Massachusetts · Bill 3 · 194th General Court

An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2026 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions, and certain…

  1. Introduced May 5, 2025
  2. In committee May 8, 2025
  3. Passed the Senate Next
  4. Passed the House  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law  

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Senate, May 6, 2025 -- The committee on Senate Ways and Means, to whom was referred the House Bill making appropriations for the fiscal year 2026 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. 4001); reports, recommending that the same…

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Senate, May 6, 2025 -- The committee on Senate Ways and Means, to whom was referred the House Bill making appropriations for the fiscal year 2026 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. 4001); reports, recommending that the same ought to pass with an amendment striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of Senate document numbered 3. (Total Appropriations: $61,327,676,291)

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An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2026 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

Every action

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  1. SenateOrder relative to subject matter adopted
  2. CommitteeReported from the committee on Senate Ways and Means · Senate Committee on Ways and Means
  3. SenateRecommended new text for H4001
  4. SenatePlaced in the Orders of the Day for Tuesday, May 20, 2025 pursuant to an order previously adopted
  5. SenateAmendment #249 (Cyr) adopted -see Roll Call #27 (Yeas 40 to Nays 0)
  6. SenateThe following amendments were considered as one and rejected:1, 15, 20, 23, 27, 39, 40, 52, 55, 70, 83, 91, 105, 118, 124, 128, 135, 136, 143, 150, 155, 171, 179, 180, 205, 226, 245, 248, 262, 265, 266, 267, 269, 270, 275, 281, 282, 283, 284, 285, 286, 287, 288, 289, 291, 292, 293, 304, 305, 307, 308, 310, 314, 320, 321, 326, 330, 338, 339, 341, 343, 347, 353, 354, 357, 358, 363, 365, 371, 382, 386
  7. SenateThe following amendments were considered as one and adopted:2, 17, 24, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 36, 37, 53, 54, 56, 68, 69, 71, 72, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 84, 92, 93, 94, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 104, 106, 107, 108, 111, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 119, 121, 122, 123, 125, 126, 127, 129, 131, 132, 133, 134, 137, 138, 139, 142, 144, 145, 148, 149, 159, 160, 161, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 170, 173, 174, 176, 177, 178, 181, 182, 184, 185, 186, 188, 189, 191, 194, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 218, 227, 228, 231, 232, 236, 247, 280, 306, 325, 329, 331, 332, 333, 334, 335, 340, 342, 344, 346, 349, 350, 351, 359, 360, 361, 362, 366, 367, 368, 369, 370, 372, 374, 375, 379, 380, 381, 384, 385
  8. SenateAmendment #9 (Moore) rejected
  9. SenateAmendment #18 (Rausch) adopted
  10. SenateAmendment #19 (Miranda) adopted
  11. SenateAmendment #21 (Miranda) adopted
  12. SenateAmendment #28 (Miranda) rejected
  13. SenateAmendment #6 (Moore) rejected
  14. SenateAmendment #42 (Gómez) adopted
  15. SenateAmendment #43 (Gómez) adopted
  16. SenateAmendment #46 (Gómez) adopted
  17. SenateAmendment #51 (Keenan) adopted
  18. SenateAmendment #103 (R. Kennedy) adopted
  19. SenateAmendment #141 (O'Connor) rejected
  20. SenateAmendment #152 (Lovely) adopted
  21. SenateAmendment #168 (Edwards) adopted
  22. SenateAmendment #158 (Friedman) adopted
