Ballot measure · Massachusetts · November 3, 2026

Question 5

Title as the state lists it: State Revenue Limit & Rebate1,2

Research draftCitizen initiativeState law
How it got there
Citizen initiative
Kind of measure
State law
To pass
More than one condition
Researched
October 27, 2026

Research draft. We gathered this from official sources on October 27, 2026: election offices, state laws and court records, each linked to its source. Separate reviewers checked a random sample of 48 facts from the ballot-measure research against the cited sources and found no errors. The rest hasn't been reviewed fact by fact yet, so check the linked source before relying on anything here.

§1What your vote means

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A yes vote

A yes vote would limit each year's state revenue to the prior year's net state revenue grown by the three-year average growth in Massachusetts wages and salaries, count all revenue from the income surtax on incomes over $1 million toward that limit, and refund any revenue above the limit to taxpayers the next year.1 pp. 14-15, 40

A no vote

A no vote would keep the current state revenue limit law, so the way the yearly limit is calculated, the treatment of revenue from the income surtax on incomes over $1 million, and the rules for refunding excess revenue to taxpayers would stay as they are.1 pp. 14-15, 40

More about it

If approved, the law's provisions would take effect on July 1, 2027.1 p. 14

§2How it got on the ballot

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Citizen initiative. Voters proposed it by signing a petition.1,2

State law. It would change state law, not the constitution.1,2

This is a proposed law put on the ballot by initiative petition after the Legislature did not vote on it before May 6, 2026.1,2 p. 14

It is on Massachusetts's list of statewide measures for November 3, 2026.1,2 None of the official sources we read calls the list certified or final, so we don’t either. What we couldn't confirm about the list is in the notes on Massachusetts's measures.

§3What it needs to pass

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

More than one condition. A proposed law passes only if more voters vote yes than no on it and the yes votes equal at least 30 percent of all ballots cast in the state election.3 Amend. art. XLVIII, The Initiative, V, sec. 1, as replaced by Amend. art. LXXXI, sec. 2