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H3831 • 2025

An Act supporting Massachusetts Guard and Reserve and their families

An Act supporting Massachusetts Guard and Reserve and their families

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Sponsor
Daniel Cahill
Last action
2026-01-22
Official status
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act supporting Massachusetts Guard and Reserve and their families

An Act supporting Massachusetts Guard and Reserve and their families By Representative Cahill of Lynn, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act supporting Massachusetts Guard and Reserve and their families By Representative Cahill of Lynn, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 3831) of Daniel Cahill relative to residency for veteran status.
  • Veterans and Federal Affairs.
  • Status: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means

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. 2026-01-22 House

    Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means

  2. 2025-09-08 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 09/16/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1

  3. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Veterans and Federal Affairs

  4. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act supporting Massachusetts Guard and Reserve and their families
By Representative Cahill of Lynn, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3831) of Daniel Cahill relative to residency for veteran status. Veterans and Federal Affairs.
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.3831

SECTION 1: Section 1 of chapter 115 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting in line 53 after the word “day” the following:-

; or (f) is an actively serving member of the Army or Air Force National Guard who resides in Massachusetts or an actively servicing member of the Reserve component residing in Massachusetts.

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