Massachusetts · Bill 4530 · 194th General Court

An Act making appropriations for fiscal year 2025 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and…

H 4530 Sponsored by House Committee on Ways and Means Became law

  1. Introduced Sep 17, 2025
  2. In committee Sep 17, 2025
  3. Passed the House Sep 17, 2025
  4. Passed the Senate Sep 18, 2025
  5. To the governor Sep 18, 2025
  6. Became law Sep 22, 2025

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

An Act making appropriations for fiscal year 2025 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects

Every action

17 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

Show the 9 earlier steps
  1. CommitteeReported by the committee on House Ways and Means · House Committee on Ways and Means
  2. HouseReported on a part of H4003
  3. CommitteeCommittee recommended ought to pass and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling · House Committee on Steering, Policy and Scheduling
  4. CommitteeCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting · House Committee on Steering, Policy and Scheduling
  5. HouseRules suspended
  6. HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading
  7. HouseRules suspended
  8. HouseRead third
  9. HousePassed to be engrossed - 148 YEAS to 1 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 73)
  1. SenateRead, rules suspended, read second, ordered to a third reading
  2. SenateRead third
  3. SenatePassed to be engrossed -see Roll Call #70 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0)
  4. HouseEmergency preamble adopted
  5. SenateEmergency preamble adopted
  6. HouseEnacted
  7. SenateEnacted and laid before the Governor
  8. GovernorSigned by the Governor, Chapter 33 of the Acts of 2025

Roll calls

3 recorded votes: 2 on the floor, 1 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.

Passed to be engrossed · Full House

Passed 148–1
Sep 17, 2025 · journal entry
Yes 148 No 1 Not voting 11
Democrats: 128 yes, 0 no Independents: 1 yes, 0 no Republicans: 19 yes, 1 no
How each member voted

Yes · 148

No · 1

Not voting · 11

Passed to be engrossed · Full Senate

Passed 39–0
Sep 18, 2025 · journal entry
Yes 39 No 0
Democrats: 34 yes, 0 no Republicans: 5 yes, 0 no
How each member voted

Yes · 39

Committee and other votes

DateWhereQuestionResult
Sep 16, 2025 House Committee on Ways and Means Committee report: In Part (H.4429 “An Act making appropriations for fiscal year 2025 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects” in part, as amended)
Members

Yes · 31

Not voting · 5

 31–0

Sponsors

The 0 members who introduced it.

  • HC House Committee on Ways and Means Sponsoring committee

From Massachusetts's official records (malegislature.gov/api), checked Nov 14, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.