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An Act exempting residential security systems from sales tax

An Act exempting residential security systems from sales tax

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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 exempting residential security systems from sales tax

An Act exempting residential security systems from sales tax By Mr.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act exempting residential security systems from sales tax By Mr.
  • Fattman, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No.
  • 1982) 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. 2025-09-19 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 09/29/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1

  3. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Referred to the committee on Revenue

  4. 2025-02-27 House

    House concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act exempting residential security systems from sales tax
By Mr. Fattman, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1982) of Ryan C. Fattman and Bruce E. Tarr for legislation to exempt residential security systems from sales tax. Revenue.

Current Bill Text

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Bill S.1982

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

(yy) Sales of equipment directly relating to any security system, as defined in section 57 of chapter 147, which is being utilized in an individual’s principal residence in the commonwealth.

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