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H3106 • 2025

An Act to allow cities and towns to increase the local tax rate on meals

An Act to allow cities and towns to increase the local tax rate on meals

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Sponsor
Carmine Lawrence Gentile
Last action
2026-03-09
Official status
Accompanied a study order, see H5195
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act to allow cities and towns to increase the local tax rate on meals

An Act to allow cities and towns to increase the local tax rate on meals By Representative Gentile of Sudbury, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to allow cities and towns to increase the local tax rate on meals By Representative Gentile of Sudbury, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 3106) of Carmine Lawrence Gentile and Patrick Joseph Kearney for legislation to allow cities and towns to increase the local tax rate on meals.
  • Revenue.

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. 2026-03-09 House

    Accompanied a study order, see H5195

  2. 2025-10-28 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 11/07/2025 from 10:00 AM-02:00 PM in Gardner Auditorium

  3. 2025-07-14 Joint

    Hearing canceled – new hearing TBD

  4. 2025-07-11 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 07/22/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2

  5. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Revenue

  6. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act to allow cities and towns to increase the local tax rate on meals
By Representative Gentile of Sudbury, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3106) of Carmine Lawrence Gentile and Patrick Joseph Kearney for legislation to allow cities and towns to increase the local tax rate on meals. Revenue.

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.3106

Section 2 of chapter 64L of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “cent”, in line 4, the following words:- or 1.5 per cent.

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