MA H2836

Bill

Relative to unemployment benefits during coronavirus

Introduced
03/29/2021

In Committee
03/29/2021

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2022

Introduced Session

192nd General Court

Bill Summary

Relative to the taxation of unemployment benefits during the coronavirus pandemic. Revenue.

AI Summary

This bill exempts unemployment benefits received during the coronavirus pandemic from state income tax for the 2020 tax year. The bill references various federal laws and programs that provided additional unemployment benefits during the COVID-19 crisis, such as the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act and the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021. By excluding these pandemic-related unemployment payments from state taxable income, the bill aims to provide financial relief to individuals who received such benefits.

Committee Categories

Budget and Finance

Sponsors (6)

Tony Cabral (D)*, Michelle DuBois (D), Tami Gouveia (D), Elizabeth Malia (D), Brian Murray (D), Lindsay Sabadosa (D),

Last Action

Accompanied a study order, see H5250 (on 10/03/2022)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H2836

(7 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H2836
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H2836.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H2031	Relative to occupational presumption and COVID-19	Accompanied a study order, see H5023	Similar To
H2368	Relative to notification of front-line health care workers to exposure of Coronavirus	Accompanied a study order, see H5198	Similar To
H2885	Establishing the COVID-19 pandemic emergency tax payer relief exemption and refund for income taxes on 2020 unemployment benefits	Accompanied a study order, see H5250	Similar To
H3027	Relative to emergency tax relief to unemployed workers	Accompanied a study order, see H5247	Similar To
H5250	Study Order	No further action taken	Replaced by
S1621	Relative to emergency hazard health duty	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S251	Establishing the Massachusetts Coronavirus Recovery Corps	Accompanied a new draft, see H4671	Similar To

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