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An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2027 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions, and certain activiti... Senate, May 5, 2026 -- Text of the Senate amendment (Ways and Means) to the House Bill making appropriations for the fiscal year 2027 for the maintenance of the departments ...

An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2027 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions, and certain activiti... Senate, May 5, 2026 -- Text of the Senate amendment (Ways and Means) to the House Bill making appropriations for the fiscal year 2027 for the maintenance of the departments ...

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Last action
2026-05-19
Official status
Amendment #304 (Dooner) rejected
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An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2027 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions, and certain activiti... Senate, May 5, 2026 -- Text of the Senate amendment (Ways and Means) to the House Bill making appropriations for the fiscal year 2027 for the maintenance of the departments ...

An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2027 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions, and certain activiti...

What This Bill Does

  • An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2027 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions, and certain activiti...
  • Senate, May 5, 2026 -- Text of the Senate amendment (Ways and Means) to the House Bill making appropriations for the fiscal year 2027 for the maintenance of the departments ...
  • Senate, May 5, 2026 -- Text of the Senate amendment (Ways and Means) to the House Bill 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 (House, No.
  • 5501)

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Bill History

  1. 2026-05-19 Senate

    The following amendments were considered as one and adopted:1, 16, 19, 20, 22, 23, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32, 40, 46, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 59, 60, 64, 65, 66, 69, 71, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 90, 92, 93, 95, 97, 99, 100, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 136, 137, 138, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 152, 153, 154, 157, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 171, 172, 173, 175, 176, 180, 181, 182, 184, 185, 187, 188, 196, 197, 201, 212, 224, 235, 237, 239, 261, 263, 264, 270, 271, 275, 277, 299, 303, 305, 307, 309, 315, 327, 329, 330, 333, 334, 337, 339, 340, 341, 342, 346, 349, 351, 352, 353, 354, 356, 357, 362, 364, 367, 369, 371, 379, 400, 403, 408, 410, 412, 415, 418, 419, 425, 430, 431, 432, 437, 440, 441, 445, 450, 451, 452, 453, 456, 462, 463, 467, 468, 473, 474, 476, 477, 478, 480, 481, 482, 483, 484, 485, 487, 488, 503, 506, 508, 509, 514, 516, 517, 520, 522, 527, 542, 543, 548, 550, 552, 553, 556, 560, 567

  2. 2026-05-19 Senate

    The following amendments were considered as one and rejected: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 15, 17, 24, 25, 31, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 45, 61, 62, 67, 68, 73, 74, 75, 82, 85, 86, 87, 88, 98, 101, 110, 121, 133, 141, 150, 169, 170, 174, 177, 243, 246, 249, 250, 251, 253, 254, 256, 258, 260, 262, 265, 266, 267, 272, 273, 274, 276, 279, 280, 284, 285, 294, 300, 312, 314, 317, 320, 322, 324, 336, 338, 348, 350, 363, 387, 389, 390, 395, 396, 397, 401, 406, 407, 411, 414, 421, 422, 424, 433, 435, 443, 448, 455, 457, 461, 466, 469, 470, 472, 479, 486, 498, 512, 513, 515, 519, 521, 524, 525, 526, 528, 544, 549, 564, 565, 566, 572, 573, 579

  3. 2026-05-19 Senate

    Amendment #44 (Eldridge) adopted

  4. 2026-05-19 Senate

    Amendment #72 (Gómez) adopted

  5. 2026-05-19 Senate

    Amendment #83 (Gómez) adopted

  6. 2026-05-19 Senate

    Amendment #84 (Gómez) adopted

  7. 2026-05-19 Senate

    Amendment #423 (Velis) adopted -see Roll Call #159 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0)

  8. 2026-05-19 Senate

    Amendment #91 (Miranda) rejected

  9. 2026-05-19 Senate

    Amendment #134 (Payano) adopted

  10. 2026-05-19 Senate

    Amendment #151 (Lovely) adopted

  11. 2026-05-19 Senate

    Amendment #179 (Rausch) adopted -see Roll Call #160 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0)

  12. 2026-05-19 Senate

    Amendment #426 (Velis) adopted -see Roll Call #161 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0)

  13. 2026-05-19 Senate

    Amendment #530 (Kennedy) adopted -see Roll Call #162 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0)

  14. 2026-05-19 Senate

    Amendment #454 (Gómez) adopted

  15. 2026-05-19 Senate

    Amendment #510 (Oliveira) rejected

  16. 2026-05-19 Senate

    Amendment #511 (Creem) adopted -see Roll Call #163 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0)

  17. 2026-05-19 Senate

    Amendment #541 (DiDomenico) adopted

  18. 2026-05-19 Senate

    Amendment #255 (Eldridge) rejected

  19. 2026-05-19 Senate

    Amendment #288 (DiDomenico) rejected

  20. 2026-05-19 Senate

    Amendment #301 (Dooner) rejected

  21. 2026-05-19 Senate

    Amendment #304 (Dooner) rejected

  22. 2026-05-05 Senate

    Reported from the committee on Senate Ways and Means

  23. 2026-05-05 Senate

    Recommended new text for H5501

  24. 2026-05-05 Senate

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

  25. 2026-05-04 Senate

    Order relative to subject matter adopted

Official Summary Text

An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2027 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions, and certain activiti... Senate, May 5, 2026 -- Text of the Senate amendment (Ways and Means) to the House Bill making appropriations for the fiscal year 2027 for the maintenance of the departments ...
Senate, May 5, 2026 -- Text of the Senate amendment (Ways and Means) to the House Bill 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 (House, No. 5501)

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