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S1948 • 2025

An Act relative to veteran property tax work-off

An Act relative to veteran property tax work-off

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Sponsor
Julian Cyr
Last action
2026-02-17
Official status
Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

An Act relative to veteran property tax work-off

An Act relative to veteran property tax work-off By Mr.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act relative to veteran property tax work-off By Mr.
  • Cyr, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No.
  • 1948) of Julian Cyr for legislation relative to veteran property tax work-off.
  • 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. 2026-02-17 House

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

  2. 2026-02-17 House

    Rules suspended

  3. 2026-02-17 House

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  4. 2026-01-20 House

    Read; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling

  5. 2026-01-15 Senate

    Committee recommended ought to pass and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session

  6. 2026-01-15 Senate

    Rules suspended

  7. 2026-01-15 Senate

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  8. 2026-01-15 Senate

    Read third

  9. 2026-01-15 Senate

    Passed to be engrossed -see Roll Call #119 (Yeas 38 to Nays 0)

  10. 2025-11-20 Senate

    Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Rules

  11. 2025-06-17 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 06/24/2025 from 10:30 AM-01:00 PM in A-2

  12. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Referred to the committee on Revenue

  13. 2025-02-27 House

    House concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act relative to veteran property tax work-off
By Mr. Cyr, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1948) of Julian Cyr for legislation relative to veteran property tax work-off. Revenue.
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading

Current Bill Text

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Bill S.1948

SECTION 17A. Section 5N of chapter 59, as appearing in the 2022 official edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 16 and 43, the figure '$1,500' and inserting in place thereof, in each instance, the following figure:- '$2,000'.

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