Substitute for S.B. No. 1
Session Year 2026
 

AN ACT CONCERNING AFFORDABILITY.

To (1) exempt from the sales and use taxes sales of (A) certain clothing costing under one hundred dollars, school supplies and household appliances, and (B) sandwiches, grinders, coffee and tea prepared and sold by grocery stores, (2) increase the maximum allowable credit against the personal income tax for a person's primary residence or motor vehicle, (3) establish a credit against the personal income tax (A) for expenditures paid or incurred by certain taxpayers for the care and support of eligible family members, and (B) for a portion of rent actually paid by certain taxpayers for such taxpayer's primary residence in the state, and (4) allow all taxpayers, regardless of income, to deduct the full amount of Social Security benefits that are includable in gross income for federal income tax purposes.

Introduced by:
Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee
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   Text of Bill
 File No. 692 [doc]
 FIN Joint Favorable  [doc]
 Committee Bill  [doc]
 Proposed Bill [doc]
   Committee Actions
 FIN Joint Fav. Rpt
 FIN Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable)
 FIN Vote Tally Sheet (Vote to Draft)
   Fiscal Notes
 Fiscal Note For File Copy 692
   Bill Analyses
 Bill Analysis For File Copy 692
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Bill History

 Date Action Taken
 4/20/2026(LCO)File Number 692
 4/20/2026Senate Calendar Number 423
 4/20/2026Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
 4/20/2026(LCO)Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
 4/13/2026(LCO)Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/20/26 12:00 PM
 4/1/2026(LCO)Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office
 3/30/2026(FIN)Joint Favorable
 3/23/2026Public Hearing 03/27
 3/20/2026Referred to Joint Committee on Finance, Revenue and Bonding
 3/19/2026Drafted by Committee
 2/13/2026(FIN)Vote to Draft
 2/4/2026Referred to Joint Committee on Finance, Revenue and Bonding

Co-sponsors of SB-1

Sen. Martin M. Looney, 11th Dist.
Sen. Bob Duff, 25th Dist.
Sen. Saud Anwar, 3rd Dist.
Sen. Jorge Cabrera, 17th Dist.
Sen. Christine Cohen, 12th Dist.
Sen. Mae Flexer, 29th Dist.
Sen. John W. Fonfara, 1st Dist.
Sen. Sujata Gadkar-Wilcox, 22nd Dist.
Sen. Herron Gaston, 23rd Dist.
Sen. Joan V. Hartley, 15th Dist.
Sen. Jan Hochadel, 13th Dist.
Sen. Paul Honig, 8th Dist.
Sen. Julie Kushner, 24th Dist.
Sen. Matthew L. Lesser, 9th Dist.
Sen. Rick Lopes, 6th Dist.
Sen. Ceci Maher, 26th Dist.
Sen. James J. Maroney, 14th Dist.
Sen. Martha Marx, 20th Dist.
Sen. Douglas McCrory, 2nd Dist.
Sen. Patricia Billie Miller, 27th Dist.
Sen. Norman Needleman, 33rd Dist.
Sen. Catherine A. Osten, 19th Dist.
Sen. MD Rahman, 4th Dist.
Sen. Derek Slap, 5th Dist.
Rep. Nick Gauthier, 38th Dist.
Rep. Nicholas Menapace, 37th Dist.
Rep. Rebecca Martinez, 22nd Dist.
Rep. Travis Simms, 140th Dist.
Rep. Ronald A. Napoli, 73rd Dist.
Rep. Jason Doucette, 13th Dist.
Rep. Amy Morrin Bello, 28th Dist.
Rep. Anne M. Hughes, 135th Dist.
Rep. Michael "MJ" Shannon, 117th Dist.
Rep. Anthony L. Nolan, 39th Dist.
Rep. Aimee Berger-Girvalo, 111th Dist.
Rep. Kaitlyn Shake, 120th Dist.
Rep. Corey P. Paris, 145th Dist.
Rep. Jane M. Garibay, 60th Dist.
Rep. Kara Rochelle, 104th Dist.

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