# Massachusetts H 5392: An Act authorizing the town of North Attleborough to establish a means-tested senior citizen property tax exemption Massachusetts H 5392, An Act authorizing the town of North Attleborough to establish a means-tested senior citizen property tax exemption, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by Thomas P. Walsh (Democratic); status signed, last action 2026-06-17 (Signed by the Governor, Chapter 103 of the Acts of 2026); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5392-194 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Massachusetts H 5392 - State: Massachusetts - Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026) - Title: An Act authorizing the town of North Attleborough to establish a means-tested senior citizen property tax exemption - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-04-30 - Last action: 2026-06-17, Signed by the Governor, Chapter 103 of the Acts of 2026 - Sponsor: Thomas P. Walsh (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 2 - Touches household money: yes - Economic provisions PRIA read: 4 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Senior tax break ends in three years: cost, medium. The exemption expires three years after the law takes effect. The town council can vote to renew it for another three years. If it is not renewed, eligible households lose the tax relief. - State sign-off needed before tax break: cost, low. The Massachusetts Department of Revenue must certify the residential tax rate before the town can grant these exemptions in a year when costs shift within the residential levy. This state sign-off can delay or block the tax break for that year. - Who qualifies for the senior tax break: mixed, high. You qualify if your household income is at or below the town's limit for your filing status. Initial limits: single $70,000; head of household $80,000; joint $90,000. Single applicants must meet full Social Security retirement age (now 67). For joint filers, the co-applicant must be at least 62. Yo… - Property tax break for North Attleborough seniors: mixed, medium. The law creates a property tax exemption for eligible seniors in North Attleborough. It only applies to your main home, including condos and one- or two-family houses. The town council sets the exemption amount each year. It reduces only the residential part of your tax bill. You can claim it along… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Thomas P. Walsh (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Adam J. Scanlon (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Paul R. Feeney (Democratic), Senate ## Actions (8) - 2026-06-17: Signed by the Governor, Chapter 103 of the Acts of 2026 - 2026-06-11: Enacted and laid before the Governor (Senate) - 2026-06-11: Enacted (House) - 2026-06-08: Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed (Senate) - 2026-06-08: Taken out of the Orders of the Day (Senate) - 2026-05-04: Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session (Senate) - 2026-04-30: Passed to be engrossed (House) - 2026-04-30: Substituted for H4526 (House) ## Bill text - Chapter 103 of the Acts of 2026, 2026-06-17: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H5392.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 103 of the Acts of 2026 (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H5392.pdf) ## Related - [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 5435: An Act authorizing the town of Topsfield to continue to employment of police ch…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5435-194) - [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 4755: An Act amending the means tested senior citizen property tax exemption in the t…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H4755-194) - [H 3909: An Act authorizing the Provincetown year-round market rate rental housing trust…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H3909-194) - [H 5520: An Act exempting George Patrinos from the maximum age requirement age for the p…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5520-194) - [Massachusetts bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/massachusetts/bills) - [Massachusetts state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/massachusetts) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5392-194 (as of 2026-11-01).