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S1924 • 2025

An Act increasing the excise tax rate for jet fuel

An Act increasing the excise tax rate for jet fuel

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Sponsor
Michael J. Barrett
Last action
2026-07-06
Official status
Referred to Senate Committee on Ways and Means
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act increasing the excise tax rate for jet fuel

An Act increasing the excise tax rate for jet fuel By Mr.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act increasing the excise tax rate for jet fuel By Mr.
  • Barrett, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No.
  • 1924) of Michael J.
  • Barrett, Patricia D.

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. 2026-07-06 Senate

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

  2. 2026-04-01 Senate

    Reporting date extended to Thursday June 25, 2026

  3. 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

  4. 2025-10-07 Joint

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

  5. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Referred to the committee on Revenue

  6. 2025-02-27 House

    House concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act increasing the excise tax rate for jet fuel
By Mr. Barrett, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1924) of Michael J. Barrett, Patricia D. Jehlen and James B. Eldridge for legislation to increase the excise tax rate for jet fuel. Revenue.
Status:
Referred to Senate Committee on Ways and Means

Current Bill Text

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Bill S.1924

Section 1 of chapter 64J of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the definition of “Tax per gallon”, and replacing it with the following definition:- “Tax per gallon”, an amount in cents per gallon equivalent to the amount in cents per gallon of the tax levied on sales of fuel, other than aviation fuel, set pursuant to section 1 of chapter 64A.

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