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H1256 • 2025

An Act reducing the costs for small business

An Act reducing the costs for small business

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Sponsor
Joseph D. McKenna
Last action
2026-02-02
Official status
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act reducing the costs for small business

An Act reducing the costs for small business By Representative McKenna of Sutton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act reducing the costs for small business By Representative McKenna of Sutton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 1256) of Joseph D.
  • McKenna relative to the organization of limited liability companies.
  • Financial Services.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-02-02 House

    Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means

  2. 2025-10-22 Joint

    Hearing rescheduled to 10/22/2025 from 10:30 AM-11:40 AM in B-1 and Virtual Hearing updated to New End Time

  3. 2025-10-17 Joint

    Hearing rescheduled to 10/22/2025 from 10:30 AM-01:00 PM in B-1 and Virtual Hearing location changed

  4. 2025-10-10 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 10/22/2025 from 10:30 AM-01:00 PM in A-1

  5. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Financial Services

  6. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act reducing the costs for small business
By Representative McKenna of Sutton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1256) of Joseph D. McKenna relative to the organization of limited liability companies. Financial Services.
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.1256

SECTION 1. Section 12 of chapter 156C of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2010 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking subsection (d) and inserting in place thereof the following:-

“(d) The fee for the filing of the certificate of organization required by subsection (a) shall be two hundred fifty dollars. The fee for the filing of the annual report required by subsection (c) shall be two hundred fifty dollars. Such fees shall be paid to the state secretary at the time the certificate of organization or the annual report is filed.”

SECTION 2. Section 1 shall be effective beginning January 1, 2016.

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