# Massachusetts H 3026: An Act allowing the town of Williamstown to expand financial eligibility for senior property tax exemption

Massachusetts H 3026, An Act allowing the town of Williamstown to expand financial eligibility for senior property tax exemption, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by John Barrett III (Democratic); status signed, last action 2026-02-19 (Signed by the Governor, Chapter 29 of the Acts of 2026); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Massachusetts H 3026
- State: Massachusetts
- Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026)
- Title: An Act allowing the town of Williamstown to expand financial eligibility for senior property tax exemption
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-02-27
- Last action: 2026-02-19, Signed by the Governor, Chapter 29 of the Acts of 2026
- Sponsor: John Barrett III (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Revenue, House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
- Touches household money: yes
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- More seniors qualify for Williamstown property tax break: benefit, medium. The law lets Williamstown raise the income and asset limits for local senior property tax exemptions under clauses 41, 41B, and 41C. The higher local limits can go above statewide caps but cannot exceed the state “circuit breaker” credit limit for married filing jointly, even if you are single. Thi…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: John Barrett III (Democratic), House

## Actions (15)

- 2026-02-19: Signed by the Governor, Chapter 29 of the Acts of 2026
- 2026-02-12: Enacted and laid before the Governor (Senate)
- 2026-02-11: Enacted (House)
- 2026-02-09: Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed (Senate)
- 2026-02-09: Taken out of the Orders of the Day (Senate)
- 2025-11-13: Read second and ordered to a third reading (Senate)
- 2025-11-03: Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session (Senate)
- 2025-10-30: Read third and passed to be engrossed (House)
- 2025-07-23: Read second and ordered to a third reading (House)
- 2025-07-23: Rules suspended (House)
- 2025-07-23: Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting (House)
- 2025-07-21: Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling (House)
- 2025-04-02: Hearing scheduled for 04/08/2025 from 10:00 AM-01:00 PM in A-1 (legislature)
- 2025-02-27: Senate concurred (Senate)
- 2025-02-27: Referred to the committee on Revenue (House)

## Bill text

- Chapter 29 of the Acts of 2026, 2026-02-19: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H3026.pdf)

## Related bills

- H 5435: An Act authorizing the town of Topsfield to continue to employment of police chief Neal Hovey (passed senate)
- H 4585: An Act authorizing the town of Auburn to offer expanded senior property tax abatements (signed)
- H 5515: An Act to increase the value of estates eligible for abatements pursuant to M.G.L. chapter 59, section 5, clauses seventeenth D and forty-first C in the town o… (passed house)
- H 5429: An Act providing injured on duty compensation to Chelmsford firefighter Nicholas Spinale (second reading)
- H 5520: An Act exempting George Patrinos from the maximum age requirement age for the position of firefighter in the town of Dudley (signed)
- H 3909: An Act authorizing the Provincetown year-round market rate rental housing trust to acquire year-round housing occupancy restrictions (signed)

## Sources
- [Chapter 29 of the Acts of 2026 (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H3026.pdf)

## Related
- [H 5435: An Act authorizing the town of Topsfield to continue to employment of police ch…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5435-194)
- [H 4585: An Act authorizing the town of Auburn to offer expanded senior property tax aba…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H4585-194)
- [H 5515: An Act to increase the value of estates eligible for abatements pursuant to M.G…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5515-194)
- [H 5429: An Act providing injured on duty compensation to Chelmsford firefighter Nichola…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5429-194)
- [H 5520: An Act exempting George Patrinos from the maximum age requirement age for the p…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5520-194)
- [H 3909: An Act authorizing the Provincetown year-round market rate rental housing trust…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H3909-194)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H3026-194 (as of 2026-11-01).