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H3051 • 2025

An Act relative to taxes due upon the death of active duty personnel and the elderly

An Act relative to taxes due upon the death of active duty personnel and the elderly

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Sponsor
Michelle L. Ciccolo
Last action
2025-08-18
Official status
Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act relative to taxes due upon the death of active duty personnel and the elderly

An Act relative to taxes due upon the death of active duty personnel and the elderly By Representative Ciccolo of Lexington, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act relative to taxes due upon the death of active duty personnel and the elderly By Representative Ciccolo of Lexington, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 3051) of Michelle L.
  • Ciccolo relative to taxes due upon the death of active duty personnel and the elderly.
  • Revenue.

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  • 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. 2025-08-18 House

    Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting

  2. 2025-08-18 House

    Rules suspended

  3. 2025-08-18 House

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  4. 2025-07-21 House

    Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling

  5. 2025-04-02 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 04/08/2025 from 10:00 AM-01:00 PM in A-1

  6. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Revenue

  7. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act relative to taxes due upon the death of active duty personnel and the elderly
By Representative Ciccolo of Lexington, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3051) of Michelle L. Ciccolo relative to taxes due upon the death of active duty personnel and the elderly. Revenue.
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.3051

SECTION 1. The last paragraph of clause Eighteenth A of section 5 of chapter 59 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “or”, in line 563, the following words:- one year after

SECTION 2. The last paragraph of clause Forty-first A of said section 5 is hereby further amended by inserting after the word “or”, in line 1225, the following words:- one year after

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