All Roll Calls
Yes: 11 • No: 0
Sponsored By: Joan B. Lovely (Democratic), Sally P. Kerans (Democratic)
Third Reading
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Joan B. Lovely
Democratic • Senate
Sally P. Kerans
Democratic • House
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
All Roll Calls
Yes: 11 • No: 0
committee vote • 9/1/2026
Committee Favorable: Poll/Vote
Yes: 11 • No: 0
Read second and ordered to a third reading
Rules suspended
Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
Hearing rescheduled to 07/21/2026 from 01:00 PM-02:20 PM in A-1 <br> <span style="color: blue; font-style: italic;">Hearing updated to New End Time</span>
Hearing rescheduled to 07/21/2026 from 01:00 PM-04:00 PM in A-1 <br> <span style="color: blue; font-style: italic;">Hearing updated to include Virtual</span>
Hearing scheduled for 07/21/2026 from 01:00 PM-04:00 PM in A-1
Senate concurred
Referred to the committee on Election Laws
As Filed
H 5435, An Act authorizing the town of Topsfield to continue to employment of police chief Neal Hovey
H 4585, An Act authorizing the town of Auburn to offer expanded senior property tax abatements
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 of Shrewsbury
H 5520, An Act exempting George Patrinos from the maximum age requirement age for the position of firefighter in the town of Dudley
H 5429, An Act providing injured on duty compensation to Chelmsford firefighter Nicholas Spinale
H 4755, An Act amending the means tested senior citizen property tax exemption in the town of Sudbury