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| Bill | An Act authorizing the town of Reading to establish a means tested senior citizen property tax exemption | By Mr. Jones of North Reading, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4243) of Bradley H. Jones, Jr., Richard M. Haggerty and Jason M. Lewis (by vote of the town) that the town of Reading be authorized to establish a means tested senior citizen property tax exemption in said town. Revenue. [Local Approval Received.] | us/states/ma | Massachusetts General Court | 191st | H 4243 | Massachusetts H 4243 (191st) |
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Massachusetts H 4243 (191st) — An Act authorizing the town of Reading to establish a means tested senior citizen property tax exemption
By Mr. Jones of North Reading, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4243) of Bradley H. Jones, Jr., Richard M. Haggerty and Jason M. Lewis (by vote of the town) that the town of Reading be authorized to establish a means tested senior citizen property tax exemption in said town. Revenue. [Local Approval Received.]
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
Sponsors
- Bradley H. Jones, Jr. — primary (person)
- Bradley H. Jones, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Jason M. Lewis — cosponsor (person)
- Richard M. Haggerty — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2019-12-06 Referred to the committee on Revenue
referral-committee - 2019-12-10 Senate concurred
- 2020-01-23 Hearing scheduled for 01/28/2020 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-2
- 2020-02-13 Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee - 2020-02-13 Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
- 2020-02-13 Rules suspended
- 2020-02-13 Read second and ordered to a third reading
reading-2 - 2020-02-20 Read third and passed to be engrossed
reading-3 - 2020-02-24 Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
- 2020-03-17 Taken out of the Orders of the Day
- 2020-03-17 Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed
reading-2, reading-3 - 2020-03-18 Enacted
passage - 2020-03-18 Enacted and laid before the Governor
passage - 2020-03-25 Signed by the Governor, Chapter 50 of the Acts of 2020
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/186472ea-0c38-456b-b03a-a687bafd5994. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).