowing the town of Williamstown to expand financial eligibility for senior property tax exemption By Representative Barrett of North Adams, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 3026) of John Barrett, III (by vote of the town) that the town of Williamstown be authorized to expand financial eligibility for the senior property tax exemption.
  • Revenue.
  • [Local Approval Received.]

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. 2026-02-19 Executive

    Signed by the Governor, Chapter 29 of the Acts of 2026

  2. 2026-02-12 Senate

    Enacted and laid before the Governor

  3. 2026-02-11 House

    Enacted

  4. 2026-02-09 Senate

    Taken out of the Orders of the Day

  5. 2026-02-09 Senate

    Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed

  6. 2025-11-13 Senate

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  7. 2025-11-03 Senate

    Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session

  8. 2025-10-30 House

    Read third and passed to be engrossed

  9. 2025-07-23 House

    Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting

  10. 2025-07-23 House

    Rules suspended

  11. 2025-07-23 House

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  12. 2025-07-21 House

    Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling

  13. 2025-04-02 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 04/08/2025 from 10:00 AM-01:00 PM in A-1

  14. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Revenue

  15. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act allowing the town of Williamstown to expand financial eligibility for senior property tax exemption
By Representative Barrett of North Adams, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3026) of John Barrett, III (by vote of the town) that the town of Williamstown be authorized to expand financial eligibility for the senior property tax exemption. Revenue. [Local Approval Received.]

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.3026

The Town of Williamstown, by vote of a town meeting, is hereby authorized to increase the amounts of the gross receipts and whole estate, real and personal, limitations as set forth in clauses 41, 41(b), and 41(c) of section 5 of chapter 59 of the General Laws, in excess of the limitations established by statute, including but not in excess of the so-called 'circuit breaker' state income tax credit limit determined by the commissioner of revenue for the purposes of subsection (k) of section 6 of chapter 62 of the General Laws for married persons filing jointly, regardless of the taxpayer's marital status.

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