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H3158 • 2025

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

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

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Sponsor
Sally P. Kerans
Last action
2026-03-12
Official status
Accompanied a study order, see H5203
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 with local approval

An Act to allow cities and towns to increase the local tax rate on meals with local approval By Representative Kerans of Danvers, 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 with local approval By Representative Kerans of Danvers, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 3158) of Sally P.
  • Kerans for legislation to authorize an increase in the local sales tax upon the sale of restaurant 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. 2026-03-12 House

    Accompanied a study order, see H5203

  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 with local approval
By Representative Kerans of Danvers, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3158) of Sally P. Kerans for legislation to authorize an increase in the local sales tax upon the sale of restaurant meals. Revenue.

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.3158

Section 2 of chapter 64L of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “cent”, in line 4, the following words:- or 1.25 per cent.

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