# Massachusetts H 5103: An Act authorizing the town of Reading to establish a means tested senior citizen property tax exemption

Massachusetts H 5103, An Act authorizing the town of Reading to establish a means tested senior citizen property tax exemption, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2026-06-25 (Signed by the Governor, Chapter 111 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 5103
- State: Massachusetts
- Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026)
- Title: An Act authorizing the town of Reading to establish a means tested senior citizen property tax exemption
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-02-11
- Last action: 2026-06-25, Signed by the Governor, Chapter 111 of the Acts of 2026
- Sponsors: no sponsor on record
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Revenue, House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 1 (10 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 2

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- State sign-off and 3-year limit for Reading seniors: cost, low. The state Department of Revenue must certify the town’s residential tax rate before any exemptions are granted for that year. The program ends three years after the exemption first starts, unless a new law renews it.
- Property tax break for Reading seniors: mixed, high. The law gives a property tax exemption on your main home in Reading, including condos. You qualify only if your prior‑year income made you eligible for the state circuit breaker credit; you are at least 65 if single, or at least 65 and 60 if filing jointly; you own and live in the home; you (or one…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- (none)

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-05-14 | committee | Committee Favorable: Favorable | pass | 10 | 0 | 1 |

## Actions (15)

- 2026-06-25: Signed by the Governor, Chapter 111 of the Acts of 2026
- 2026-06-15: Enacted and laid before the Governor (Senate)
- 2026-06-15: Enacted (House)
- 2026-06-11: Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed (Senate)
- 2026-06-11: Taken out of the Orders of the Day (Senate)
- 2026-06-08: Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session (Senate)
- 2026-06-04: Read third and passed to be engrossed (House)
- 2026-06-04: Rules suspended (House)
- 2026-05-21: Read second and ordered to a third reading (House)
- 2026-05-21: Rules suspended (House)
- 2026-05-21: Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting (House)
- 2026-05-18: Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling (House)
- 2026-04-24: Hearing scheduled for 05/04/2026 from 09:00 AM-05:00 PM in Written Testimony Only (legislature)
- 2026-02-12: Senate concurred (Senate)
- 2026-02-11: Referred to the committee on Revenue (House)

## Bill text

- Chapter 111 of the Acts of 2026, 2026-06-25: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H5103.pdf)

## Related bills

- H 4585: An Act authorizing the town of Auburn to offer expanded senior property tax abatements (signed)
- H 5435: An Act authorizing the town of Topsfield to continue to employment of police chief Neal Hovey (passed senate)
- 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 4755: An Act amending the means tested senior citizen property tax exemption in the town of Sudbury (signed)
- H 3909: An Act authorizing the Provincetown year-round market rate rental housing trust to acquire year-round housing occupancy restrictions (signed)
- H 5520: An Act exempting George Patrinos from the maximum age requirement age for the position of firefighter in the town of Dudley (signed)

## Sources
- [Chapter 111 of the Acts of 2026 (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H5103.pdf)

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- [H 4755: An Act amending the means tested senior citizen property tax exemption in the t…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H4755-194)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5103-194 (as of 2026-11-01).