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H3162 • 2025

An Act extending a property tax exemption to the surviving spouse of blind persons

An Act extending a property tax exemption to the surviving spouse of blind persons

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Sponsor
David Paul Linsky
Last action
2026-03-09
Official status
Accompanied a study order, see H5195
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act extending a property tax exemption to the surviving spouse of blind persons

An Act extending a property tax exemption to the surviving spouse of blind persons By Representative Linsky of Natick, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act extending a property tax exemption to the surviving spouse of blind persons By Representative Linsky of Natick, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 3162) of David Paul Linsky for legislation to extend the property tax exemption to surviving spouses of blind persons.
  • Revenue.

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. 2026-03-09 House

    Accompanied a study order, see H5195

  2. 2025-10-28 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 11/07/2025 from 10:00 AM-02:00 PM in Gardner Auditorium

  3. 2025-07-14 Joint

    Hearing canceled – new hearing TBD

  4. 2025-07-11 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 07/22/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2

  5. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Revenue

  6. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act extending a property tax exemption to the surviving spouse of blind persons
By Representative Linsky of Natick, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3162) of David Paul Linsky for legislation to extend the property tax exemption to surviving spouses of blind persons. Revenue.

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.3162

Section 5 of chapter 59 of the General laws, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “person”, in line 957, the following words:— “or the blind person’s surviving spouse until the surviving spouse remarries”

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