Laws, Bills & Regs

By Representative Barber of Somerville, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2371) of Christine P. Barber and others relative to the licensing, supervision and scope of practice of physicians assistants. Public Health.

By Ms. Jehlen, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2017) of Patricia D. Jehlen for legislation to establish a tax on local revenues from digital advertising. Revenue.

By Mr. Lewis (by request), a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2030) of Vincent Dixon, for legislation for a literacy tax credit. Revenue.

By Mr. O'Connor, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2059) of Patrick M. O'Connor for legislation to establish a tax credit for families caring for relatives with aphasia. Revenue.

By Ms. Rausch, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2068) of Rebecca L. Rausch for legislation relative to hostile learning environments at higher education institutes and tax exemptions. Revenue.

By Mr. DiDomenico, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1960) of Sal N. DiDomenico for legislation to establish tax credits for health care preceptorship that pairs an eligible student with a health care practitioner to attain specified learning objectives. Revenue.

By Mr. Tarr (by request), a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2090) of Sofia Isabella FloresQuero Llamas, and Mariah Delaney Eskel, for legislation relative to energy tax credits for corporations. Revenue.

By Mr. Moore, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2044) of Michael O. Moore for legislation to equalize the Department of Revenue interest rates. Revenue.

By Mr. Tarr, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2080) of Bruce E. Tarr for legislation to create a super research and development tax credit. Revenue.

By Mr. O'Connor, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2050) of Patrick M. O'Connor for legislation to exempt active duty military personnel from state income tax while based out of state. Revenue.

By Mr. O'Connor, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2056) of Patrick M. O'Connor for legislation relative to relieving minors of income tax obligations. Revenue.

By Mr. O'Connor, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2053) of Patrick M. O'Connor for legislation to establish a tax credit for individuals paying for home health care and hospice. Revenue.

By Mr. Cronin, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1946) of John J. Cronin, Vanna Howard, James K. Hawkins and John F. Keenan for legislation relative to the housing development incentive program. Revenue.

By Mr. Cyr, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1949) of Julian Cyr, John F. Keenan and Bruce E. Tarr for legislation to protect youth by closing the synthetic nicotine loophole. Revenue.

By Representative Madaro of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2490) of Adrian C. Madaro and Sal N. DiDomenico for legislation to establish a physical therapy licensure compact. Public Health.

By Mr. Tarr, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2075) of Bruce E. Tarr for legislation relative to provide direct relief to the residents of the commonwealth by increasing the threshold on no tax status. Revenue.

By Mr. Finegold, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2005) of Barry R. Finegold for legislation relative to economic development initiatives. Revenue.

By Mr. Velis, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2098) of John C. Velis for legislation to incentivize public service by offering a tax credit. Revenue.

By Mr. O'Connor, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2060) of Patrick M. O'Connor for legislation to establish a tax credit for families caring for elderly relatives and victims of Alzheimer's and Dementia. Revenue.

By Mr. Fattman, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1982) of Ryan C. Fattman and Bruce E. Tarr for legislation to exempt residential security systems from sales tax. Revenue.

By Mr. Driscoll, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1965) of William J. Driscoll, Jr. for legislation to support disaster response and broadband infrastructure affordability by allowing certain tax exemptions. Revenue.

By Mr. Finegold, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2008) of Barry R. Finegold for legislation to permit the inclusion of bitcoin and other stable digital financial assets to serve as stores of value and provide a hedge against inflation, thereby protecting the purchasing power of state funds. Revenue.

By Mr. Tarr, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2088) of Bruce E. Tarr for legislation relative to modernizing the estate tax. Revenue.

By Mr. Gomez, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2015) of Adam Gomez, Michael J. Barrett and Manny Cruz for legislation to establish a tiered corporate minimum tax. Revenue.

By Mr. Cronin, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1945) of John J. Cronin for legislation to impose an excise tax on oral nicotine products. Revenue.

By Mr. Montigny, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2039) of Mark C. Montigny for legislation relative to the relief of mortgage debt. Revenue.

By Mr. Montigny, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2042) of Mark C. Montigny for legislation relative to economic development tax credits. Revenue.

By Mr. O'Connor, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2055) of Patrick M. O'Connor for legislation to repeal the sales tax on boats built or rebuilt in the commonwealth. Revenue.

