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H5534 • 2025

An Act making certain appropriations for fiscal year 2027 before final action on the General Appropriation Bill

An Act making certain appropriations for fiscal year 2027 before final action on the General Appropriation Bill

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Enacted

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

Sponsor
Healey, Maura T.
Last action
2026-07-30
Official status
Signed by the Governor, Chapter 115 of the Acts of 2026
Effective date
Not listed

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An Act making certain appropriations for fiscal year 2027 before final action on the General Appropriation Bill

An Act making certain appropriations for fiscal year 2027 before final action on the General Appropriation Bill

What This Bill Does

  • An Act making certain appropriations for fiscal year 2027 before final action on the General Appropriation Bill

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Bill History

  1. 2026-07-30 Executive

    Signed by the Governor, Chapter 115 of the Acts of 2026

  2. 2026-06-29 House

    Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling

  3. 2026-06-29 House

    Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting

  4. 2026-06-29 House

    Rules suspended

  5. 2026-06-29 House

    Read second, ordered to a third reading, rules suspended, read third and passed to be engrossed

  6. 2026-06-29 Senate

    Read, rules suspended, read second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed

  7. 2026-06-29 House

    Enacted

  8. 2026-06-29 Senate

    Enacted and laid before the Governor

  9. 2026-06-24 House

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

Official Summary Text

An Act making certain appropriations for fiscal year 2027 before final action on the General Appropriation Bill

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Bill H.5534

SECTION 1.

Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the amount of $7,703,000,000 is hereby appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, to meet necessary obligations before the enactment of the general appropriation act for that fiscal year, for the maintenance and operations of the various departments, boards, commissions and institutions, including federal grant and Intragovernmental Service Fund expenditures, for other necessary services and for meeting certain requirements of law. This appropriation shall cease to be operative on the effective date of the general appropriation act and all actions taken under this section shall apply against that general appropriation act. All expenditures made under this section shall be consistent with appropriations made in the general appropriation act.

SECTION 2.

The state treasurer shall make advance payments for some or all of periodic local reimbursement or assistance programs to any city, town, regional school district or independent agricultural and technical school that demonstrates an emergency cash shortfall, as certified by the commissioner of revenue and approved by the secretary of administration and finance, pursuant to guidelines issued by the secretary.

SECTION 3.

Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, unexpended balances of all capital accounts which otherwise would revert on June 30, 2026 but which are necessary to fund obligations during fiscal year 2027 are hereby reauthorized; provided, however, that the reauthorization shall terminate upon enactment of a capital account extension law.

SECTION 4.

This act shall take effect on June 30, 2026.

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