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S1944 • 2025

An Act relative to the exemption of private pension income from taxation

An Act relative to the exemption of private pension income from taxation

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Sponsor
Brendan P. Crighton ( By Request )
Last action
2026-04-01
Official status
Reporting date extended to Thursday June 25, 2026
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act relative to the exemption of private pension income from taxation

An Act relative to the exemption of private pension income from taxation By Mr.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act relative to the exemption of private pension income from taxation By Mr.
  • Crighton (by request), a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No.
  • 1944) of Thomas Egan and Sean Reid for legislation to exempt private pension income from taxation.
  • Revenue.

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  • 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. 2026-04-01 Senate

    Reporting date extended to Thursday June 25, 2026

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 2025-11-07 Joint

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

  5. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Referred to the committee on Revenue

  6. 2025-02-27 House

    House concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act relative to the exemption of private pension income from taxation
By Mr. Crighton (by request), a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1944) of Thomas Egan and Sean Reid for legislation to exempt private pension income from taxation. Revenue.

Current Bill Text

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Bill S.1944

Subsection B of Section 3 of Chapter 62 of the General Laws, is hereby amended by adding the following subparagraph:-

(5) Amounts not to exceed $2,000 received by persons under age 60 as pensions from employers, the United States, the State or any subdivision, or amounts not to exceed $12,500 received by persons age 60 or older as pensions from employers, the United States, the State or any subdivision or as eligible retirement income.

For the purposes of this paragraph, "eligible retirement income" shall include distributions received from qualified retirement plans defined in § 4974 of the federal Internal Revenue Code ("IRC") [26 U.S.C. § 4974] or a successor provision, cash or deferred arrangements described in IRC § 401(k) [26 U.S.C. § 401(k)] or a successor provision, government deferred compensation plans described in IRC § 457 [26 U.S.C. § 457] or a successor provision, dividends, capital gains, interest and rental income from real property less deductible rental expenses. For purposes of this paragraph, eligible retirement income received by spouses as joint tenants with right of survivorship or as tenants by the entirety shall be deemed to have been received one-half by each.

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