  23. SenateThe following amendments were considered as one and adopted:408, 411, 412, 414, 415, 416, 417, 418, 419, 420, 421, 431, 432, 434, 436, 439, 440, 441, 444, 460, 462, 465, 473, 475, 478, 485, 486, 489, 497, 502, 506, 509, 512, 516, 521, 525, 529, 532, 533, 537, 538, 539, 548, 558, 561, 562, 563, 567, 569, 573, 577, 578, 591, 596
  24. SenateThe following amendments were considered as one and rejected:389, 391, 400, 404, 409, 410, 423, 424, 435, 442, 443, 446, 471, 477, 479, 482, 483, 484, 488, 499, 500, 501, 505, 507, 511, 513, 519, 520, 522, 530, 535, 540, 542, 545, 547, 549, 557, 565, 572, 575, 581, 582, 583, 585, 586, 587, 588, 589, 590, 592, 593, 595, 598, 599
  25. SenateAmendment #175 (Barrett) rejected
  26. SenateAmendment #451 (Collins) adopted
  27. SenateAmendment #452 (Collins) adopted -see Roll Call #28 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0)
  28. SenateAmendment #543 (Fernandes) adopted -see Roll Call #29 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0)
  29. SenateAmendment #523 (DiDomenico) adopted
  30. SenateAmendment #193 (Edwards) adopted
  31. SenateAmendment #201 (Edwards) adopted
  32. SenateAmendment #222 (Miranda) rejected
  33. SenateAmendment #229 (Oliveira) rejected
  34. SenateAmendment #235 (Payano) adopted
  35. SenateAmendment #237 (Lovely) adopted
  36. SenateAmendment #239 (Lovely) adopted
  37. SenateAmendment #240 (Lovely) adopted
  38. SenateAmendment #241 (Lovely) adopted
  39. SenateAmendment #242 (Lovely) adopted
  40. SenateAmendment #264 (Keenan) rejected
  41. SenateAmendment #276 (Gómez) adopted
  42. SenateAmendment #564 (Velis) adopted
  43. SenateAmendment #576 (Velis) adopted
  44. SenateAmendment #279 (Velis) adopted
  45. SenateAmendment #290 (Dooner) rejected
  46. SenateAmendment #294 (Dooner) rejected
  47. SenateAmendment #311 (Dooner) rejected
  48. SenateAmendment #348 (Rausch) adopted
  49. SenateAmendment #405 (Rausch) adopted
  50. SenateAmendment #413 (Miranda) adopted
  51. SenateAmendment #429 (Keenan) adopted
  52. SenateAmendment #430 (Keenan) rejected
  53. SenateAmendment #490 (Cyr) adopted
  54. SenateAmendment #492 (R. Kennedy) adopted
  55. SenateAmendment #493 (R. Kennedy) adopted -see Roll Call #30 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0)
  56. SenateAmendment #459 (Rausch) adopted -see Roll Call #31 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0)
  57. SenateAmendment #383 (Payano) adopted
  58. SenateAmendment #526 (Gómez) adopted
  59. SenateAmendment #355 (Barrett) adopted
  60. SenateAmendment #527 (Gómez) adopted
  61. SenateAmendment #528 (Gómez) adopted
  62. SenateAmendment #531 (Lovely) adopted
  63. SenateAmendment #536 (Friedman) adopted
  64. SenateAmendment #546 (O'Connor) adopted
  65. SenateAmendment #559 (Crighton) adopted
  66. SenateAmendment #568 (Brady) adopted
  67. SenateAmendment #594 (Payano) rejected
  68. SenateAmendment #597 (Driscoll) rejected
  69. SenateAmendment #495 (R. Kennedy) adopted
  70. SenateAmendment #268 (Rausch) adopted
  71. SenateAmendment #62 (Collins) adopted
  72. SenateAmendment #65 (Collins) adopted
  73. SenateAmendment #88 (Collins) adopted
  74. SenateAmendment #120 (Collins) adopted
  75. SenateThe following amendments were considered as one and rejected:602, 608, 614, 626, 627, 633, 640, 641, 642, 643, 644, 652, 653, 654, 655, 657, 659, 661, 663, 667, 668, 669, 672, 676, 679, 680, 683, 688, 694, 697, 698, 700, 701, 705, 707, 708, 709, 710, 712, 714, 719, 732, 736, 740, 741, 742, 744, 746, 747, 771, 773, 778, 801, 802, 805, 807, 808, 815
