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H5501 • 2025

An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2027 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 2027 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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Last action
2026-05-07
Official status
Placed in the Orders of the Day for Tuesday, May 19, 2026 pursuant to an order previously adopted
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Plain English Breakdown

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Budget Bill for Commonwealth in 2027

This bill sets the budget for the fiscal year 2027, providing money for departments, boards, commissions, institutions, and certain activities of the commonwealth.

What This Bill Does

  • Sets aside money for the maintenance of government departments in 1927.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Government departments, boards, commissions, and institutions of the commonwealth.

Terms To Know

Maintenance
Keeping something in good condition or working order.
Sinking fund
A fund set aside to repay a debt over time.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify exact amounts for each department, board, commission, institution, and activity.
  • It is unclear how the funds will be distributed among different areas of government.

Bill History

  1. 2026-05-07 Senate

    Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of S4

  2. 2026-05-07 Senate

    Placed in the Orders of the Day for Tuesday, May 19, 2026 pursuant to an order previously adopted

  3. 2026-05-04 Senate

    Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means

  4. 2026-04-29 House

    H5500 , published as amended

  5. 2026-04-29 House

    Passed to be engrossed - 149 YEAS to 9 NAYS ( See YEA and NAY No. 191 )

Official Summary Text

An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2027 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.5501

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