Senate Finance to favorably report H.757 to treat manufactured homes more like real property

The Senate Committee on Finance discussed H.757 on May 19, a bill intended to treat certain manufactured homes and limited‑equity cooperatives as real property for sales‑tax purposes.

Committee members described the proposal as an ‘‘equalizer’’ designed to prevent manufactured homes treated as real property from incurring a 6% sales tax that otherwise applies to treated personal property. A committee member said the change would make manufactured homes “a little more fairly” treated and moved that the committee report the bill favorably to the full Senate.

Committee discussion was procedural and limited; no final roll‑call vote was taken on May 19. Members agreed to take the formal vote the following day to accommodate scheduling and committee‑of‑conference timing.

The reporter noted the bill was sent to the committee from the Senate Committee on Housing and Economic Development and that members would review details before the upcoming vote.