  76. SenateThe following amendments were considered as one and adopted:609, 620, 621, 625, 631, 632, 634, 635, 638, 647, 649, 650, 660, 664, 666, 675, 677, 678, 682, 684, 690, 691, 695, 696, 699, 704, 706, 711, 713, 721, 723, 725, 726, 733, 735, 737, 738, 748, 750, 754, 762, 763, 768, 777, 779, 780, 783, 789
  77. SenateAmendment #618 (Rausch) adopted
  78. SenateAmendment #648 (Moore) adopted
  79. SenateAmendment #689 (Lovely) adopted
  80. SenateAmendment #693 (Lovely) adopted -see Roll Call #32 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0)
  81. SenateAmendment #702 (Friedman) rejected
  82. SenateAmendment #703 (Mark) rejected
  83. SenateAmendment #724 (Crighton) rejected
  84. SenateAmendment #727 (Crighton) rejected
  85. SenateAmendment #728 (Crighton) rejected
  86. SenateAmendment #729 (Crighton) rejected
  87. SenateAmendment #734 (Velis) adopted
  88. SenateAmendment #753 (Edwards) adopted
  89. SenateAmendment #797 (Crighton) rejected
  90. SenateAmendment #798 (Miranda) rejected
  91. SenateAmendment #804 (Montigny) rejected
  92. SenateAmendment #745 (Dooner) rejected
  93. SenateThe following amendments were considered as one and adopted:819, 822, 823, 825, 827, 828, 830, 833, 835, 836, 845, 849, 851, 861, 862, 864, 875, 879, 880, 881, 882, 883, 885, 886, 888, 889, 891, 895, 896, 899, 901, 906, 907, 915, 916, 920, 921, 922, 926, 927, 928, 929, 930, 937, 938, 940, 941, 942, 943, 944, 945, 948, 950, 952, 965, 966, 967, 969, 970, 972, 973, 974, 975, 976, 977, 979, 980, 981, 982, 983, 984, 985, 986, 987, 988, 989, 990, 992, 994, 995, 996, 997, 998, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015, 1016, 1017, 1018, 1019, 1020, 1021, 1022, 1023, 1025, 1027, 1028, 1029, 1032, 1033, 1034, 1035, 1038, 1039, 1042, 1043, 1044, 1045, 1046, 1049, 1050, 1051, 1053, 1054, 1055, 1058
  94. SenateThe following amendments were considered as one and rejected:832, 840, 841, 842, 850, 857, 859, 860, 877, 893, 894, 897, 898, 902, 903, 904, 905, 909, 910, 913, 914, 917, 918, 931, 933, 939, 946, 947, 949, 951, 968, 1000, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1024, 1026, 1030, 1031, 1037, 1040, 1048, 1057
  95. SenateAmendment #10 (Eldridge) adopted
  96. SenateAmendment #130 (Eldridge) adopted
  97. SenateAmendment #256 (Eldridge) adopted
  98. SenateAmendment #820 (Keenan) adopted
  99. SenateAmendment #846 (Gómez) rejected
  100. SenateAmendment #848 (Gómez) adopted
  101. SenateAmendment #854 (DiDomenico) rejected
  102. SenateAmendment #863 (Edwards) adopted
  103. SenateAmendment #872 (Eldridge) rejected
  104. SenateAmendment #884 (Gómez) adopted
  105. SenateAmendment #887 (Collins) rejected
  106. SenateAmendment #908 (DiDomenico) adopted
  107. SenateAmendment #919 (Montigny) rejected
  108. SenateAmendment #925 (Edwards) rejected
  109. SenateAmendment #932 (Fattman) rejected
  110. SenateAmendment #953 (Fernandes) adopted
  111. SenateAmendment #999 (Keenan) adopted
  112. SenateAmendment #541 (Friedman) adopted -see Roll Call #33 (Yeas 34 to Nays 5)
  113. SenateAmendment #803 (Velis) adopted -see Roll Call #34 (Yeas 40 to Nays 0)
  114. SenateAmendment #476 (Rausch) adopted -see Roll Call #35 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0)
  115. SenateAmendment #95 (Finegold) adopted
  116. SenateAmendment #251 (Moore) rejected
  117. SenateAmendment #428 (Gómez) adopted
  118. SenateAmendment #821 (Rush) rejected
  119. SenateAmendment #508 (E. Kennedy) adopted -see Roll Call #36 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0)
  120. SenateAmendment #491 (Collins) adopted -see Roll Call #37 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0)
  121. SenateAmendment #504 (R. Kennedy) adopted
