Massachusetts legislation · 194th General Court
Massachusetts H4094: An Act relative to the establishment of a Milton means-tested property tax exemption
Status: In committee, October 19, 2026
What the bill says
From the introduced text, May 5, 2025:
SECTION 1. With respect to each qualifying parcel of real property classified as class one, residential according to the classification by the Board of Assessors for the town of Milton (a “Qualifying Parcel”) there shall be a senior, means-tested exemption from the property tax otherwise payable with respect to such Qualifying Parcel in an amount to be determined annually by the Select Board as described herein. For the purposes of this special act, a Qualifying Parcel shall be a unit of real property as defined by the Board of Assessors under the deed for the property as residential class one and includes a condominium unit. The exemption provided for herein shall be in addition to any and all other exemptions allowed by the General Laws. SECTION 2. A taxpayer shall qualify for the exemption provided for herein only if all of the following criteria are met: a. The Qualifying Parcel is owned and occupied by one or more natural persons who applied for and received the circuit breaker income tax credit the previous calendar year under section 6(k) of chapter 62 of the General Laws; b. The Qualifying Parcel is owned by: (i) a single taxpayer age 65 or older; or (ii) jointly by one or more taxpayers so long as one owner is age 65 or older and all …
Sponsors
- Richard Wells (D) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Amended by substitution of bill with the same title, see H5696
- : Read third
- : Read second and ordered to a third reading
- : Rules suspended
- : Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
- : Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
- : Hearing scheduled for 11/07/2025 from 10:00 AM-02:00 PM in Gardner Auditorium
- : Hearing canceled – new hearing TBD
- : Senate concurred
- : Referred to the committee on Revenue
Votes
- Committee Vote - Joint Committee on Revenue (January 14, 2026): 9 yea, 0 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is H4094?
- H4094 is a bill in the Massachusetts Legislature (194th General Court): An Act relative to the establishment of a Milton means-tested property tax exemption.
- What is the status of H4094?
- In committee as of October 19, 2026. Latest action: Amended by substitution of bill with the same title, see H5696 (October 19, 2026).
- Who sponsored H4094?
- Richard Wells (D).
- Where is the official record for H4094?
- On the Massachusetts Legislature website: https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4094
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