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S1977 • 2025

An Act reducing the costs for adoption

An Act reducing the costs for adoption

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Sponsor
Ryan C. Fattman
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 reducing the costs for adoption

An Act reducing the costs for adoption By Mr.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act reducing the costs for adoption By Mr.
  • Fattman, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No.
  • 1977) of Ryan C.
  • Fattman and Bruce E.

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. 2026-04-01 Senate

    Reporting date extended to Thursday June 25, 2026

  2. 2025-09-16 Joint

    Hearing rescheduled to 09/16/2025 from 10:30 AM-12:30 PM in A-1 and Virtual Hearing updated to New End Time

  3. 2025-09-05 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 09/16/2025 from 10:30 AM-01:00 PM in A-1

  4. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Referred to the committee on Revenue

  5. 2025-02-27 House

    House concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act reducing the costs for adoption
By Mr. Fattman, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1977) of Ryan C. Fattman and Bruce E. Tarr for legislation to reduce the costs for adoption. Revenue.

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Bill S.1977

Section 6 of chapter 62 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following subsection:-

(dd)(1) There is hereby established a credit for licensed Massachusetts attorneys who provide pro bono legal services in at least one adoption per year. Each adoption case shall entitle said attorney to a $500 credit and shall be limited to no more than $2,500 in each taxable year.

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