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S2001 • 2025

An Act establishing the Massachusetts downsizing tax credit

An Act establishing the Massachusetts downsizing tax credit

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Sponsor
Paul R. Feeney
Last action
2026-07-02
Official status
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act establishing the Massachusetts downsizing tax credit

An Act establishing the Massachusetts downsizing tax credit By Mr.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act establishing the Massachusetts downsizing tax credit By Mr.
  • Feeney, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No.
  • 2001) of Paul R.
  • Feeney for legislation to establish the Massachusetts residence downsizing tax credit.

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  • 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. 2026-07-02 House

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

  2. 2026-04-01 Senate

    Reporting date extended to Thursday June 25, 2026

  3. 2025-09-04 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 09/15/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2

  4. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Referred to the committee on Revenue

  5. 2025-02-27 House

    House concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act establishing the Massachusetts downsizing tax credit
By Mr. Feeney, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2001) of Paul R. Feeney for legislation to establish the Massachusetts residence downsizing tax credit. Revenue.
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means

Current Bill Text

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Bill S.2001

Section 3 of chapter 62 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding, in Part B, in subsection (a), the following paragraph:-

(21) In the case of an individual who is an owner of a property, and moves their principal place of residence from within the commonwealth, for which the gross square footage of the new property is at least 50 per cent lesser than the gross square footage of the immediate preceding property, an amount not to exceed $10,000.

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