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H3169 • 2025

An Act to encourage donations to local nonprofits

An Act to encourage donations to local nonprofits

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Sponsor
Jay D. Livingstone
Last action
2026-03-19
Official status
Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

An Act to encourage donations to local nonprofits

An Act to encourage donations to local nonprofits By Representative Livingstone of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to encourage donations to local nonprofits By Representative Livingstone of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 3169) of Jay D.
  • Livingstone for legislation to encourage donations to local nonprofits.
  • 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. 2026-03-19 House

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

  2. 2026-03-19 House

    Rules suspended

  3. 2026-03-19 House

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  4. 2026-02-19 House

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

  5. 2025-11-18 Joint

    Hearing rescheduled to 11/18/2025 from 10:00 AM-11:00 AM in B-1 and Virtual Hearing updated to New End Time

  6. 2025-11-17 Joint

    Hearing rescheduled to 11/18/2025 from 10:00 AM-01:00 PM in B-1 and Virtual Hearing location changed

  7. 2025-11-07 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 11/18/2025 from 10:00 AM-01:00 PM in A-1

  8. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Revenue

  9. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act to encourage donations to local nonprofits
By Representative Livingstone of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3169) of Jay D. Livingstone for legislation to encourage donations to local nonprofits. Revenue.
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.3169

“Section 5A of Chapter 62 is hereby amended by adding the following subsection:

(e) Notwithstanding any other provision in law, the commissioner shall not consider charitable donations or volunteer services made to charitable organizations that are based in Massachusetts or a person’s service on a board of directors where they serve as a non-compensated member for a charitable organization based in Massachusetts for the purpose of determining residency or domicile for tax purposes.

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