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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

Filed by  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

H5501  ·  Bill

18 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2026-04-29HouseH5500, published as amended
2026-04-29HousePassed to be engrossed - 149 YEAS to 9 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 191)
2026-05-04SenateRead; and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
2026-05-07SenateCommittee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of S4
2026-05-07SenatePlaced in the Orders of the Day for Tuesday, May 19, 2026 pursuant to an order previously adopted
2026-05-19SenateRead second
2026-05-21SenateAmended by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of S4
2026-05-21SenateReprinted, as amended, see S3100
2026-05-21SenateOrdered to a third reading
2026-05-21SenateRead third
2026-05-21SenatePassed to be engrossed -see Roll Call #185 (Yeas 40 to Nays 0)
2026-05-28HouseRules suspended
2026-05-28HouseHouse NON-concurred in the Senate amendment
2026-05-28HouseCommittee of conference appointed - (Michlewitz-Diggs-Smola)
2026-05-28SenateRules supended
2026-05-28SenateSenate insisted on its amendment
2026-05-28SenateCommittee of conference appointed (Rodrigues-Comerford-O'Connor), in concurrence
2026-07-01HouseReported, in part, by H5555

1 recorded vote

WhenChamberRoll callQuestionTally
2026-05-21SenateNo. 185Passed to be engrossed -see Roll Call #185 (Yeas 40 to Nays 0)40–0

1 amendments filed

1 adopted

No.TitleMoved byOutcome
Senate 1An 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 improvementsAdopted

1 committee vote

Ways and Means (S)  ·  2026-05-05 13:55  ·  Ought to pass with an amendment - New Text

favorable · 16

reserve right · 2

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
Favorable with AmendmentWays and Means (S)
Accompanied

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.