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Massachusetts · 194th Legislature (2025-2026) · Bill

H 5515: 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

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

H 5515 is a bill introduced in the Massachusetts House on June 17, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: 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. It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (October 22, 2026): Read second and ordered to a third reading.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

By Representative Kane of Shrewsbury and Senator Moore, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 5515) of Hannah Kane (by vote of the town) that the town of Shrewsbury be authorized to increase the value of estates eligible for abatements in said town. Revenue. [Local Approval Received.]

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Hannah KaneCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse11th Worcester

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Read second and ordered to a third reading
  2. Taken out of the Orders of the Day
  3. Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
  4. Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed
  5. Read second and ordered to a third reading
  6. Rules suspended
  7. Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
  8. Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
  9. Hearing scheduled for 07/20/2026 from 09:00 AM-05:00 PM in Written Testimony Only
  10. Senate concurred
  11. Referred to the committee on Revenue

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source