By Mr. Tarr, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2091) of Bruce E. Tarr for legislation to allow for the deduction of business interest. Revenue.

By Mr. Crighton (by request), a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1944) of Thomas Egan and Sean Reid for legislation to exempt private pension income from taxation. Revenue.

By Mr. Moore, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2043) of Michael O. Moore for legislation relative to the taxation of small business in the commonwealth. Revenue.

By Mr. Tarr, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2081) of Bruce E. Tarr for legislation relative to the taxation of rolling stock. Revenue.

By Mr. Tarr, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2082) of Bruce E. Tarr for legislation relative to the taxation of rolling stock for trucking and railcars. Revenue.

By Mr. Fattman, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1987) of Ryan C. Fattman and Bruce E. Tarr for legislation to establish a child care tax credit in the Commonwealth. Revenue.

By Mr. Fattman, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1989) of Ryan C. Fattman and Bruce E. Tarr relative to the Massachusetts estate tax. Revenue.

By Mr. Fattman, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1990) of Ryan C. Fattman and Bruce E. Tarr for legislation relative to the state personal income tax for low-income earners. Revenue.

By Mr. Fernandes, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2004) of Dylan A. Fernandes relative to taxation of digital advertising services. Revenue.

By Mr. Feeney, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1996) of Paul R. Feeney for legislation relative to taxation of equipment used to provide broadband communication services. Revenue.

By Mr. Finegold, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2007) of Barry R. Finegold for legislation to promote the redevelopment of contaminated sites through tax credits. Revenue.

By Mr. Montigny, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2040) of Mark C. Montigny for legislation to clarify occupancy excise and internet hotel room resellers. Revenue.

By Mr. Fattman, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1979) of Ryan C. Fattman for legislation to stimulate small business investment. Revenue.

By Mr. Fattman, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1995) of Ryan C. Fattman and Bruce E. Tarr for legislation to update the estate tax bring Massachusetts in line with the federal level threshold for taxable estates and credits. Revenue.

By Mr. Lewis (by request), a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2031) of Vincent Dixon, for legislation for a grade improvement tax credit. Revenue.

By Mr. O'Connor, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2058) of Patrick M. O'Connor for legislation to establish a tax credit for the purchase of hearing aids. Revenue.

By Mr. Lewis, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2029) of Jason M. Lewis and Brendan P. Crighton for legislation relative to the fair taxation of alcoholic beverages. Revenue.

By Mr. Fattman, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1977) of Ryan C. Fattman and Bruce E. Tarr for legislation to reduce the costs for adoption. Revenue.

By Ms. Jehlen, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2019) of Patricia D. Jehlen for legislation relative to certain child-care deductions for taxable purposes. Revenue.

By Representative Hunt of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2644) of Daniel J. Hunt relative to clarifying the standards for requiring the installation of automatic sprinkler systems in rehabilitated buildings. Public Safety and Homeland Security.

By Mr. Cronin, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1947) of John J. Cronin for legislation relative to neighborhood stabilization and economic development. Revenue.

By Representative Garcia of Chelsea, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1168) of Judith A. Garcia and Patrick Joseph Kearney relative to eliminating the health insurance referral requirement for certain specialty gynecological care. Financial Services.

By Mr. Brownsberger, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1035) of William N. Brownsberger for legislation relative to increase transparency in juvenile court proceedings. The Judiciary.

By Representative Garballey of Arlington, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2426) of Sean Garballey and others relative to the administration of nitrous oxide by dental hygienists. Public Health.

By Ms. Miranda, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1178) of Liz Miranda, James K. Hawkins and Patricia D. Jehlen for legislation to reduce mass incarceration. The Judiciary.

By Mr. Finegold, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 300) of Barry R. Finegold for legislation to create a state athletic commission to provide oversight of youth and combat sports in Massachusetts. Economic Development and Emerging Technologies.

By Representative Lawn of Watertown, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1236) of John J. Lawn, Jr., relative to the merged non-group and small-group health insurance market. Financial Services.

By Mr. Mark, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1177) of Paul W. Mark for legislation to enforce fines for failing to correctly record real estate titles in Massachusetts. The Judiciary.

By Mr. Velis, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1284) of John C. Velis for legislation relative to the length of wiretap warrants. The Judiciary.

