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H3216 • 2025

An Act supporting home sales to first-time home buyers

An Act supporting home sales to first-time home buyers

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Sponsor
Orlando Ramos
Last action
2026-04-02
Official status
Accompanied a study order, see H5318
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act supporting home sales to first-time home buyers

An Act supporting home sales to first-time home buyers By Representative Ramos of Springfield, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act supporting home sales to first-time home buyers By Representative Ramos of Springfield, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 3216) of Orlando Ramos relative to tax credits for home sales to first-time home buyers.
  • 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. 2026-04-02 House

    Accompanied a study order, see H5318

  2. 2026-02-25 House

    Reporting date extended to Wednesday, March 18, 2026

  3. 2025-12-18 House

    Reporting date extended to Friday, February 20, 2026

  4. 2025-09-04 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 09/15/2025 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 supporting home sales to first-time home buyers
By Representative Ramos of Springfield, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3216) of Orlando Ramos relative to tax credits for home sales to first-time home buyers. Revenue.

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Bill H.3216

Section 6 of chapter 62 of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding the following subsection:-

(jj) A taxpayer shall be allowed a credit against the taxes imposed by this chapter in an amount equal to 50 per cent of the capital gain income from the sale of a residential property to a first-time home buyer for use as their primary residence; provided, that the sale price of the property is less than $750,000; provided further, that the residential property contains 4 or fewer residential dwelling units; and provided further, that such credit shall not exceed $7,500 for a single person, married person filing a separate return, head of household or married persons filing jointly.

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