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type: "Bill"
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title: "An Act authorizing the town of Shutesbury to establish a means-tested senior citizen property tax exemption"
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description: "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.]"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
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legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
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session: "192nd"
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identifier: "H 4559"
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citation: "Massachusetts H 4559 (192nd)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2022-03-17"
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last_action: "2022-11-07"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef92bf11-2492-427e-b754-995245fa63de"
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source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H4559"
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source_hash: "8b64dac41201e707859afb857fc2d2b3b988693ad7ea7e8306ef3af79fe7f8ab"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
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---
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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
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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.]
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H4559.pdf)
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## Sponsors
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- Joanne M. Comerford — cosponsor (person)
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- Natalie M. Blais — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-03-17** Referred to the committee on Revenue `referral-committee`
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- **2022-03-21** Senate concurred
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- **2022-04-11** Hearing scheduled for 04/15/2022 from 09:00 AM-05:00 PM in Written Testimony Only
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- **2022-04-25** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2022-05-25** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading
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- **2022-06-30** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
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- **2022-09-22** Read third and passed to be engrossed `reading-3`
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- **2022-09-26** Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
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- **2022-10-27** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
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- **2022-10-27** Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed `reading-2, reading-3`
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- **2022-10-31** Enacted `passage`
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- **2022-10-31** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
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- **2022-11-07** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 259 of the Acts of 2022 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ef92bf11-2492-427e-b754-995245fa63de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
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