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H4240 • 2025

An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2026 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions and certain activities of the Commonwealth, for interest, sinking fund and serial bond requirements, and for certain permanent improvements

An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2026 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions and certain activities of the Commonwealth, for interest, sinking fund and serial bond requirements, and for certain permanent improvements

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Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
FY26 Budget
Last action
2025-10-23
Official status
Item 4000-0051 passed over veto -see Roll Call #78 (Yeas 35 to Nays 3)
Effective date
Not listed

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An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2026 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions and certain activities of the Commonwealth, for interest, sinking fund and serial bond requirements, and for certain permanent improvements

An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2026 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions and certain activities of the Commonwealth, for interest, sinking fund and serial bond requirements, and for certain permanent improvements

What This Bill Does

  • An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2026 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions and certain activities of the Commonwealth, for interest, sinking fund and serial bond requirements, and for certain permanent improvements

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Bill History

  1. 2025-10-23 Senate

    Item 0330-0300 passed over veto -see Roll Call #75 (Yeas 35 to Nays 3)

  2. 2025-10-23 Senate

    Item 1231-1000 passed over veto -see Roll Call #76 (Yeas 38 to Nays 0)

  3. 2025-10-23 Senate

    Item 2810-0100 passed over veto -see Roll Call #77 (Yeas 37 to Nays 1)

  4. 2025-10-23 Senate

    Item 4000-0051 passed over veto -see Roll Call #78 (Yeas 35 to Nays 3)

  5. 2025-10-08 House

    The following items and sections severally reported from committee on House Ways and Means recommending, in each instance, that the action of the General Court stand; and the items and sections severally were referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling

  6. 2025-10-08 House

    Committee reported, in each instance, that the matter be scheduled for consideration; and Rule 7A suspended, in each instance

  7. 2025-10-08 House

    Item 0330-0300 passed over veto - 132 YEAS to 23 NAYS ( See YEA and NAY No. 74 )

  8. 2025-10-08 House

    Item 1231-1000 passed over veto - 143 YEAS to 11 NAYS ( See YEA and NAY No. 75 )

  9. 2025-10-08 House

    Item 2810-0100 passed over veto - 151 YEAS to 3 NAYS ( See YEA and NAY No. 76 )

  10. 2025-10-08 House

    Item 4000-0051 passed over veto - 133 YEAS to 22 NAYS ( See YEA and NAY No. 77 )

  11. 2025-07-10 House

    For message, see H4250

  12. 2025-07-10 House

    For actions on the section returned with recommendations of amendments, see H4248 for sections 20, 23 and 110

  13. 2025-07-10 House

    For actions on the section returned with recommendations of amendments, see H4249 for section 29

  14. 2025-07-04 Executive

    Signed (in part) by the Governor, Chapter 9 of the Acts of 2025

  15. 2025-07-04 House

    Governor returned to the House with vetoes and amendments to certain sections

  16. 2025-06-30 House

    Reported from the committee of conference

  17. 2025-06-30 House

    Reported on a part of H4001

  18. 2025-06-30 House

    Referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling

  19. 2025-06-30 House

    Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting, the question being on acceptance

  20. 2025-06-30 House

    Committee of conference report accepted - 139 YEAS to 6 NAYS ( See YEA and NAY No. 61 )

  21. 2025-06-30 Senate

    Committee of conference report accepted, in concurrence -see Roll Call #58 (Yeas 38 to Nays 2)

  22. 2025-06-30 House

    Emergency preamble adopted

  23. 2025-06-30 Senate

    Emergency preamble adopted

  24. 2025-06-30 House

    Enacted - 139 YEAS to 6 NAYS ( See YEA and NAY No. 62 )

  25. 2025-06-30 Senate

    Enacted and laid before the Governor

Official Summary Text

An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2026 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions and certain activities of the Commonwealth, for interest, sinking fund and serial bond requirements, and for certain permanent improvements

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Bill H.4240

SECTION 1. To provide for the operations of the several departments, boards, commissions and institutions of the commonwealth and other services of the commonwealth and for certain permanent improvements and to meet certain requirements of law, the sums set forth in this act, for the several purposes and subject to the conditions specified, are hereby appropriated from the General Fund unless specifically designated otherwise, subject to the laws regulating the disbursement of public funds and the approval thereof for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026. All sums appropriated under this act, including supplemental and deficiency budgets, shall be expended in a manner reflecting and encouraging a policy of nondiscrimination and equal opportunity for members of minority groups, women and persons with a disability. All officials and employees of an agency, board, department, commission or division receiving funds under this act shall take affirmative steps to ensure equality of opportunity in the internal affairs of state government and in their relations with the public, including those persons and organizations doing business with the commonwealth. Each agency, board, department, commission and division of the commonwealth, in spending appropriated sums and discharging its statutory responsibilities, shall adopt measures to ensure equal opportunity in the areas of hiring, promotion, demotion or transfer, recruitment, layoff or termination, rates of compensation, in-service or apprenticeship training programs and all other terms and conditions of employment.

SECTION 1A. In accordance with Articles LXIII and CVII of the Articles of Amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth and section 6D of chapter 29 of the General Laws, it is hereby declared that the amounts of revenue set forth in this section, by source, for the respective funds of the commonwealth for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026 are necessary and sufficient to provide the means to defray the appropriations and expenditures from such funds for fiscal year 2026 as set forth and authorized in this act. The comptroller shall keep a distinct account of actual receipts from each such source by each such fund to furnish the executive office for administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means with quarterly statements comparing those receipts with the projected receipts set forth in this section and shall include a full statement comparing the actual and projected receipts in the annual report for fiscal year 2026 pursuant to section 12 of chapter 7A of the General Laws. The quarterly and annual reports shall also include detailed statements of any other sources of revenue for the budgeted funds in addition to those specified in this section.

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