HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3300        FILED ON: 1/18/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 86

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

James J. O'Day

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying proposal for constitutional amendment:

Proposal for a legislative amendment to the Constitution to provide resources for education and transportation through an additional tax on incomes in excess of one million dollars.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

James J. O'Day

14th Worcester

1/18/2019

James Arciero

2nd Middlesex

1/31/2019

Michael J. Barrett

Third Middlesex

1/29/2019

Ruth B. Balser

12th Middlesex

1/24/2019

Christine P. Barber

34th Middlesex

1/23/2019

John Barrett, III

1st Berkshire

1/31/2019

Jennifer E. Benson

37th Middlesex

1/31/2019

David Biele

4th Suffolk

2/1/2019

Natalie M. Blais

1st Franklin

1/31/2019

Joseph A. Boncore

First Suffolk and Middlesex

1/30/2019

Paul Brodeur

32nd Middlesex

2/1/2019

Antonio F. D. Cabral

13th Bristol

1/25/2019

Daniel Cahill

10th Essex

1/23/2019

Linda Dean Campbell

15th Essex

2/1/2019

Peter Capano

11th Essex

1/28/2019

Edward F. Coppinger

10th Suffolk

1/30/2019

Daniel R. Carey

2nd Hampshire

1/31/2019

Gerard J. Cassidy

9th Plymouth

1/23/2019

Mike Connolly

26th Middlesex

1/22/2019

Harriette L. Chandler

First Worcester

1/25/2019

Sonia Chang-Diaz

Second Suffolk

1/28/2019

Michelle L. Ciccolo

15th Middlesex

1/30/2019

Brendan P. Crighton

Third Essex

1/30/2019

Daniel R. Cullinane

12th Suffolk

1/29/2019

Josh S. Cutler

6th Plymouth

1/31/2019

Julian Cyr

Cape and Islands

2/1/2019

Michael S. Day

31st Middlesex

1/28/2019

Marjorie C. Decker

25th Middlesex

1/31/2019

Marcos A. Devers

16th Essex

1/24/2019

Sal N. DiDomenico

Middlesex and Suffolk

2/1/2019

Diana DiZoglio

First Essex

1/31/2019

Mindy Domb

3rd Hampshire

1/26/2019

Daniel M. Donahue

16th Worcester

1/30/2019

Paul J. Donato

35th Middlesex

1/31/2019

William J. Driscoll, Jr.

7th Norfolk

1/31/2019

Michelle M. DuBois

10th Plymouth

1/30/2019

Lori A. Ehrlich

8th Essex

2/1/2019

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

1/30/2019

Nika C. Elugardo

15th Suffolk

1/31/2019

Tricia Farley-Bouvier

3rd Berkshire

1/18/2019

Dylan A. Fernandes

Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket

1/25/2019

Sean Garballey

23rd Middlesex

1/24/2019

Denise C. Garlick

13th Norfolk

1/29/2019

Carmine Lawrence Gentile

13th Middlesex

1/21/2019

Carlos González

10th Hampden

1/25/2019

Kenneth I. Gordon

21st Middlesex

1/25/2019

Tami L. Gouveia

14th Middlesex

1/29/2019

Stephan Hay

3rd Worcester

1/30/2019

James K. Hawkins

2nd Bristol

1/28/2019

Jonathan Hecht

29th Middlesex

1/28/2019

Christopher Hendricks

11th Bristol

1/29/2019

Natalie M. Higgins

4th Worcester

1/24/2019

Kate Hogan

3rd Middlesex

1/31/2019

Russell E. Holmes

6th Suffolk

1/30/2019

Kevin G. Honan

17th Suffolk

1/29/2019

Daniel J. Hunt

13th Suffolk

1/30/2019

Patricia D. Jehlen

Second Middlesex

1/31/2019

Louis L. Kafka

8th Norfolk

1/29/2019

Mary S. Keefe

15th Worcester

1/28/2019

John F. Keenan

Norfolk and Plymouth

1/31/2019

Kay Khan

11th Middlesex

1/30/2019

Kathleen R. LaNatra

12th Plymouth

1/30/2019

John J. Lawn, Jr.

