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MA H3119

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

2/27/2025

Primary Sponsor

Richard Haggerty

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Origin

House of Representatives

194th General Court

AI Summary

  • Creates a new sales tax exemption for machinery, equipment, and replacement parts purchased by communications service providers for broadband services
  • Covered equipment includes wires, cables, fiber, antennas, poles, switches, routers, amplifiers, transmitters, power equipment, modems, and other network infrastructure
  • Defines "broadband communications services" broadly to include telecommunications, video programming (cable/streaming), and internet access services
  • Amends Chapter 64H, Section 6 of Massachusetts General Laws by adding new subsection (aaa)
  • Takes effect for sales occurring on and after July 1, 2025

Legislative Description

Relative to taxation of equipment used to provide broadband communication services

Last Action

Reporting date extended to Wednesday, March 18, 2026

3/2/2026

Committee Referrals

Revenue2/27/2025

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