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H3035 • 2025

An Act to reduce graduate student loan debt

An Act to reduce graduate student loan debt

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Sponsor
Antonio F. D. Cabral
Last action
2026-03-16
Official status
Accompanied a study order, see H5237
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act to reduce graduate student loan debt

An Act to reduce graduate student loan debt By Representative Cabral of New Bedford, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to reduce graduate student loan debt By Representative Cabral of New Bedford, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 3035) of Antonio F.
  • D.
  • Cabral relative to the taxation of graduate student loan debt.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-16 House

    Accompanied a study order, see H5237

  2. 2025-08-27 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 09/09/2025 from 10:00 AM-1:00 PM in Gardner Auditorium

  3. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Revenue

  4. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act to reduce graduate student loan debt
By Representative Cabral of New Bedford, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3035) of Antonio F. D. Cabral relative to the taxation of graduate student loan debt. Revenue.

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Bill H.3035

SECTION 1.

Paragraph (12) of subsection (a) of Part B of section 3 of chapter 62 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by:

(a)

striking out, in line 92, the word “or” the first place it appears.

(b)

inserting after the word “two-year”, in line 92, a comma; and

(c)

inserting after the word “college”, in line 92, the following words: - “, or graduate education debt”.

SECTION 2.

Paragraph (12) of said subsection (a) of said Part B of said section 3 of said chapter 62, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by inserting after the second sentence the following sentence: -

“For the purposes of this subparagraph, the term ‘graduate education debt’ shall mean any loan which was or is administered by the financial aid office of a non-profit institution offering a graduate or professional degree program at which the taxpayer, or a dependent of such taxpayer, pursuant to subparagraph (3) of paragraph (b) of part B of this section, was enrolled as a graduate or professional degree student and which loan has been secured through a state student loan program, a federal student loan program or a commercial lender and which loan was obtained and expended solely for the purposes of paying tuition and other expenses directly related to such graduate or professional student enrollment.”.

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