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S1962 • 2025

An Act excluding student loan forgiveness from taxable income for permanently and totally disabled veterans

An Act excluding student loan forgiveness from taxable income for permanently and totally disabled veterans

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Sponsor
William J. Driscoll, Jr.
Last action
2026-04-01
Official status
Reporting date extended to Thursday June 25, 2026
Effective date
Not listed

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An Act excluding student loan forgiveness from taxable income for permanently and totally disabled veterans

An Act excluding student loan forgiveness from taxable income for permanently and totally disabled veterans By Mr.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act excluding student loan forgiveness from taxable income for permanently and totally disabled veterans By Mr.
  • Driscoll, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No.
  • 1962) of William J.
  • Driscoll, Jr.

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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. 2025-06-17 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 06/24/2025 from 10:30 AM-01:00 PM in A-2

  3. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Referred to the committee on Revenue

  4. 2025-02-27 House

    House concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act excluding student loan forgiveness from taxable income for permanently and totally disabled veterans
By Mr. Driscoll, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1962) of William J. Driscoll, Jr. relative to excluding student loan forgiveness from taxable income for permanently and totally disabled veterans. Revenue.

Current Bill Text

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Bill S.1962

Paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of section 2 of chapter 62 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following subparagraph:-

(R) Any amount received by a veteran who is permanently and totally disabled that would be includible in gross income for such taxable year by reason of the discharge of an educational loan under section 108(f)(5)(A)(iii) of the Code.

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