  122. SenateAmendment #524 (DiDomenico) adopted -see Roll Call #38 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0)
  123. SenateAmendment #574 (Montigny) adopted -see Roll Call #39 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0)
  124. SenateAmendment #615 (Oliveira) adopted
  125. SenateAmendment #616 (Eldridge) rejected
  126. SenateAmendment #646 (Rausch) adopted
  127. SenateAmendment #681 (DiDomenico) rejected
  128. SenateAmendment #743 (Edwards) adopted
  129. SenateAmendment #749 (Oliveira) adopted
  130. SenateAmendment #781 (Collins) rejected
  131. SenateAmendment #1052 (Edwards) adopted
  132. SenateAmendment #890 (Moore) adopted
  133. SenateAmendment #892 (Moore) adopted
  134. SenateAmendment #873 (Moore) adopted
  135. SenateAmendment #1047 (Driscoll) adopted
  136. SenateAmendment #622 (Lewis) adopted
  137. SenateAmendment #324 (Eldridge) adopted -see Roll Call #40 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0)
  138. SenateAmendment #1041 (Driscoll) adopted
  139. SenateAmendment #900 (Collins) adopted
  140. SenateAmendment #90 (Jehlen) rejected
  141. SenateAmendment #187 (Edwards) adopted
  142. SenateAmendment #629 (Gómez) rejected
  143. SenateAmendment #786 (Collins) adopted -see Roll Call #41 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0)
  144. SenateAmendment #837 (Dooner) rejected
  145. SenateAmendment #1036 (Dooner) rejected
  146. SenateAmendment #924 (Montigny) rejected -see Roll Call #42 (Yeas 12 to Nays 28)
  147. SenateThe following amendments were considered as one and adopted:156, 169, 260, 316, 317, 318, 322, 392, 468, 470, 557, 766, 770, 794, 865, 954, 955, 956, 957, 958, 959, 960, 961, 962, 963, 964, 971, 978, 991, 993
  148. SenateThe following amendments were considered as one and rejected:11, 12, 14, 16, 140, 172, 183, 252, 253, 254, 255, 259, 274, 299, 303, 309, 312, 315, 319, 323, 364, 377, 387, 388, 394, 395, 398, 402, 406, 469, 472, 579, 584, 600, 604, 606, 607, 610, 611, 612, 671, 686, 687, 715, 716, 720, 722, 757, 758, 759, 760, 764, 765, 769, 785, 787, 788, 790, 791, 792, 809, 810, 811, 812, 813, 814, 818, 824, 826, 834, 838, 843, 844, 866, 867, 870, 871, 874, 911, 912, 934, 935, 936
  149. SenateAmendment #13 (Tarr) rejected -see Roll Call #43 (Yeas 5 to Nays 34)
  150. SenateAmendment #96 (Tarr) rejected -see Roll Call #44 (Yeas 5 to Nays 34)
  151. SenateAmendment #263 (Tarr) rejected -see Roll Call #45 (Yeas 5 to Nays 34)
  152. SenateAmendment #373 (Tarr) rejected -see Roll Call #46 (Yeas 9 to Nays 30)
  153. SenateAmendment #756 (Tarr) rejected -see Roll Call #47 (Yeas 5 to Nays 34)
  154. SenateAmendment #277 (Tarr) rejected
  155. SenateAmendment #665 (Lewis) adopted
  156. SenateAmendment #250 (Tarr) rejected
  157. SenateAmendment #257 (Tarr) rejected
  158. SenateAmendment #258 (Tarr) rejected
  159. SenateAmendment #261 (Tarr) adopted
  160. SenateAmendment #278 (Tarr) rejected
  161. SenateAmendment #378 (Tarr) rejected
  162. SenateAmendment #393 (Tarr) adopted
  163. SenateAmendment #396 (Tarr) rejected
  164. SenateAmendment #397 (Tarr) rejected
  165. SenateAmendment #401 (Tarr) rejected
  166. SenateAmendment #601 (Tarr) rejected
  167. SenateAmendment #603 (Tarr) rejected
  168. SenateAmendment #605 (Tarr) rejected
  169. SenateAmendment #613 (Tarr) rejected
  170. SenateAmendment #718 (Tarr) adopted
  1. SenateAmendment #793 (Tarr) rejected
  2. SenateAmendment #800 (Tarr) rejected
  3. SenateAmendment #817 (Tarr) rejected
  4. SenateAmendment #761 (Rodrigues) adopted
  5. SenateWays and Means amendment adopted, as amended
  6. SenateReprinted as amended, see S2525
  7. SenateSubstituted as a next text for H4001
  8. SenateSee H4001

