H3965 • 2025

An Act relative to tax abatement equity

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Sponsor: James C. Arena-DeRosa
Last action: 2026-03-09
Official status: Accompanied a study order, see H5195
Effective date: Not listed

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An Act relative to tax abatement equity

An Act relative to tax abatement equity By Representative Arena-DeRosa of Holliston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

An Act relative to tax abatement equity By Representative Arena-DeRosa of Holliston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
3965) of James C.
Arena-DeRosa relative to tax abatements.
Revenue.

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Bill History

2026-03-09 House
Accompanied a study order, see H5195
2025-10-28 Joint
Hearing scheduled for 11/07/2025 from 10:00 AM-02:00 PM in Gardner Auditorium
2025-07-14 Joint
Hearing canceled – new hearing TBD
2025-07-11 Joint
Hearing scheduled for 07/22/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2
2025-04-03 Senate
Senate concurred
2025-03-31 House
Referred to the committee on Revenue

Official Summary Text

An Act relative to tax abatement equity
By Representative Arena-DeRosa of Holliston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3965) of James C. Arena-DeRosa relative to tax abatements. Revenue.

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Bill H.3965

Section 64 of chapter 59 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:-

Notwithstanding any provision of this section or any other general or special law to the contrary, a public utility, as defined in clause (q) of section 1 of chapter 40D, shall: (i) submit their own proposed alternative assessment amount at the time of the appeal; (ii) immediately pay the tax on the level of their own alternate proposed assessment; and (iii) be subject to a monetary penalty of 25 per cent of what the public utility would owe if the appellate tax board deem the public utility’s appeal to be insufficient.

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