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H3144 • 2025

An Act relative to DOR interest rate parity

An Act relative to DOR interest rate parity

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Sponsor
Bradley H. Jones, Jr.
Last action
2026-02-26
Official status
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means
Effective date
Not listed

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An Act relative to DOR interest rate parity

An Act relative to DOR interest rate parity By Representative Jones of North Reading, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act relative to DOR interest rate parity By Representative Jones of North Reading, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 3144) of Bradley H.
  • Jones, Jr.
  • and others relative to Department of Revenue interest rate parity.

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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. 2026-02-26 House

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

  2. 2025-12-18 House

    Reporting date extended to Friday, February 20, 2026

  3. 2025-10-07 Joint

    Hearing rescheduled to 10/07/2025 from 01:00 PM-02:00 PM in A-2 and Virtual Hearing updated to New End Time

  4. 2025-09-26 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 10/07/2025 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 relative to DOR interest rate parity
By Representative Jones of North Reading, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3144) of Bradley H. Jones, Jr. and others relative to Department of Revenue interest rate parity. Revenue.
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.3144

SECTION 1.

Section 37 of chapter 62C of the General Laws, as appearing in the 202 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the last sentence of the second paragraph.

SECTION 2.

Section 40 of said chapter 62C, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out paragraph (a) and inserting in place thereof the following paragraph:-

(a) If any refund of any tax, interest or penalties is made pursuant to sections thirty, thirty-one A, thirty-six, thirty-six A, thirty-seven or thirty-nine of this chapter, or sections twenty-seven or twenty-seven A of chapter sixty-five, or section six of chapter sixty-five A, the state treasurer shall repay to the taxpayer the amount of such refund with interest thereon at the rate established under subsection (a) of section 32 of this chapter, except as hereinafter provided, from the date of overpayment to a date, to be determined by the commissioner, preceding the date of the refund check by not more than thirty days, whether or not such refund check is accepted by the taxpayer after tender of such to the taxpayer. The acceptance of such check shall be without prejudice to any right of the taxpayer to claim any additional overpayment and interest thereon.

SECTION 3.

This act shall take effect January 1, 2026.

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