# Massachusetts S 2899: An Act to prevent property tax bill shocks

Massachusetts S 2899, An Act to prevent property tax bill shocks, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by Senate Committee on Ways and Means; status passed senate, last action 2026-01-15 (Reprinted, as amended, see S2917) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Massachusetts S 2899
- State: Massachusetts
- Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026)
- Title: An Act to prevent property tax bill shocks
- Status: passed senate
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2026-01-08
- Last action: 2026-01-15, Reprinted, as amended, see S2917
- Sponsor: Senate Committee on Ways and Means
- Cosponsors: 3
- Subjects: Senate Ways and Means
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Senate Committee on Ways and Means
- Cosponsor: Bruce E. Tarr (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Nick Collins (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: William N. Brownsberger (Democratic), Senate

## Actions (11)

- 2026-01-15: Reprinted, as amended, see S2917 (Senate)
- 2026-01-15: Read third (Senate)
- 2026-01-15: Ordered to a third reading (Senate)
- 2026-01-15: Substituted, as amended, for S1933 (Senate)
- 2026-01-15: Amendment #6 (Rush) rejected -see Roll Call #117 (Yeas 5 to Nays 33) (Senate)
- 2026-01-15: Amendment #4 (Kennedy) rejected (Senate)
- 2026-01-15: Amendment #1 (Rausch) adopted (Senate)
- 2026-01-08: Placed in the Orders of the Day for Thursday, January 15, 2026 (Senate)
- 2026-01-08: Order relative to subject matter adopted (Senate)
- 2026-01-08: Recommended new draft for S1933 (Senate)
- 2026-01-08: Reported from the committee on Senate Ways and Means (Senate)

## Bill text

- As Filed: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S2899.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
- [As Filed (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S2899.pdf)

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- [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)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-S2899-194 (as of 2026-11-01).