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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

Reported by FY27 General Appropriation  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

Became Chapter 137 of the Acts of 2026.

H5555  ·  Bill

12 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2026-07-01HouseReported from the committee of conference
2026-07-01HouseReported on a part of H5501
2026-07-01HouseReferred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2026-07-01HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting, the question being on acceptance
2026-07-01HouseCommittee of conference report accepted - 142 YEAS to 6 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 223)
2026-07-01SenateCommittee of conference report accepted, in concurrence
2026-07-01HouseEmergency preamble adopted
2026-07-01SenateEmergency preamble adopted
2026-07-01HouseEnacted - 142 YEAS to 6 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 224)
2026-07-01SenateEnacted -see Roll Call #200 (Yeas 39 to Nays 1)
2026-07-01SenateLaid before the Governor
2026-07-09ExecutiveSigned by the Governor, Chapter 137 of the Acts of 2026

3 recorded votes

WhenChamberRoll callQuestionTally
2026-07-01SenateNo. 200Enacted -see Roll Call #200 (Yeas 39 to Nays 1)39–1
2026-07-01 17:57HouseNo. 223On acceptance of conference report142–6
2026-07-01 19:01HouseNo. 224On Enactment Land Taking142–6

Committee actions

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Compromised Version

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.