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H1214 • 2025

An Act to protect taxpayer confidentiality

An Act to protect taxpayer confidentiality

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Sponsor
Hannah Kane
Last action
2025-11-10
Official status
Accompanied a study order, see H4712
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act to protect taxpayer confidentiality

An Act to protect taxpayer confidentiality By Representative Kane of Shrewsbury, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to protect taxpayer confidentiality By Representative Kane of Shrewsbury, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 1214) of Hannah Kane and Patrick Joseph Kearney relative to the disclosure of information of certain persons in the unclaimed property program.
  • Financial Services.

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Bill History

  1. 2025-11-10 House

    Accompanied a study order, see H4712

  2. 2025-04-08 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 04/15/2025 from 10:00 AM-01:00 PM in A-2

  3. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Financial Services

  4. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act to protect taxpayer confidentiality
By Representative Kane of Shrewsbury, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1214) of Hannah Kane and Patrick Joseph Kearney relative to the disclosure of information of certain persons in the unclaimed property program. Financial Services.

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.1214

SECTION 1: Subsection (a) of section 12 of Chapter 200A of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after the word “chapter” the following sentence:- “The identity of the persons being examined and the records disclosed to the treasurer in the course of said examinations shall not be subject to disclosure pursuant to chapter 66 and are not public records within the meaning of chapter 4.”

SECTION 2: This act becomes effective immediately upon signature of the governor and applies to any and all taxpayer information on or after this date.

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