By Mr. Tarr, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1267) of Bruce E. Tarr and Steven George Xiarhos for legislation to create a law enforcement officer safety zone after warning. The Judiciary.

By Ms. Miranda, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1184) of Liz Miranda for legislation relative to summary process and rental assistance. The Judiciary.

By Ms. Kennedy, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1143) of Robyn K. Kennedy for legislation relative to privileged communications in defamation actions. The Judiciary.

By Ms. Comerford, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1043) of Joanne M. Comerford, Sal N. DiDomenico, Hannah Kane, Bruce E. Tarr and others for legislation to encourage the donation of food to persons in need by exempting donors from civil damages for any injury arising out of the condition of such food. The Judiciary.

By Representative Decker of Cambridge, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2203) of Marjorie C. Decker for legislation to authorize the Department of Public Health to establish a pilot program for psilocybin services for adults with post-traumatic stress disorder and other specified conditions. Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery.

By Representatives Barber of Somerville and Sabadosa of Northampton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2370) of Christine P. Barber, Lindsay N. Sabadosa and others relative to pregnancies existing for 24 weeks or more. Public Health.

By Ms. Edwards, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1971) of Lydia Edwards for legislation to create a graduated deed excise tax for affordable housing. Revenue.

By Mr. Feeney, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1101) of Paul R. Feeney for legislation relative to personal injury protection payments. The Judiciary.

By Mr. Cronin, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 705) of John J. Cronin for legislation to require a shared equity investor to have a license with respect to residential property. Financial Services.

By Representative Ultrino of Malden and Senator Lewis, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1414) of Steven Ultrino and Jason M. Lewis relative to Medicaid resource limits for seniors. Health Care Financing.

By Representative Moran of Lawrence, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1393) of Frank A. Moran and others that MassHealth make payments for certain graduate medical education training. Health Care Financing.

By Representative Worrell of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1419) of Christopher J. Worrell and Mindy Domb that the Office of Health Resource Planning of the Health Policy Commission conduct an assessment of the supply, distribution and capacity of pharmacies and pharmacological services. Health Care Financing.

By Representatives Domb of Amherst and Howard of Lowell, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1360) of Mindy Domb and Vanna Howard relative to preventing discrimination against persons with disabilities in the provision of health care. Health Care Financing.

By Representative Stanley of Waltham, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1411) of Thomas M. Stanley and others for legislation to increase the personal needs allowance for certain elderly and disabled residents residing in licensed medical facilities. Health Care Financing.

By Representative Kushmerek of Fitchburg, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1378) of Michael P. Kushmerek relative to asset limits for MassHealth. Health Care Financing.

By Representative Schwartz of Newton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1408) of Greg Schwartz relative to making technical changes to the Betsy Lehman Center for patient safety and medical error reduction enabling law. Health Care Financing.

By Representatives Ultrino of Malden and Decker of Cambridge, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1413) of Steven Ultrino and Marjorie C. Decker relative to Medicare savings programs eligibility. Health Care Financing.

By Representatives Sabadosa of Northampton and Scarsdale of Pepperell, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1405) of Lindsay N. Sabadosa, Margaret R. Scarsdale and others for legislation to provide equitable access to quality, affordable healthcare services by establishing Medicare for all persons in the Commonwealth. Health Care Financing.

By Mr. Lewis, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2033) of Jason M. Lewis, Liz Miranda, Paul W. Mark, Carmine Lawrence Gentile and other members of the General Court for legislation to close corporate tax loopholes and create progressive revenue. Revenue.

By Mr. Tarr, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2079) of Bruce E. Tarr for legislation to establish a commuter tax credit. Revenue.

By Representative Finn of West Springfield, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2101) of Michael J. Finn for legislation to enforce laws protecting worksite safety. Labor and Workforce Development.

By Mr. Payano, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 185) of Pavel M. Payano, Vanna Howard and John F. Keenan for legislation to promote school centered neighborhood development. Community Development and Small Businesses.

By Mr. Tarr, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2076) of Bruce E. Tarr for legislation relative to tax credits for employee recruitment and retention. Revenue.

By Mr. Tarr, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2089) of Bruce E. Tarr for legislation relative to first-time home buyers savings accounts. Revenue.

