Track the 2023 REALTOR® Legislative Priorities

To keep the NSR advocacy team up to date regarding the progress of the legislation advocated for/against on the 2023 REALTOR® Day at Beacon Hill, NSR staff created a tracker which will monitor the status of each legislative priority. Click HERE to view the tracker. This list will be updated on a regular basis to ensure members have access to up-to-date information.

The simplified process for enacting new legislation is as follows:

• Legislators files the bill, and it gets referred to the relevant committee
• Hearing(s) are held
• Committee(s) reports favorably
• Bill must be read three times in the house and the senate prior to moving to the floor
• House and Senate vote in favor
• Enacted and laid before the Governor
• Governor signs the bill into law

As a reminder, Day on the Hill attendees advocated against transfer taxes and rent control and spoke to their legislators in support of:

• H.233-An Act improving housing opportunities
• H.265/S.166-An Act relative to realtor fair housing education
• H.2727/S.1787-An Act relative to first time homebuyer and rental savings accounts
• S.495-An Act relative to crumbling concrete foundations
• S.2242-An Act to establish standards for quarry licensing and the testing for pyrite minerals

In addition, NSR staff has compiled a list of every 2023 housing related bill sponsored by each of the elected officials representing NSR communities. Click HERE to see which housing related bills your elected officials have sponsored. If you are not sure who your elected official is, you can use the find my legislator tool on the Massachusetts Secretary of State’s website.

If you have any questions, please email NSR Government Affairs Manager Josh Laramie at josh@northshorerealtors.com and MAR Legislative and Regulatory Counsel Jonny Schreiber at JSchreiber@marealtor.com.