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An Act relative to the Massachusetts estate tax

An Act relative to the Massachusetts estate 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 relative to the Massachusetts estate tax

An Act relative to the Massachusetts estate tax By Mr.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act relative to the Massachusetts estate tax By Mr.
  • Fattman, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No.
  • 1989) 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. 2025-11-18 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 Massachusetts estate tax
By Mr. Fattman, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1989) of Ryan C. Fattman and Bruce E. Tarr relative to the Massachusetts estate tax. Revenue.

Current Bill Text

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Bill S.1989

Section 2A of chapter 65C of the general laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “commonwealth”, in line 3, the following words:- "; provided, however, that no tax shall be imposed on the transfer of an estate valued at or less than $5,000,000."

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