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S1926 • 2025

An Act exempting residential electric vehicle chargers from the sales tax

An Act exempting residential electric vehicle chargers from the sales tax

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Sponsor
Michael J. Barrett
Last action
2026-06-29
Official status
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act exempting residential electric vehicle chargers from the sales tax

An Act exempting residential electric vehicle chargers from the sales tax By Mr.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act exempting residential electric vehicle chargers from the sales tax By Mr.
  • Barrett, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No.
  • 1926) of Michael J.
  • Barrett and Vanna Howard for legislation to exempt electric vehicle chargers from the sales tax.

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. 2026-06-29 House

    Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House 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 exempting residential electric vehicle chargers from the sales tax
By Mr. Barrett, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1926) of Michael J. Barrett and Vanna Howard for legislation to exempt electric vehicle chargers from the sales tax. Revenue.
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means

Current Bill Text

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Bill S.1926

SECTION 1. Section 6 of chapter 64H, as so appearing in the 2022 Official Edition of the General Laws, is hereby amended by adding the following subsection:-

(yy) Sales of electric vehicle supply equipment, as defined in section 2 of chapter 25B, or individual replacement components of electric vehicle supply equipment, installed in or on residences.

SECTION 2. Subsection (yy) of said section 6 of said chapter 64H is hereby repealed.

SECTION 3. Section 2 of this act shall take effect on January 1, 2030.

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