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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1465 FILED ON: 1/18/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2960
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Erika Uyterhoeven
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act to raise estate tax threshold to $2M and eliminate cliff.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Erika Uyterhoeven27th Middlesex1/17/2023Lindsay N. Sabadosa1st Hampshire1/26/2023Carmine Lawrence Gentile13th Middlesex1/26/2023David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf17th Worcester1/26/2023James K. Hawkins2nd Bristol1/30/2023Brian W. Murray10th Worcester1/30/2023James C. Arena-DeRosa8th Middlesex2/1/2023Samantha Montaño15th Suffolk2/4/2023Mike Connolly26th Middlesex2/4/2023Rebecca L. RauschNorfolk, Worcester and Middlesex2/7/2023Peter Capano11th Essex2/7/2023Christine P. Barber34th Middlesex2/10/2023James B. EldridgeMiddlesex and Worcester2/13/2023Steven Owens29th Middlesex2/16/2023Rodney M. Elliott16th Middlesex2/27/2023Rita A. Mendes11th Plymouth2/27/2023Danillo A. Sena37th Middlesex2/27/2023 1 of 1
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1465 FILED ON: 1/18/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2960
By Representative Uyterhoeven of Somerville, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
2960) of Erika Uyterhoeven and others for legislation to raise the estate tax threshold. Revenue.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)
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An Act to raise estate tax threshold to $2M and eliminate cliff.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 Section 2A of Chapter 65C of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official
2Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following new paragraph at the end of subsection (a): -
3- For decedents dying after December thirty-first, two thousand twenty-two, no tax shall be
4imposed pursuant to this subsection that reduces the decedent’s Massachusetts net estate to an
5amount less than two million dollars.