MA S1836

Bill

MA S1836

Relative to a bifurcated property tax

Introduced
03/29/2021

In Committee
03/29/2021

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2022

Introduced Session

192nd General Court

Bill Summary

For legislation relative to a bifurcated property tax. Revenue.

AI Summary

This bill proposes to amend Chapter 59 of the General Laws to allow cities and towns in Massachusetts to establish a bifurcated or progressive property tax rate. This would give local governments the option to set different tax rates for different types of real property, such as residential and commercial properties, instead of having a single uniform rate. The decision to implement this bifurcated tax system would be made by the board of selectmen in a town or the mayor and city council in a city, if the municipality chooses to accept this new provision.

Committee Categories

Budget and Finance

Sponsors (2)

Julian Cyr (D)*, Adam Scanlon (D),

Last Action

Accompanied a study order, see S2743 (on 03/10/2022)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/S1836

(29 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/S1836
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/S1836.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H2921	Relative to tax abatement for permanently disabled veterans	No further action taken	Similar To
H2933	Relative to the property tax deferral program	Accompanied a study order, see H5043	Similar To
H2935	Relative to property tax relief for veterans	Accompanied a study order, see H5200	Similar To
H2981	To insure fair taxation of affordable housing	Accompanied a study order, see H5247	Similar To
H2983	Extending a property tax exemption to the surviving spouse of blind persons	Accompanied a study order, see H5250	Similar To
H3734	Authorizing the town of Harvard to establish a cap on property taxes for means tested senior citizens	Amendment #1 (Garlick) adopted	Similar To
H3766	Authorizing the city of Melrose to establish a means tested senior citizen property tax exemption	Signed by the Governor, Chapter 100 of the Acts of 2022	Similar To
H3767	Authorizing the city of Melrose to regulate certain property tax exemption eligibility requirements for the elderly	Signed by the Governor, Chapter 390 of the Acts of 2022	Similar To
H3901	Authorizing the town of Mendon to establish a means-tested senior citizen property tax exemption	Signed by the Governor, Chapter 241 of the Acts of 2022	Similar To
H3989	To give the town of Leicester authority to grant full annual property tax exemptions to the surviving spouse of Rutland Police Detective and Leicester resident John D. Songy	Signed by the Governor, Chapter 225 of the Acts of 2022	Similar To
H4060	Establishing a real property transfer fee in the town of Chatham	No further action taken	Similar To
H4107	Authorizing the town of Lincoln to establish a means tested senior citizen property tax exemption program	Read second and ordered to a third reading	Similar To
H5019	Authorizing the town of Harvard to establish a cap on property taxes for means tested senior citizens	Signed by the Governor, Chapter 190 of the Acts of 2022	Similar To
S1362	Providing a tax exemption for certain qualifying real estate in the town of Hamilton	Signed by the Governor, Chapter 112 of the Acts of 2021	Similar To
S1802	Relative to providing better notices and protections in the process for collecting delinquent property taxes	Accompanied a study order, see H5247	Similar To
S1808	Providing tax relief to seniors while creating affordable housing	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S1812	To close corporate tax loopholes and create progressive revenue	Accompanied a study order, see H5279	Similar To
S1844	Relative to tax abatements for deaf residents	Accompanied a study order, see S2743	Similar To
S1845	Relative to senior citizen property tax credits	Accompanied a study order, see H5247	Similar To
S1851	Closing the single sales factor tax loophole	Accompanied a study order, see H5247	Similar To
S1860	Relative to the small commercial tax exemption	Accompanied a study order, see H5250	Similar To
S1867	Relative to taxes due upon the death of active duty personnel and the elderly	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Rules	Similar To
S1911	Relative to the Massachusetts estate tax code	Accompanied a new draft, see H4997	Similar To
S1916	Authorizing the establishment of a mean tested senior citizen property tax exemption	Accompanied H2915	Similar To
S1975	Granting property tax relief to seniors	Accompanied a study order, see S2743	Similar To
S2312	Relative to motor vehicle excise taxes	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S2512	Authorizing the town of Andover to establish a means tested senior citizen property tax exemption	Signed by the Governor, Chapter 210 of the Acts of 2022	Similar To
S2526	Relative to raising the income threshold for senior real property tax deferments in the town of Milton	Signed by the Governor, Chapter 71 of the Acts of 2022	Similar To
S2743	Order relative to authorizing the joint committee on Revenue to make an investigation and study of certain current Senate documents relative to revenue issues	Discharged to the committee on Senate Rules	Replaced by

