Massachusetts legislation · 194th General Court
Massachusetts H4585: An Act authorizing the town of Auburn to offer expanded senior property tax abatements
Status: Signed into law, October 26, 2026
What the bill says
From the introduced text, October 2, 2025:
SECTION 1. Notwithstanding clause 41C of section 5 of chapter 59 or any other general or special law to the contrary, with respect to real property in the Town of Auburn the following factors determining exemption for real property under clause 41C of section 5 of chapter 59 shall be adjusted as follows: (1) increasing the sum of $500 contained in the first sentence of clause 41C to $1,500; (2) adding the following at the end of the seventh sentence "or for a person who has reached his seventieth birthday prior to the fiscal year for which an exemption is sought who owns the same jointly or as a tenant in common with their child who is under the age of seventy and occupied by him as his domicile;"; (3) increasing the amounts contained in subclause (B) of said first sentence whenever they appear in said subclause from $13,000 dollars and from $15,000 dollars to fifty percent of Area Median Income as adjusted for household size, as is published annually by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, as required by Section 8 of the Federal Housing Act of 1937 (42 USC Section 1437t), as amended, and the relevant year of the calculation shall be the most recent figure available as of July 1 of the start of the …
Sponsors
- Paul Frost (R, 7th Worcester) · primary sponsor
- Michael Moore (D, Second Worcester)
Latest actions
- : Signed by the Governor, Chapter 257 of the Acts of 2026
- : Enacted and laid before the Governor
- : Enacted
- : Read third and passed to be engrossed
- : Taken out of the Orders of the Day
- : Read second and ordered to a third reading
- : Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
- : Read third and passed to be engrossed
- : Read second and ordered to a third reading
- : Rules suspended
Votes
- Committee Vote - Joint Committee on Revenue (March 6, 2026): 9 yea, 0 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is H4585?
- H4585 is a bill in the Massachusetts Legislature (194th General Court): An Act authorizing the town of Auburn to offer expanded senior property tax abatements.
- What is the status of H4585?
- Signed into law as of October 26, 2026. Latest action: Signed by the Governor, Chapter 257 of the Acts of 2026 (October 26, 2026).
- Who sponsored H4585?
- Paul Frost (R, 7th Worcester), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for H4585?
- On the Massachusetts Legislature website: https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4585
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