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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 282 FILED ON: 1/7/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3185 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Joseph D. McKenna |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act relative to taxpayer conscience protection. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Joseph D. McKenna18th Worcester1/7/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 282 FILED ON: 1/7/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3185 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative McKenna of Sutton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3185) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Joseph D. McKenna for legislation to allow taxpayers to have the option to indicate on their |
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| 20 | 20 | | income tax return that they do not want any portion of their income tax liability to be utilized for |
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| 21 | 21 | | abortion services. Revenue. |
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| 22 | 22 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 23 | 23 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 2887 OF 2023-2024.] |
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| 24 | 24 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 27 | 27 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 28 | 28 | | _______________ |
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| 29 | 29 | | An Act relative to taxpayer conscience protection. |
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| 30 | 30 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 31 | 31 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 32 | 32 | | 1 Chapter 62 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition of the General |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2Laws of Massachusetts, is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following new |
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| 34 | 34 | | 3section: |
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| 35 | 35 | | 4 "Section 65. (a) For the purposes of this section, “abortion services” shall include |
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| 36 | 36 | | 5performing, referring for abortion, or counseling for abortion. |
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| 37 | 37 | | 6 (b) Taxpayers shall have the option to indicate on their income tax return that they do not |
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| 38 | 38 | | 7want any portion of their income tax liability to be utilized for abortion services. When a |
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| 39 | 39 | | 8taxpayer makes such election, the taxpayer’s income tax liability may not be used to pay for |
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| 40 | 40 | | 9abortion services. 2 of 2 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 10 (c) The portion of the taxpayer’s income tax liability that is not to be used to pay for |
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| 42 | 42 | | 11abortion services, pursuant to this section, must be deposited into a special account, separate and |
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| 43 | 43 | | 12apart from the General Fund, whose purpose shall be to develop and implement a public |
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| 44 | 44 | | 13information program to inform the general public of the provisions of section 39-½ of Chapter |
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| 45 | 45 | | 14119, concerning voluntary abandonment of a newborn infant, also known as the Baby Safe |
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| 46 | 46 | | 15Haven Law. |
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| 47 | 47 | | 16 (d) The amount of the taxpayer’s income tax liability to be set aside in the special account |
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| 48 | 48 | | 17specified in paragraph (c) shall be determined by multiplying the taxpayer’s income tax liability |
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| 49 | 49 | | 18by the percentage of the General Fund dedicated to paying for abortion services in the previous |
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| 50 | 50 | | 19year." |
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