{"AmendmentNumber":"1710","ParentBillNumber":"H5500","Bill":null,"Sponsor":{"Id":"MCD1","Name":"Marjorie C. Decker","Type":1,"Details":"https://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/194/LegislativeMembers/MCD1","ResponseDate":"2026-04-17T09:44:37.127"},"Category":"Revenue","Action":"Withdrawn","RollCall":[],"Title":"Expanding Access to the Earned Income Tax Credit","Branch":"House","RedraftNumber":null,"IsFurther":false,"GeneralCourtNumber":194,"Text":"Representatives Decker of Cambridge and Vargas of Haverhill move to amend the bill by adding the following section:\r\n\"SECTION XX. Subsection (h) of section 6 of chapter 62 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2024 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “interest”, in line 254, the following words: -\r\n“A taxpayer may claim a credit under this section using either a Social Security Number or an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number, if but for section 32(m) of the Code, the taxpayer would be eligible to claim the credit. In the case of a taxpayer with a qualifying child for the Earned Income Tax Credit but who is ineligible for a Social Security Number or Individual Taxpayer Identification Number, the DOR shall issue said child a tax identification number.”\".\r\n"}