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An Act to reduce poverty by expanding the EITC and the child and family tax credit

Filed by James B. Eldridge  ·  3 cosponsors  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

S1975  ·  Bill  ·  docket SD1380

6 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-02-27SenateReferred to the committee on Revenue
2025-02-27HouseHouse concurred
2025-09-10JointHearing 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
2026-04-01SenateReporting date extended to Thursday June 25, 2026
2026-06-29HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means

1 committee vote

Revenue (J)  ·  2026-06-24 15:00  ·  Ought to pass

favorable · 14

reserve right · 2

no action · 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)

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.