House
Jan 21, 2025

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the child tax credit with respect to stillbirths.

Summary

Official

This bill expands the definition of a qualifying child to include a stillborn child for purposes of the child tax credit. (Under current law, taxpayers may claim a tax credit of up $2,000 for each qualifying child.) Under the bill, a stillborn child is an unborn child (1) carried in the womb for a gestational period of 20 weeks or more, and (2) delivered after the spontaneous intrauterine fetal demise of the child.

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Bill has been introduced and assigned a number

Introduced(1/21/25)
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Passed House
Passed Senate
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Law

Sponsor

HG

Mr. Griffith

House (R) Virginia – 9

Latest Action

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Jan 21, 2025

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