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Bill An Act authorizing the town of Shutesbury to establish a means-tested senior citizen property tax exemption By Representative Blais of Sunderland and Senator Comerford, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4559) of Natalie M. Blais and Joanne M. Comerford (by vote of the town) that the town of Shutesbury 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 192nd H 4559 Massachusetts H 4559 (192nd)
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Massachusetts H 4559 (192nd) — An Act authorizing the town of Shutesbury to establish a means-tested senior citizen property tax exemption

By Representative Blais of Sunderland and Senator Comerford, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4559) of Natalie M. Blais and Joanne M. Comerford (by vote of the town) that the town of Shutesbury 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.

  1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

  • Joanne M. Comerford — cosponsor (person)
  • Natalie M. Blais — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

  • 2022-03-17 Referred to the committee on Revenue referral-committee
  • 2022-03-21 Senate concurred
  • 2022-04-11 Hearing scheduled for 04/15/2022 from 09:00 AM-05:00 PM in Written Testimony Only
  • 2022-04-25 Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
  • 2022-05-25 Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading
  • 2022-06-30 Read second and ordered to a third reading reading-2
  • 2022-09-22 Read third and passed to be engrossed reading-3
  • 2022-09-26 Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
  • 2022-10-27 Taken out of the Orders of the Day
  • 2022-10-27 Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed reading-2, reading-3
  • 2022-10-31 Enacted passage
  • 2022-10-31 Enacted and laid before the Governor passage
  • 2022-11-07 Signed by the Governor, Chapter 259 of the Acts of 2022 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ef92bf11-2492-427e-b754-995245fa63de. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).