By Mr. Collins, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 545) of Nick Collins for legislation relative to Admiral David G. Farragut Park. Environment and Natural Resources.

By Mr. Lewis, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2026) of Jason M. Lewis for legislation relative to excessive executive compensation. Revenue.

By Mr. Eldridge, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1974) of James B. Eldridge for legislation to align the long-term capital gains tax rate with the short-term capital gains tax rate. Revenue.

By Mr. Cronin, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 564) of John J. Cronin for legislation to designate a certain promenade in the town of Clinton as the Honorable Harold P. Naughton, Jr. Promenade. Environment and Natural Resources.

By Mr. Feeney, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2000) of Paul R. Feeney for legislation to extend to qualifying entities sales tax exemptions on research and development. Revenue.

Existing law creates the Metropolitan Transportation Commission as a local area planning agency for the 9-county San Francisco Bay area with comprehensive regional transportation planning and other related responsibilities. Existing law establishes the Public Transit Revenue Measure District, governed by the same board that governs the commission, with jurisdiction extending throughout the boundaries of the Counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, San Mateo, and Santa Clara, and the City and County of San Francisco. Existing law authorizes a retail transactions and use tax applicable to the entire district to be imposed by the board of the district or by a qualified voter initiative for a duration of 14 years, and in specified amounts, subject to voter approval at the November 3, 2026, statewide general election. Existing law establishes specified procedures for that election, including a requirement that the elections officials of the counties where the measure will appear on the ballot mutually agree to use the same letter designation for the measure. This bill would revise those election procedures by, among other things, instead requiring the measure to be identified on the ballot by the designation "Regional Transit Measure" in each county included in the district and by requiring each county elections official in the district to select, from among the submissions of proposed arguments in favor of, and against, the measure, the arguments to be included in the county voter information guide of that county, as specified. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

Existing law requires that a housing development project, as defined, within a specified distance of a transit-oriented development stop, as defined, be an allowed use as a transit-oriented housing development on any site zoned for residential, mixed, or commercial development, if the development complies with certain, applicable requirements, as provided. Among these requirements, existing law prohibits a proposed development under these provisions from being located on sites where the development would require demolition of housing, or that was previously used for housing, that is subject to rent or price controls, as provided. This bill would additionally prohibit the development from being located on an existing parcel of land or site governed under the Mobilehome Residency Law, the Recreational Vehicle Park Occupancy Law, the Mobilehome Parks Act, or the Special Occupancy Parks Act. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

Existing law, the K–12 Pupil Online Personal Information Protection Act (KOPIPA) , generally protects the personal information of a student enrolled in a K–12 course of instruction, defined as a "pupil," by prescribing requirements and prohibitions applicable to an operator of an internet website, online service, online application, or mobile application with actual knowledge that the site, service, or application is used primarily for K–12 school purposes and was designed and marketed for K–12 school purposes. Existing law, the Early Learning Personal Information Protection Act (ELPIPA) , generally protects the personal information of a child enrolled in a preschool or prekindergarten course of instruction, defined as a "pupil," by prescribing requirements and prohibitions applicable to an operator of an internet website, online service, online application, or mobile application with actual knowledge that the site, service, or application is used primarily for preschool or prekindergarten purposes and was designed and marketed for preschool and prekindergarten purposes. This bill would instead apply the provisions of KOPIPA and ELPIPA to an operator, or an entity working on behalf of the operator, of an internet website, online service, online application, or mobile application with actual knowledge that the site, service, or application is used for the applicable school purposes and was designed or marketed for those purposes, as specified. The bill would, among other changes to KOPIPA and ELPIPA related to protecting the personal information of students, prohibit an operator from using covered information, as defined, including persistent unique identifiers, created or gathered by the operator's site, service, or application to train a generative artificial intelligence system or service or develop an artificial intelligence system. This bill would also enact the Higher Education Student Information Protection Act (HESIPA) , which would generally protect the personal information of a student enrolled in a higher education institution, as defined, in a similar manner as KOPIPA and ELPIPA. The bill would make HESIPA operative on July 1, 2027. This bill would authorize a pupil or student actually harmed by the noncompliance with KOPIPA, ELPIPA, or HESIPA to bring a civil action against the noncompliant operator, as prescribed.