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S2024 • 2025

An Act encouraging employer student loan repayment

An Act encouraging employer student loan repayment

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Sponsor
Edward J. Kennedy
Last action
2026-07-02
Official status
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act encouraging employer student loan repayment

An Act encouraging employer student loan repayment By Mr.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act encouraging employer student loan repayment By Mr.
  • Kennedy, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No.
  • 2024) of Edward J.
  • Kennedy for legislation to encourage employee student loan assistance.

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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. 2026-07-02 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. 2025-10-03 Joint

    Hearing rescheduled to 10/03/2025 from 10:00 AM-12:35 PM in Gardner Auditorium Hearing updated to New End Time

  4. 2025-09-24 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 10/03/2025 from 10:00 AM-05:00 PM in Gardner Auditorium

  5. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Referred to the committee on Revenue

  6. 2025-02-27 House

    House concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act encouraging employer student loan repayment
By Mr. Kennedy, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2024) of Edward J. Kennedy for legislation to encourage employee student loan assistance. Revenue.
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means

Current Bill Text

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Bill S.2024

SECTION 1. Subsection (d) of Section 2 of Chapter 62 of the General Laws, appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after subclause (I), the following subclause:-

(J) An amount equal to the principal payments on education debts paid by an employer on behalf of an employee who is a resident of the commonwealth; provided, however, that the amount of the deduction shall not exceed $2,000. For purposes of this subclause, “education debt” shall have the same meaning as defined in paragraph (12) of subsection (a) of Part B of Section 3.

SECTION 2. Chapter 63 of the General Laws, as appearing the 2022 Official Edition, shall hereby be amended by inserting after Section 38FF the following new section:-

Section 38GG. (a) For the purposes of this section, “education debt” shall have the same meaning as defined in paragraph (12) of subsection (a) of Part B of Section 3 of Chapter 62.

(b) In determining the net income subject to tax under this chapter, a business corporation shall be allowed a deduction of an amount equal to the principal payments on education debts paid by the business corporation on behalf of an employee who is a resident of the commonwealth; provided however, that the deduction taken for payments on education debts paid on behalf of any individual employee shall not exceed $2,000.

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