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H3233 • 2025

An Act to replace the motor vehicle excise tax with a gas tax adjustment

An Act to replace the motor vehicle excise tax with a gas tax adjustment

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Sponsor
Lindsay N. Sabadosa
Last action
2026-03-12
Official status
Accompanied a study order, see H5204
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act to replace the motor vehicle excise tax with a gas tax adjustment

An Act to replace the motor vehicle excise tax with a gas tax adjustment By Representative Sabadosa of Northampton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to replace the motor vehicle excise tax with a gas tax adjustment By Representative Sabadosa of Northampton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 3233) of Lindsay N.
  • Sabadosa for legislation to replace the motor vehicle excise tax with a gas tax adjustment.
  • 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 H5204

  2. 2025-10-17 Joint

    Hearing rescheduled to 10/17/2025 from 10:00 AM-10:30 AM in A-2 and Virtual Hearing updated to New End Time

  3. 2025-10-07 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 10/17/2025 from 10:00 AM-01:00 PM in A-2

  4. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Revenue

  5. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act to replace the motor vehicle excise tax with a gas tax adjustment
By Representative Sabadosa of Northampton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3233) of Lindsay N. Sabadosa for legislation to replace the motor vehicle excise tax with a gas tax adjustment. Revenue.

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.3233

SECTION 1. Chapter 60A of the General Laws is hereby repealed.

SECTION 2. Section 3A of said chapter 64A, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the first paragraph the following paragraph:-

Each municipality shall submit to the department of revenue a comprehensive list of all vehicles registered within its jurisdiction, along with a calculation of the revenue that would have been collected under Chapter 60A had it been in effect. The commissioner shall use this information, in addition to forecasting if necessary, to calculate an adjustment to the tax per gallon necessary to collect the total estimated amount of revenue that would have been collected by all municipalities had the provisions of Chapter 60A been in effect. The commissioner shall then dispense to each municipality the amount that the municipality would have collected had Chapter 60A been in effect.

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