Massachusetts legislation · 194th General Court
Massachusetts H3085: An Act providing incentives to the digital interactive media/entertainment industries
Status: In committee, July 6, 2026
What the bill says
From the introduced text, February 27, 2025:
SECTION 1. Subsection (l)(1) of Section 6 of chapter 62 of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding the following definitions:- “Digital interactive media/Interactive Entertainment” means products or platforms that are intended for commercial production, use, or distribution; that contain at least two of the following types of data: text, sound, fixed images, animated images, video, video effects or 3D geometry; and that have all of the following three characteristics: (i)“Digital” means a system that uses discrete (discontinuous) values ordinarily symbolized numerically to represent information for input, processing, transmission, and storage. A digital system would be contrasted with an “analog” system, which uses a continuous range of values to represent information. The term “digital” includes, but is not limited to information input, processed, transmitted and stored via the Internet. (ii)“Interactive” means a digital media system for inputting, processing, transmitting, or storing information or data in which users of the system are able to respond to the digital media system by inputting, transmitting, processing, or storing information or data in response to the information or data provided to them through the digital media system. “Digital media system” means communications delivered via electronic energy where the information stored, transmitted, or received is in digital form. (iii)“Media” means communication tools used to store, transmit, distribute, and deliver information and data. The term …
Sponsors
- Daniel Donahue (D, 16th Worcester) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
- : Reporting date extended to Friday, June 26, 2026
- : Reported date extended to Wednesday, March 18, 2026
- : Reporting date extended to Friday, March 6, 2026
- : Hearing scheduled for 10/28/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-2
- : Senate concurred
- : Referred to the committee on Revenue
Votes
- Committee Vote - Joint Committee on Revenue (June 25, 2026): 9 yea, 0 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is H3085?
- H3085 is a bill in the Massachusetts Legislature (194th General Court): An Act providing incentives to the digital interactive media/entertainment industries.
- What is the status of H3085?
- In committee as of July 6, 2026. Latest action: Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means (July 6, 2026).
- Who sponsored H3085?
- Daniel Donahue (D, 16th Worcester).
- Where is the official record for H3085?
- On the Massachusetts Legislature website: https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H3085
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