# Massachusetts S 1939: An Act to reform payments in lieu of taxes for state-owned land

Massachusetts S 1939, An Act to reform payments in lieu of taxes for state-owned land, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by Joanne M. Comerford (Democratic); status in committee, last action 2025-11-20 (Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Massachusetts S 1939
- State: Massachusetts
- Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026)
- Title: An Act to reform payments in lieu of taxes for state-owned land
- Status: in committee
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-02-27
- Last action: 2025-11-20, Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
- Sponsor: Joanne M. Comerford (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Revenue, Senate Ways and Means
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 1 (5 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: Joanne M. Comerford (Democratic), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-11-07 | committee | Committee Favorable: Favorable | pass | 5 | 0 | 1 |

## Actions (5)

- 2025-11-20: Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means (Senate)
- 2025-10-07: Hearing rescheduled to 10/07/2025 from 01:00 PM-02:00 PM in A-2 and Virtual<br> <span style="color: blue; font-style: italic;">Hearing updated to New End Time</span> (legislature)
- 2025-09-26: Hearing scheduled for 10/07/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2 (legislature)
- 2025-02-27: House concurred (House)
- 2025-02-27: Referred to the committee on Revenue (Senate)

## Bill text

- As Filed: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S1939.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/S1939.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-S1939-194 (as of 2026-11-01).