# Massachusetts H 3156: An Act to increase the income limit for Clause 41A, Senior Tax Deferral Program in Ipswich

Massachusetts H 3156, An Act to increase the income limit for Clause 41A, Senior Tax Deferral Program in Ipswich, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by Bruce E. Tarr (Republican), Kristin E. Kassner (Democratic); status signed, last action 2025-09-26 (Signed by the Governor, Chapter 37 of the Acts of 2025); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Massachusetts H 3156
- State: Massachusetts
- Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026)
- Title: An Act to increase the income limit for Clause 41A, Senior Tax Deferral Program in Ipswich
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-02-27
- Last action: 2025-09-26, Signed by the Governor, Chapter 37 of the Acts of 2025
- Sponsors: Bruce E. Tarr (Republican), Kristin E. Kassner (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

- Higher income cap for Ipswich senior tax deferral: benefit, low. Ipswich can raise the income limit for the senior property tax deferral (Clause 41A). The select board must vote to adopt it. The new limit matches the income limits in Chapter 62, Section 6(k) of state tax law. This applies to exemptions for fiscal years starting July 1, 2025 or later.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Bruce E. Tarr (Republican), Senate
- Sponsor: Kristin E. Kassner (Democratic), House

## Actions (14)

- 2025-09-26: Signed by the Governor, Chapter 37 of the Acts of 2025
- 2025-09-22: Enacted and laid before the Governor (Senate)
- 2025-09-22: Enacted (House)
- 2025-09-18: Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed (Senate)
- 2025-09-18: Taken out of the Orders of the Day (Senate)
- 2025-09-02: Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session (Senate)
- 2025-08-28: Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed (House)
- 2025-08-04: Read second and ordered to a third reading (House)
- 2025-08-04: Rules suspended (House)
- 2025-08-04: Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting (House)
- 2025-07-28: Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling (House)
- 2025-05-08: Hearing scheduled for 05/13/2025 from 10:30 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 37 of the Acts of 2025, 2025-09-26: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H3156.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 37 of the Acts of 2025 (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H3156.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H3156-194 (as of 2026-11-01).