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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1175 FILED ON: 1/14/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3135
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Steven S. Howitt
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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 relative to the tax exemption status of municipal employee pensions.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Steven S. Howitt4th Bristol1/14/2025 1 of 1
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1175 FILED ON: 1/14/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3135
By Representative Howitt of Seekonk, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3135) of
Steven S. Howitt relative to the tax exemption status of municipal employee pensions. Revenue.
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 2834 OF 2023-2024.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
(2025-2026)
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An Act relative to the tax exemption status of municipal employee pensions.
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 1. Section 19 of Chapter 32 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022
2Official Edition, is hereby amended after the word “process”, in line 10, by adding the following
3words:- “Massachusetts residents, who are retired municipal employees of the state of Rhode
4Island, shall be eligible for a Massachusetts income tax exemption for the first $10,000 of a
5Rhode Island municipal retirement pension, or any additional municipal pensions the resident
6may be receiving. This provision shall be applied to a municipal pension, or pensions of up to
7$50,000 per year.”
8 SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.