Bill

Bill Name

Last Action

Type

H2921

Relative to tax abatement for permanently disabled veterans

No further action taken

Similar To

H2933

Relative to the property tax deferral program

Accompanied a study order, see H5043

Similar To

H2935

Relative to property tax relief for veterans

Accompanied a study order, see H5200

Similar To

H2981

To insure fair taxation of affordable housing

Accompanied a study order, see H5247

Similar To

H2983

Extending a property tax exemption to the surviving spouse of blind persons

Accompanied a study order, see H5250

Similar To

H3734

Authorizing the town of Harvard to establish a cap on property taxes for means tested senior citizens

Amendment #1 (Garlick) adopted

Similar To

H3766

Authorizing the city of Melrose to establish a means tested senior citizen property tax exemption

Signed by the Governor, Chapter 100 of the Acts of 2022

Similar To

H3767

Authorizing the city of Melrose to regulate certain property tax exemption eligibility requirements for the elderly

Signed by the Governor, Chapter 390 of the Acts of 2022

Similar To

H3901

Authorizing the town of Mendon to establish a means-tested senior citizen property tax exemption

Signed by the Governor, Chapter 241 of the Acts of 2022

Similar To

H3989

To give the town of Leicester authority to grant full annual property tax exemptions to the surviving spouse of Rutland Police Detective and Leicester resident John D. Songy

Signed by the Governor, Chapter 225 of the Acts of 2022

Similar To

H4060

Establishing a real property transfer fee in the town of Chatham

No further action taken

Similar To

H4107

Authorizing the town of Lincoln to establish a means tested senior citizen property tax exemption program

Read second and ordered to a third reading

Similar To

H5019

Authorizing the town of Harvard to establish a cap on property taxes for means tested senior citizens

Signed by the Governor, Chapter 190 of the Acts of 2022

Similar To

S1362

Providing a tax exemption for certain qualifying real estate in the town of Hamilton

Signed by the Governor, Chapter 112 of the Acts of 2021

Similar To

S1802

Relative to providing better notices and protections in the process for collecting delinquent property taxes

Accompanied a study order, see H5247

Similar To

S1808

Providing tax relief to seniors while creating affordable housing

Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means

Similar To

S1812

To close corporate tax loopholes and create progressive revenue

Accompanied a study order, see H5279

Similar To

S1844

Relative to tax abatements for deaf residents

Accompanied a study order, see S2743

Similar To

S1845

Relative to senior citizen property tax credits

Accompanied a study order, see H5247

Similar To

S1851

Closing the single sales factor tax loophole

Accompanied a study order, see H5247

Similar To

S1860

Relative to the small commercial tax exemption

Accompanied a study order, see H5250

Similar To

S1867

Relative to taxes due upon the death of active duty personnel and the elderly

Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Rules

Similar To

S1911

Relative to the Massachusetts estate tax code

Accompanied a new draft, see H4997

Similar To

S1916

Authorizing the establishment of a mean tested senior citizen property tax exemption

Accompanied H2915

Similar To

S1975

Granting property tax relief to seniors

Accompanied a study order, see S2743

Similar To

S2312

Relative to motor vehicle excise taxes

Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means

Similar To

S2512

Authorizing the town of Andover to establish a means tested senior citizen property tax exemption

Signed by the Governor, Chapter 210 of the Acts of 2022

Similar To

S2526

Relative to raising the income threshold for senior real property tax deferments in the town of Milton

Signed by the Governor, Chapter 71 of the Acts of 2022

Similar To

S2743

Order relative to authorizing the joint committee on Revenue to make an investigation and study of certain current Senate documents relative to revenue issues

Discharged to the committee on Senate Rules

Replaced by

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