# Massachusetts S 267: An Act updating the unit pricing exemption threshold

Massachusetts S 267, An Act updating the unit pricing exemption threshold, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by Michael O. Moore (Democratic); status second reading, last action 2026-02-26 (New draft substituted, see S2965) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Massachusetts S 267
- State: Massachusetts
- Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026)
- Title: An Act updating the unit pricing exemption threshold
- Status: second reading
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-02-27
- Last action: 2026-02-26, New draft substituted, see S2965
- Sponsor: Michael O. Moore (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure, Senate Ways and Means
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 2 (21 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: Michael O. Moore (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Pavel M. Payano (Democratic), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-02-23 | committee | Committee Favorable with Amendment: Ought to pass – by substitution of a New Draft | pass | 16 | 0 | 2 |
| 2025-11-05 | committee | Committee Favorable: Ought to pass | pass | 5 | 0 | 1 |

## Actions (9)

- 2026-02-26: New draft substituted, see S2965 (Senate)
- 2026-02-26: Read second (Senate)
- 2026-02-26: Rules suspended (Senate)
- 2026-02-25: Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, substituting a new draft, see S2965 (Senate)
- 2025-11-19: Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means (Senate)
- 2025-09-29: Hearing rescheduled to 10/01/2025 from 10:00 AM-01:00 PM in B-2 and Virtual<br> <span style="color: blue; font-style: italic;">Hearing location changed</span> (legislature)
- 2025-09-19: Hearing scheduled for 10/01/2025 from 10:00 AM-01:00 PM in A-2 (legislature)
- 2025-02-27: House concurred (House)
- 2025-02-27: Referred to the committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure (Senate)

## Bill text

- As Filed: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S267.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 3909: An Act authorizing the Provincetown year-round market rate rental housing trust to acquire year-round housing occupancy restrictions (signed)

## Sources
- [As Filed (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S267.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-S267-194 (as of 2026-11-01).