10th Middlesex

1/28/2019

David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf

17th Worcester

1/28/2019

Jack Patrick Lewis

7th Middlesex

1/18/2019

David Paul Linsky

5th Middlesex

1/23/2019

Jason M. Lewis

Fifth Middlesex

1/23/2019

Jay D. Livingstone

8th Suffolk

1/29/2019

Joan B. Lovely

Second Essex

2/1/2019

Adrian C. Madaro

1st Suffolk

1/28/2019

John J. Mahoney

13th Worcester

1/30/2019

Elizabeth A. Malia

11th Suffolk

1/25/2019

Paul W. Mark

2nd Berkshire

1/25/2019

Joseph W. McGonagle, Jr.

28th Middlesex

1/26/2019

Joan Meschino

3rd Plymouth

2/1/2019

Christina A. Minicucci

14th Essex

1/25/2019

Liz Miranda

5th Suffolk

1/30/2019

Rady Mom

18th Middlesex

1/28/2019

Frank A. Moran

17th Essex

1/24/2019

Michael J. Moran

18th Suffolk

1/28/2019

Brian W. Murray

10th Worcester

1/29/2019

Harold P. Naughton, Jr.

12th Worcester

2/1/2019

Tram T. Nguyen

18th Essex

1/28/2019

Marc R. Pacheco

First Plymouth and Bristol

2/1/2019

Sarah K. Peake

4th Barnstable

2/1/2019

Smitty Pignatelli

4th Berkshire

1/25/2019

Denise Provost

27th Middlesex

1/22/2019

Rebecca L. Rausch

Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex

1/30/2019

David Allen Robertson

19th Middlesex

1/31/2019

Maria Duaime Robinson

6th Middlesex

1/25/2019

David M. Rogers

24th Middlesex

1/24/2019

John H. Rogers

12th Norfolk

2/1/2019

Jeffrey N. Roy

10th Norfolk

1/31/2019

Daniel J. Ryan

2nd Suffolk

1/30/2019

Lindsay N. Sabadosa

1st Hampshire

1/24/2019

Thomas M. Stanley

9th Middlesex

1/28/2019

Alan Silvia

7th Bristol

1/24/2019

Jon Santiago

9th Suffolk

1/31/2019

José F. Tosado

9th Hampden

1/25/2019

Paul F. Tucker

7th Essex

2/1/2019

Chynah Tyler

7th Suffolk

2/1/2019

Steven Ultrino

33rd Middlesex

1/23/2019

Andres X. Vargas

3rd Essex

2/1/2019

Aaron Vega

5th Hampden

1/31/2019

Tommy Vitolo

15th Norfolk

1/29/2019

Bud L. Williams

11th Hampden

1/23/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3300        FILED ON: 1/18/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 86

By Mr. O'Day of West Boylston, a petition (accompanied by proposal for constitutional amendment, House, No. 86) of James J. O'Day and others for a legislative amendment to the Constitution to provide resources for education and transportation through an additional tax on incomes in excess of one million dollars.  Revenue.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-First General Court
(2019-2020)

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Proposal for a legislative amendment to the Constitution to provide resources for education and transportation through an additional tax on incomes in excess of one million dollars.

 

A majority of all the members elected to the Senate and House of Representatives, in joint session, hereby declares it to be expedient to alter the Constitution by the adoption of the following Article of Amendment, to the end that it may become a part of the Constitution [if similarly agreed to in a joint session of the next General Court and approved by the people at the state election next following]:
 

ARTICLE OF AMENDMENT.
 

Article 44 of the Massachusetts Constitution is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph at the end thereof:-

To provide the resources for quality public education and affordable public colleges and universities, and for the repair and maintenance of roads, bridges and public transportation, all revenues received in accordance with this paragraph shall be expended, subject to appropriation, only for these purposes. In addition to the taxes on income otherwise authorized under this Article, there shall be an additional tax of 4 percent on that portion of annual taxable income in excess of $1,000,000 (one million dollars) reported on any return related to those taxes. To ensure that this additional tax continues to apply only to the commonwealth’s highest income taxpayers, this $1,000,000 (one million dollars) income level shall be adjusted annually to reflect any increases in the cost of living by the same method used for federal income tax brackets. This paragraph shall apply to all tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2023.