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S1963 • 2025

An Act excluding the Segal AmeriCorps Educational Award from taxable income

An Act excluding the Segal AmeriCorps Educational Award from taxable income

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Sponsor
William J. Driscoll, Jr.
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 excluding the Segal AmeriCorps Educational Award from taxable income

An Act excluding the Segal AmeriCorps Educational Award from taxable income By Mr.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act excluding the Segal AmeriCorps Educational Award from taxable income By Mr.
  • Driscoll, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No.
  • 1963) 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. 2026-06-29 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. 2025-11-18 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

  4. 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

  5. 2025-11-07 Joint

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

  6. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Referred to the committee on Revenue

  7. 2025-02-27 House

    House concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act excluding the Segal AmeriCorps Educational Award from taxable income
By Mr. Driscoll, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1963) of William J. Driscoll, Jr. relative to excluding the Segal AmeriCorps Educational Award from taxable income. Revenue.
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means

Current Bill Text

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Bill S.1963

SECTION 1. Section 3 of Chapter 62 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended in paragraph (a) of Subsection B by adding the following subparagraph (20): The AmeriCorps Segal Education Award, as stipulated in subtitle D of title I of the National and Community Service Act of 1990. The AmeriCorps Segal Education Award is available to individuals who complete a term of service in the AmeriCorps program. The education award can be used to pay education costs at eligible institutions of higher learning including technical schools, for educational training, or to repay qualified student loans, as determined eligible by the federal government.

SECTION 2. This law shall become effective 180 days after its passage.

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