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MA H4444

Bill

Status

Introduced

8/25/2025

Primary Sponsor

Jennifer Balinsky Armini

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Origin

House of Representatives

194th General Court

AI Summary

  • Allows Swampscott to extend the Clause Forty-first C property tax exemption to disabled persons age 69 or younger, removing the standard age requirement

  • Requires applicants to have lived in Swampscott for a minimum of 10 consecutive years immediately before applying

  • Defines eligible disabled persons as those who have received a disability determination from the Social Security Administration's Disability Determination Services

  • Permits Swampscott's annual town meeting to discontinue the exemption for any fiscal year, with the option to reauthorize it at a future town meeting

  • Takes effect immediately upon passage; local approval from Swampscott has already been received

Legislative Description

Relative to a real property exemption for disabled persons in the town of Swampscott

Last Action

Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling

3/12/2026

Committee Referrals

Steering, Policy and Scheduling3/12/2026
Revenue8/25/2025

Full Bill Text

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