# Massachusetts H 515: An Act exempting Hancock schools

Massachusetts H 515, An Act exempting Hancock schools, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by John Barrett III (Democratic), Paul W. Mark (Democratic); status third reading, last action 2026-02-02 (Read second and ordered to a third reading) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Massachusetts H 515
- State: Massachusetts
- Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026)
- Title: An Act exempting Hancock schools
- Status: third reading
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-02-27
- Last action: 2026-02-02, Read second and ordered to a third reading
- Sponsors: John Barrett III (Democratic), Paul W. Mark (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Education, House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 1 (11 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: John Barrett III (Democratic), House
- Sponsor: Paul W. Mark (Democratic), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-12-12 | committee | Committee Favorable: Should H.515 be reported favorably to the House? | pass | 11 | 0 |   |

## Actions (8)

- 2026-02-02: Read second and ordered to a third reading (House)
- 2026-02-02: Rules suspended (House)
- 2026-02-02: Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting (House)
- 2026-01-12: Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling (House)
- 2025-09-02: Reporting date extended to Wednesday, December 17, 2025 (House)
- 2025-05-23: Hearing scheduled for 06/03/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-2 (legislature)
- 2025-02-27: Senate concurred (Senate)
- 2025-02-27: Referred to the committee on Education (House)

## Bill text

- As Filed: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H515.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 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 4755: An Act amending the means tested senior citizen property tax exemption in the town of Sudbury (signed)

## Sources
- [As Filed (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H515.pdf)

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- [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)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H515-194 (as of 2026-11-01).