Bill Commons

MA H 4687

introduced

An Act relative to property tax classifications in the city of Watertown for fiscal year 2027 and subsequent fiscal years

Massachusetts · 2025-2026 Regular Session (194th General Court) · lower

Follow this bill’s action updates (Atom)

Subscribe in a feed reader. The feed covers recorded actions from the last 30 days; Bill Commons may record an action after it happened at the legislature.

Quick answers

Did MA H 4687 pass?

Not yet. MA H 4687 has been introduced but has not advanced to a vote. Latest recorded action (2026-07-08): New draft substituted, see H5569

What is MA H 4687 about?

By Representatives Owens of Watertown and Lawn of Watertown, a petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Steven Owens (with the approval of the city council) relative to property tax classifications in the city of Watertown for fiscal year 2027 and subsequent fiscal years. Revenue. [Local Approval Received.]

Description

By Representatives Owens of Watertown and Lawn of Watertown, a petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Steven Owens (with the approval of the city council) relative to property tax classifications in the city of Watertown for fiscal year 2027 and subsequent fiscal years. Revenue. [Local Approval Received.]

Introduced
—
Latest action
2026-07-08 — New draft substituted, see H5569
Bill type
bill
Last updated
—

Sponsors

  • Steven Owenscosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-07-08

    New draft substituted, see H5569

  2. 2026-07-08

    Read second, amended (as recommended by the committee on House Ways and Means)

    amendment-passage,reading-2

  3. 2026-07-08

    Rules suspended

  4. 2026-07-08

    Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading with the amendment pending

  5. 2026-07-08

    Referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling with the amendment pending

    referral-committee

  6. 2026-07-08

    Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, substituting therefor a bill with the same title, see H5569

    committee-passage-favorable

  7. 2026-07-06

    Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means

    committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee

  8. 2026-03-09

    Reported date extended to Friday, June 26, 2026

  9. 2026-01-27

    Hearing rescheduled to 01/27/2026 from 01:00 PM-02:25 PM in A-1 and Virtual Hearing updated to New End Time

  10. 2026-01-16

    Hearing scheduled for 01/27/2026 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1 & A-2

  11. 2025-10-30

    Senate concurred

  12. 2025-10-16

    Reported, referred to the committee on Joint Rules, reported, rules suspended and referred to the committee on Revenue

    referral-committee

  13. 2025-09-29

    Referred to the committee on House Rules

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

Not provided by source.

Related bills

Official source

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4687

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:22:56.590024Z

Inspect retained evidence for changes recorded after evidence tracking began:

Source and document changesStatus and relationship changes

Session-wide evidence can include changes to other bills:

Bulk imports for this sessionSession dates and activity

Use this data

Every field on this page is available from the free public API — no key or licence required. Fetch this bill as JSON: GET /api/v1/bills?jurisdiction=MA&identifier=H 4687. See the API docs or the MCP server for AI assistants.

Known limitations

  • Sponsor party and chamber affiliation are not yet captured by this API.
  • Committee referrals are not yet captured.

See the methodology page for data sources and limitations.