HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2138 FILED ON: 1/17/2013
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2672
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Aaron Michlewitz
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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 passage of the accompanying:
An Act relative to same-sex marriage equality.
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: |
Aaron Michlewitz | 3rd Suffolk |
Carl M. Sciortino, Jr. | 34th Middlesex |
Sarah K. Peake | 4th Barnstable |
Denise Provost | 27th Middlesex |
Carlos Henriquez | 5th Suffolk |
Jason M. Lewis | 31st Middlesex |
William N. Brownsberger | Second Suffolk and Middlesex |
Marjorie C. Decker | 25th Middlesex |
Paul W. Mark | 2nd Berkshire |
Peter V. Kocot | 1st Hampshire |
Louis L. Kafka | 8th Norfolk |
Paul McMurtry | 11th Norfolk |
Tom Sannicandro | 7th Middlesex |
Paul Brodeur | 32nd Middlesex |
Nick Collins | 4th Suffolk |
Kay Khan | 11th Middlesex |
Cory Atkins | 14th Middlesex |
Martha M. Walz | 8th Suffolk |
Christine E. Canavan | 10th Plymouth |
Sonia Chang-Diaz | Second Suffolk |
Sal N. DiDomenico | Middlesex and Suffolk |
Michael Barrett | Third Middlesex |
Benjamin Swan | 11th Hampden |
Aaron Vega | 5th Hampden |
David M. Rogers | 24th Middlesex |
Gloria L. Fox | 7th Suffolk |
Elizabeth A. Malia | 11th Suffolk |
Thomas P. Conroy | 13th Middlesex |
James J. O'Day | 14th Worcester |
Byron Rushing | 9th Suffolk |
James B. Eldridge | Middlesex and Worcester |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2138 FILED ON: 1/17/2013
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2672
By Mr. Michlewitz of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2672) of Aaron Michlewitz and others relative to providing for tax credits for certain same sex couples. Revenue. |
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
An Act relative to same-sex marriage equality.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
Chapter 62 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2010 Official Edition, is herby amended by adding the following section:-
Section 65. All taxpayers who are current or retired state employees who reside within the commonwealth, whose spouse receives health benefits from his or her employment with the commonwealth, and must claim that health benefit as taxable income due to the Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) of the Internal Revenue Code 26 U.S.C.A. §§ 3101, 3111, and 3402, shall be entitled to a credit from the commonwealth that shall be the amount that the state employee must pay in taxes as part of his or her imputed income due to the spousal health benefit subtracted from the taxable income of the employee if his or her income was not imputed plus, any tax imposed by this herein state tax credit.
