H 3233 Massachusetts House · 194th Legislature (2025-2026)

An Act to replace the motor vehicle excise tax with a gas tax adjustment

This bill replaces the current motor vehicle excise tax with a gas tax adjustment to maintain municipal revenue levels. It directly affects municipalities (which lose the vehicle tax revenue) and drivers (whose gas tax rates may change). Municipalities must submit vehicle registration data and revenue calculations to the Department of Revenue, which then adjusts the gas tax per gallon to match the total revenue previously collected under the old vehicle tax system. The Department redistributes the calculated revenue amount to each municipality based on its historical vehicle tax collections.
Bill status passed 3 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Feb 2025
Governor
Introduced Feb 27, 2025 Last action Mar 12, 2026
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This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.
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Total actions
5
Key actions
1
Committee
1
Feb 27, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senate concurred
upper
Feb 27, 2025
Committee
Referred to the committee on Revenue
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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Lindsay Sabadosa
DDemocratic
MA
1st Hampshire