S 2965

SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2965
  The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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  In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
  (2025-2026)
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  SENATE, February 26, 2026.
       The committee on Senate Ways and Means to whom was referred the Senate Bill
updating the unit pricing exemption threshold (Senate, No. 267), - reports, recommending that
the same ought to pass with an amendment substituting a new draft with the same title (Senate,
No. 2965).
  For the committee,
  Michael J. Rodrigues
  FILED ON: 2/23/2026
      SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2965
  The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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  In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
  (2025-2026)
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    An Act updating the unit pricing exemption threshold.
  Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
    of the same, as follows:
1  Section 115A of chapter 6 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2024 Official Edition,
2   is hereby amended by adding the following sentence:- For the purposes of this section, the
3   calculation of a retail establishment’s sales volume shall exclude gross receipts from the sale of:
4   (i) lottery tickets or shares sold pursuant to chapter 10; and (ii) prepaid gift cards or stored value
5   cards, regardless of where any such card may be redeemed, which are sold to consumers at face
6   value or a premium or discount thereto.
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