The Beacon Hill FYI
House  ·  Senate  ·  Committees  ·  The data

Question on adoption of the amendment Humason Amendment #14

 ·  Senate roll call No. 350  ·  date not in the feed  ·  190th General Court (2017 to 2018)
11 yeas, 26 nays, 2 absent  ·  the Clerk's sheet (PDF)

Amendment 1, moved by Senate Committee on Ways and Means  ·  Adopted, as Amended

An Act regulating and insuring short-term rentals

SECTION 1. Section 16 of chapter 62C, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after subsection (g) the following subsection:- (g½) Notwithstanding subsection (g), the department of revenue shall promulgate regulations to minimize the administrative burden relative to filing returns under said subsection (g) on operators who offer their accommodations to the public for at least 1 day in 5 separate months or less in the taxable year. The regulations may authorize an operator to file a return only for a month that the operator’s accommodation is offered to the public. SECTION 2. Chapter 64G of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out sections 1 …

yea · 11

nay · 26

absent · 2

An asterisk marks a vote the sheet records as entered after the roll closed. A member shown as "not linked" is a name on the sheet that did not resolve to exactly one member of the session's roster; it is left as printed rather than guessed.