Springfield Property Tax Assessment Bill H3213
Summary
Massachusetts House Bill H3213 passed both legislative chambers on August 28, 2025 (House) and April 6, 2026 (Senate). The bill modifies local property tax assessment procedures specifically for the city of Springfield, changing how the city assessor must calculate and value properties for taxation purposes under the 194th General Court.
What changed
The bill amends how Springfield calculates local property tax assessments by establishing new standards for property valuation. Municipal assessors in Springfield must implement these revised procedures for determining taxable property values. Property owners may experience changes in assessed values, potentially affecting their property tax obligations.
Local governments and property taxpayers in Springfield should prepare for modified assessment approaches under this legislation. Real estate professionals and tax practitioners handling Springfield properties should update valuation analyses to reflect the new assessment methodology.
What to do next
- Review updated property assessment methodology
- Update internal valuation procedures to comply with new requirements
- Monitor for implementing regulations from Springfield city assessor
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ChangeBridge / Massachusetts / H3213 Passed H3213 H Passed 2025-08-28
Relative to the assessment of local property taxes in the city of Springfield
Relative to the assessment of local property taxes in the city of Springfield. Revenue. [Local Approval Received.]
Bill Details
State Massachusetts
Session 194th General Court
Chamber House
Official Source malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H3213
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Sponsors
Angelo Puppolo (Rep - D)
Action History
2026-04-06 S Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed 2026-04-06 S Taken out of the Orders of the Day 2025-10-16 S Read second and ordered to a third reading 2025-09-02 S Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session 2025-08-28 H Read third and passed to be engrossed 2025-07-30 H Read second and ordered to a third reading 2025-07-28 H Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading 2025-07-21 H Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling 2025-04-02 J Hearing scheduled for 04/08/2025 from 10:00 AM-01:00 PM in A-1 2025-02-27 S Senate concurred 2025-02-27 H Referred to the Joint Committee on Revenue
Committee Referrals
2025-02-27 J Revenue 2025-07-21 H Steering, Policy and Scheduling
Bill Text Versions
2025-02-27 Introduced Legislative data powered by LegiScan (CC BY 4.0)
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