HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1327        FILED ON: 1/14/2025

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3146

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Bradley H. Jones, Jr.

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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 bill:

An Act requiring a waiting period for new taxes.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Bradley H. Jones, Jr.

20th Middlesex

1/14/2025

Kimberly N. Ferguson

1st Worcester

1/14/2025

Paul K. Frost

7th Worcester

1/31/2025

Todd M. Smola

1st Hampden

3/10/2025

David F. DeCoste

5th Plymouth

1/28/2025

Hannah Kane

11th Worcester

1/30/2025

Kelly W. Pease

4th Hampden

3/24/2025


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1327        FILED ON: 1/14/2025

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3146

By Representative Jones of North Reading, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3146) of Bradley H. Jones, Jr., and others relative to requiring a waiting period for new taxes.  Revenue.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 2843 OF 2023-2024.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
(2025-2026)

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An Act requiring a waiting period for new taxes.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

Chapter 58 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following new section:-

"Section 52. No new tax shall be collected, assessed or payable until 3 months after the passage of the act in which the new tax was created."