Massachusetts legislation · 194th General Court
Massachusetts H5515: An Act to increase the value of estates eligible for abatements pursuant to M.G.L. chapter 59, section 5, clauses seventeenth D and forty-first C in the town of Shrewsbury
Status: Passed one chamber, October 22, 2026
What the bill says
From the introduced text, June 17, 2026:
SECTION 1. Notwithstanding clause Seventeenth D of section 5 of chapter 59 of the General Laws or any other general or special law to the contrary, the town of Shrewsbury may adjust the eligibility factors for determining an exemption for real property under said clause Seventeenth D by: (i) increasing the total whole estate limit, real and personal, for such an exemption to not more than $61,490; provided, that said limit shall be increased annually by an amount equal to the increase in the Consumer Price Index published by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics for such year, pursuant to clause Seventeenth E of said section 5 of said chapter 59; and (ii) reducing the minimum age of eligibility for such an exemption from 70 to 65. SECTION 2. Notwithstanding clause Forty-first C of section 5 of chapter 59 of the General Laws or any general or special law to the contrary, the town of Shrewsbury may adjust the eligibility factors for determining an exemption for real property under said clause Forty-first C by: (i) increasing the maximum allowable gross receipts from all sources in the preceding year to an amount not exceeding $29,879 for a single person, or $44,818 for a married person determined by the gross receipts of both spouses for the preceding year; …
Sponsors
- Hannah Kane (R, 11th Worcester) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Read second and ordered to a third reading
- : Taken out of the Orders of the Day
- : Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
- : Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed
- : 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 07/20/2026 from 09:00 AM-05:00 PM in Written Testimony Only
- : Senate concurred
Votes
- Committee Vote - Joint Committee on Revenue (July 29, 2026): 10 yea, 0 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is H5515?
- H5515 is a bill in the Massachusetts Legislature (194th General Court): An Act to increase the value of estates eligible for abatements pursuant to M.G.L. chapter 59, section 5, clauses seventeenth D and forty-first C in the town of Shrewsbury.
- What is the status of H5515?
- Passed one chamber as of October 22, 2026. Latest action: Read second and ordered to a third reading (October 22, 2026).
- Who sponsored H5515?
- Hannah Kane (R, 11th Worcester).
- Where is the official record for H5515?
- On the Massachusetts Legislature website: https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H5515
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