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An Act relative to the state personal income tax for low-income earners

An Act relative to the state personal income tax for low-income earners

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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 state personal income tax for low-income earners

An Act relative to the state personal income tax for low-income earners By Mr.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act relative to the state personal income tax for low-income earners By Mr.
  • Fattman, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No.
  • 1990) 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 state personal income tax for low-income earners
By Mr. Fattman, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1990) of Ryan C. Fattman and Bruce E. Tarr for legislation relative to the state personal income tax for low-income earners. Revenue.

Current Bill Text

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Bill S.1990

Section 5 of chapter 62 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out line 6 and inserting in place thereof the following:- "(1) In the case of a single person, twelve thousand nine hundred fifty dollars, or"

SECTION 2. Section 5 of chapter 62 of the general laws is further amended by striking out lines 7 through 10 and inserting in place thereof the following:- "(2) in the case of a husband and wife filing a joint return, twenty five thousand nine hundred dollars plus the deductions allowed under the following provisions of paragraph (b) of subsection (B) of section three of this chapter, or a person filing as a head of household, nineteen thousand four hundred dollars plus the deductions allowed under the following provisions of paragraph (b) of subsection (B) of section three of this chapter."

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