Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Revenue

Event Details

Status:: Completed
Event Date:: Friday, November 7, 2025
Start Time:: 10:00 AM
Location:: Gardner Auditorium and Virtual
Event Description: Property & Local Taxes

Please be advised that the schedule and agenda are subject to change at the agreement of the Chairs.

All matters filed in the House that are listed in this hearing notice are required to be reported on by January 6, 2025, subject to extensions consistent with House Rule 27.

The public is invited to participate in this hybrid hearing, which will be livestreamed on the General Court website, https://malegislature.gov/. Hearings will be recorded and posted publicly on the Joint Committee on Revenue page, https://malegislature.gov/Committees/Detail/J26/Hearings.

WRITTEN TESTIMONY SUBMISSION

Submitting Testimony for House Bills | Email: Anestis.Kalaitzidis@mahouse.gov

Mailing Address:

Chair Adrian Madaro

Joint Committee on Revenue

ATTN: Anestis Kalaitzidis

24 Beacon St, Room 34

Boston, MA 02133

Submitting Testimony for Senate Bills | Email: JointCommittee.Revenue@malegislature.gov

Mailing Address:

Chair James Eldridge

Joint Committee on Revenue

ATTN: David Emer

24 Beacon St, Room 511-C

Boston, MA 02133

All written testimony received by the committee will be made publicly available. At the discretion of the Chairs and per committee rules, limitations and redactions shall exist for sharing testimony that includes sensitive personal information or information that may jeopardize the health, wellness or safety of the testifier or others.

The deadline to submit written testimony for House bills is 53 days from the date of the hearing. The deadline to submit written testimony for Senate bills is November 10, 2025.This will ensure that the committee has time to review all testimony before the deadline to act on the bills being considered.

IN-PERSON ORAL TESTIMONY AND REMOTE TESTIMONY SIGN-UP

In-person oral testimony and remote testimony sign-up can be done via this form. For those testifying remotely, you will receive a Microsoft Teams link with more information prior to the start of the hearing. This hearing will be chaired by House Chair Adrian Madaro.

The deadline to sign up to testify is the day before the hearing at 12:00 PM.

REPORTING DEADLINE

All House matters being heard shall be acted upon no later than January 6, 2025 subject to extensions pursuant to House Rule 27.

All Senate matters being heard shall be acted upon no later than December 3, 2025 subject to extensions pursuant to Joint Rule 10.

ACCESSIBILITY ACCOMMODATIONS: The Committee will work to coordinate reasonable accommodations required to ensure that people with disabilities are able to participate fully in the hearing process. Requests for accessibility accommodations, such as assistive listening devices and systems, sign language interpreting services, closed captioning and transcription services, will be provided upon request. Requests for services should be submitted by completing the state house accessibility form, https://malegislature.gov/StateHouse/AccessibilityForm/. You may also make a request by email to: Carl Richardson at (carl.richardson@mass.gov).

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Item Name	Start Time	Duration	Webcast
Joint Committee on Revenue - 11-7-2025	11/7/2025 10:00 AM	01:25:18

