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H3148 • 2025

An Act relative to rolling stock

An Act relative to rolling stock

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Sponsor
Bradley H. Jones, Jr.
Last action
2026-03-18
Official status
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act relative to rolling stock

An Act relative to rolling stock By Representative Jones of North Reading, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act relative to rolling stock By Representative Jones of North Reading, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 3148) of Bradley H.
  • Jones, Jr., and others relative to the taxation of the sale of rolling stock.
  • 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. 2026-03-18 House

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

  2. 2026-02-25 House

    Reporting date extended to Wednesday, March 18, 2026

  3. 2025-12-18 House

    Reporting date extended to Friday, February 20, 2026

  4. 2025-09-19 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 09/29/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1

  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 rolling stock
By Representative Jones of North Reading, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3148) of Bradley H. Jones, Jr., and others relative to the taxation of the sale of rolling stock. Revenue.
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.3148

SECTION 1. Section 1 of chapter 64H of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting, after the definition of “Retail establishment”, the following definition:-

“Rolling stock”, trucks, tractors, and trailers, used by common carriers to transport goods in interstate commerce.

SECTION 2. Section 6 of chapter 64H, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting, after subsection (xx), the following new subsection:-

(yy) Sales of rolling stock.

SECTION 3. Section 1 of chapter 64I, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting in line 7, after the words “retail establishment”, the following new words:- ", rolling stock”.

SECTION 4. Section 7 of chapter 64I, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting, after subsection (e), the following new subsection:-

(f) Storage, use or other consumption of rolling stock."

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