1 of 1 HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 988 FILED ON: 1/14/2025 HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3106 The Commonwealth of Massachusetts _________________ PRESENTED BY: Carmine Lawrence Gentile _________________ 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 allow cities and towns to increase the local tax rate on meals. _______________ PETITION OF: NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Carmine Lawrence Gentile13th Middlesex1/14/2025Patrick Joseph Kearney4th Plymouth1/28/2025 1 of 1 HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 988 FILED ON: 1/14/2025 HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3106 By Representative Gentile of Sudbury, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3106) of Carmine Lawrence Gentile and Patrick Joseph Kearney for legislation to allow cities and towns to increase the local tax rate on meals. Revenue. [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION SEE HOUSE, NO. 2858 OF 2023-2024.] The Commonwealth of Massachusetts _______________ In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court (2025-2026) _______________ An Act to allow cities and towns to increase the local tax rate on meals. 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 2 of chapter 64L of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, 2is hereby amended by inserting after the word “cent”, in line 4, the following words:- or 1.5 per 3cent.