MA H3979 | 2025-2026 | 194th General Court
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Passed on September 26 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2025-09-26 - Signed by the Governor, Chapter 35 of the Acts of 2025
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Passed on September 26 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2025-09-26 - Signed by the Governor, Chapter 35 of the Acts of 2025
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
That the city of Melrose be authorized to establish a means tested senior citizen property tax exemption in said city. Revenue. [Local Approval Received.]
Title
Authorizing the City of Melrose to establish a means tested senior citizen property tax exemption
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-26 | Signed by the Governor, Chapter 35 of the Acts of 2025 | |
| 2025-09-18 | Senate | Enacted and laid before the Governor |
| 2025-09-17 | House | Enacted |
| 2025-09-15 | Senate | Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed |
| 2025-09-15 | Senate | Taken out of the Orders of the Day |
| 2025-08-14 | Senate | Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session |
| 2025-08-11 | House | Read third and passed to be engrossed |
| 2025-07-31 | House | Read second and ordered to a third reading |
| 2025-07-31 | House | Rules suspended |
| 2025-07-31 | House | Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting |
| 2025-07-28 | House | Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling |
| 2025-05-08 | Joint | Hearing scheduled for 05/13/2025 from 10:30 AM-01:00 PM in A-1 |
| 2025-04-03 | Senate | Senate concurred |
| 2025-03-31 | House | Referred to the Joint Committee on Revenue |
Massachusetts State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H3979 |
| Text | https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H3979.pdf |
