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An Act reducing tax liability for grandparents raising grandchildren

Filed by James M. Murphy  ·  1 cosponsor  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

H3204  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD1983

10 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-02-27HouseReferred to the committee on Revenue
2025-02-27SenateSenate concurred
2025-09-05JointHearing scheduled for 09/16/2025 from 10:30 AM-01:00 PM in A-1
2025-09-16JointHearing rescheduled to 09/16/2025 from 10:30 AM-12:30 PM in A-1 and Virtual. Hearing updated to New End Time
2025-12-18HouseReporting date extended to Friday, February 20, 2026
2026-02-25HouseReporting date extended to Wednesday, March 18, 2026
2026-03-18HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2026-04-13HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2026-04-13HouseRules suspended
2026-04-13HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading

1 committee vote

Revenue (J)  ·  2026-03-13 13:35  ·  Favorable

favorable · 10

reserve right · 1

Positions are the four the committee itself records. Reserving a right is not an abstention and no action is not an absence.

Public hearing

House Rule 27 counts its reporting deadline from the day a bill is heard.

DateCommitteeWhereStatus
2025-09-16Revenue (J)A-1, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorableRevenue (J)
Place in ODSteering, Policy and Scheduling (H)

Cosponsors

In the order filed.

Every action here is as the legislature published it. A bill that drew no recorded vote is the ordinary case: the House records roughly 150 a year.