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An Act making certain appropriations for fiscal year 2026 before final action on the General Appropriation Bill

Filed by Maura T. Healey  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

Became Chapter 8 of the Acts of 2025.

H4237  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD4844

10 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-06-26HouseRead; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
2025-06-30HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2025-06-30HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2025-06-30HouseRules suspended
2025-06-30HouseRead second, ordered to a third reading, rules suspended and read third
2025-06-30HousePassed to be engrossed - 143 YEAS to 1 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 59)
2025-06-30SenateRead, rules suspended, read second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed
2025-06-30HouseEnacted - 144 YEAS to 1 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 60)
2025-06-30SenateEnacted and laid before the Governor
2025-07-01SenateSigned by the Governor, Chapter 8 of the Ats of 2025

2 recorded votes

WhenChamberRoll callQuestionTally
2025-06-30 13:27HouseNo. 59On passing to be engrossed143–1
2025-06-30 13:54HouseNo. 60On passing to be enacted144–1

1 committee vote

Ways and Means (H)  ·  2025-06-30 10:45  ·  H.4237 “An Act making certain appropriations for fiscal year 2026 before final action on the General Appropriation Bill”

favorable · 26

no action · 10

Positions are the four the committee itself records. Reserving a right is not an abstention and no action is not an absence.

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorableWays and Means (H)
Place in ODSteering, Policy and Scheduling (H)
Correctly DrawnBills in the Third Reading (H)

Every action here is as the legislature published it. A bill that drew no recorded vote is the ordinary case: the House records roughly 150 a year.