Property & Local Taxes 10:00am - 2:00pm

Bill	Bill Title	Sponsor
H.3005	An Act relative to municipal income-based taxation	James Arciero
H.3006	An Act relative to the valuation of long term residences	James Arciero
H.3011	An Act to reduce delinquent municipal tax interest rates	James C. Arena-DeRosa
H.3022	An Act providing for property tax relief for small business owners	Bruce J. Ayers
H.3068	An Act relative to delinquent and deferred interest rate uniformity	Mark J. Cusack
H.3088	An Act creating a 'Chapter 62F calculations' study group of fiscal harms caused by excluding new local tax revenue from "allowable state tax revenue" calculations and other such calculations	Michelle M. DuBois
H.3093	An Act relative to the electronic filing of certain forms used in property valuation	Carole A. Fiola
H.3106	An Act to allow cities and towns to increase the local tax rate on meals	Carmine Lawrence Gentile
H.3112	An Act repealing the property tax exemption for Massport lessees	Kenneth I. Gordon
H.3113	An Act updating interest rates for property tax abatements	Kenneth I. Gordon
H.3132	An Act providing volunteer firefighters and emergency medical technicians with a local option real estate tax exemption	Steven S. Howitt
H.3139	An Act ensuring transparency in property deed requests	Steven S. Howitt
H.3141	An Act relative to the small commercial tax exemption	Bradley H. Jones, Jr.
H.3158	An Act to allow cities and towns to increase the local tax rate on meals with local approval	Sally P. Kerans
H.3162	An Act extending a property tax exemption to the surviving spouse of blind persons	David Paul Linsky
H.3176	An Act relative to the electronic filing of certain forms used in property valuation	William F. MacGregor
H.3205	An Act to update certain changes to property tax collection laws	Brian W. Murray
H.3211	An Act relative to deeds excise receipts	Edward R. Philips
H.3212	An Act relative to ensuring fairness and equity in the assessment of the value of property	Bridget Plouffe
H.3215	An Act relative to the withholding of property taxes by utility companies	Orlando Ramos
H.3219	An Act relative to the delivery of property tax bills	David Allen Robertson
H.3229	An Act to increase community preservation revenue	John H. Rogers
H.3238	An Act regarding late payments and interest rates for real estate bills and personal property taxes	Adam J. Scanlon
H.3239	An Act relative to municipal property tax reform	Adam J. Scanlon
H.3244	An Act relative to the small commercial tax exemption	Michael J. Soter
H.3253	An Act relative to property tax exemptions for the increased value of a home as a result of certain alterations and improvements to the home	Alyson M. Sullivan-Almeida
H.3266	An Act relative to municipal tax collectors	Marcus S. Vaughn
H.3271	An Act relative to preserving information content of historic resources with community preservation funds	David T. Vieira
H.3280	An Act relative to unreasonable property tax increases	Steven George Xiarhos
H.3965	An Act relative to tax abatement equity	James C. Arena-DeRosa
H.3966	An Act to reform property tax assessments and abatement processes	Jennifer Balinsky Armini
H.4051	An Act relative to establishing a municipal tax assessment increase limit	Rita A. Mendes
H.4094	An Act relative to the establishment of a Milton means-tested property tax exemption	Richard G. Wells, Jr.
H.4143	An Act relative to real property tax deferrals in the town of Wellesley	Alice Hanlon Peisch
H.4225	An Act authorizing the town of Marblehead to establish a means-tested senior citizen property tax exemption	Jennifer Balinsky Armini
H.4239	An Act providing for a municipal tax amnesty	Bradley H. Jones, Jr.
H.4269	An Act authorizing the town of Wrentham to exempt from taxation certain real estate owned and occupied by the surviving spouse of Wrentham Deputy Chief George C. Labonte	Marcus S. Vaughn
H.56	An Act empowering municipalities and local governments	Maura T. Healey
S.1928	An Act establishing a municipal tax assessment increase limit	Michael D. Brady
S.1929	An Act to update certain changes to property tax collection laws	Michael D. Brady
S.1940	An Act relative to a local option excise on the sale of alcoholic beverages for municipal substance abuse prevention and public health programs	Cynthia Stone Creem
S.1961	An Act establishing a local option for freezing property tax appraisals	Kelly A. Dooner
S.1964	An Act relative to fines on certain commercial and revenue property	William J. Driscoll, Jr.
S.1966	An Act relative to property sales by nonprofit organizations	Peter J. Durant
S.1972	An Act to allow cities and towns to increase the local tax rate on meals	James B. Eldridge
S.1980	An Act relative to the small commercial tax exemption	Ryan C. Fattman
S.2027	An Act providing for settlements of tax liability	Jason M. Lewis
S.2052	An Act establishing a local option to exempt fishermen from property taxes	Patrick M. O'Connor
S.2094	An Act relative to effective dates of property taxes	John C. Velis

Present (6)

Adrian C. Madaro (HOU)

Paul J. Donato (HOU)

Homar Gómez (HOU)

Francisco E. Paulino (HOU)

Edward R. Philips (HOU)

Richard G. Wells, Jr. (HOU)

Absent (4)

Nicholas A. Boldyga (HOU) *

David Paul Linsky (HOU) *

Marc T. Lombardo (HOU) *

Bridget Plouffe (HOU) *

Hearing Conflicts (1)

Kristin E. Kassner (HOU)
*Time conflict with prior district commitment

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