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2026 Regular Session

Senate Bill 285

AN ACT PROVIDING A FAMILY CAREGIVER TAX CREDIT.

In the Senate's Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee since March 5, 2026.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To allow a tax credit for eligible expenditures incurred by a family caregiver for the care and support of an eligible family member.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the Senate

8 co-sponsors

Sujata Gadkar-Wilcox, Jeff Gordon, Jan Hochadel, Jason Perillo, Heather S. Somers, Herron Gaston, MD Rahman, Julie Kushner

In the House of Representatives

    28 co-sponsors

    William Heffernan, Kaitlyn Shake, Robin E. Comey, Gary A. Turco Jr., Sarah Keitt, Nicholas Menapace, Jane M. Garibay, Mary Fortier, Daniel Gaiewski, Anne M. Hughes, Laurie Sweet, Michael D. Quinn, Frank Smith, Eleni Kavros DeGraw, Mike Demicco, Aundre Bumgardner, Jillian Gilchrest, Christopher Poulos, Amy Morrin Bello, Michael "MJ" Shannon Jr., Alphonse Paolillo Jr., Mitch Bolinsky, Antonio Felipe, Ronald A. Napoli Jr., Tom Delnicki, Steven Winter, Nick Gauthier, Jaime S. Foster

    Its course

    February 19 to March 6, 2026, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

    Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

    Every action7 actions on 4 days

    In the SenateFrom Feb 19

    Aging CommitteeFeb 19 to Mar 514 days

    Finance, Revenue and Bonding CommitteeFrom Mar 5

    Text

    Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

    l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

    What happened

    In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.

    In the Senate Feb 19 – Mar 5

    1. Feb 19Introduced and sent to Aging Committee
    2. Feb 20Heard in Aging Committee
    3. Mar 5Aging Committee recommended it and sent it to Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee
    All 7 actions, as published
    1. Feb 19REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
    2. Feb 20PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
    3. Mar 5Joint Favorable Change of ReferenceBoth houses
    4. Mar 5FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
    5. Mar 5RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
    6. Mar 6FAV. CHG. OF REF., SEN. TO COMM. ONSenate
    7. Mar 6FAV. CHG. OF REF. HOUSE TO COMM. ONHouse of Representatives