Roll calls

21 recorded votes: 21 on the floor, 0 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.

Amendment #924 (Montigny) rejected · Full Senate

Failed 12–28
May 22, 2025 · journal entry
Yes 12 No 28
Democrats: 7 yes, 28 no Republicans: 5 yes, 0 no
How each member voted

Yes · 12

No · 28

Amendment #13 (Tarr) rejected · Full Senate

Failed 5–34
May 22, 2025 · journal entry
Yes 5 No 34
Democrats: 0 yes, 34 no Republicans: 5 yes, 0 no
How each member voted

Yes · 5

No · 34

Amendment #96 (Tarr) rejected · Full Senate

Failed 5–34
May 22, 2025 · journal entry
Yes 5 No 34
Democrats: 0 yes, 34 no Republicans: 5 yes, 0 no
How each member voted

Yes · 5

No · 34

Amendment #263 (Tarr) rejected · Full Senate

Failed 5–34
May 22, 2025 · journal entry
Yes 5 No 34
Democrats: 0 yes, 34 no Republicans: 5 yes, 0 no
How each member voted

Yes · 5

No · 34

Amendment #373 (Tarr) rejected · Full Senate

Failed 9–30
May 22, 2025 · journal entry
Yes 9 No 30
Democrats: 4 yes, 30 no Republicans: 5 yes, 0 no
How each member voted

Yes · 9

No · 30

Amendment #756 (Tarr) rejected · Full Senate

Failed 5–34
May 22, 2025 · journal entry
Yes 5 No 34
Democrats: 0 yes, 34 no Republicans: 5 yes, 0 no
How each member voted

Yes · 5

No · 34

Committee and other votes

DateWhereQuestionResult
May 20, 2025 Full Senate Amendment #249 (Cyr) adopted
Members

Yes · 40

Passed 40–0
May 20, 2025 Full Senate Amendment #452 (Collins) adopted
Members

Yes · 39

Passed 39–0
May 20, 2025 Full Senate Amendment #543 (Fernandes) adopted
Members

Yes · 39

Passed 39–0
May 20, 2025 Full Senate Amendment #493 (R. Kennedy) adopted
Members

Yes · 39

Passed 39–0
May 20, 2025 Full Senate Amendment #459 (Rausch) adopted
Members

Yes · 39

Passed 39–0
May 20, 2025 Full Senate Amendment #693 (Lovely) adopted
Members

Yes · 39

Passed 39–0
May 21, 2025 Full Senate Amendment #541 (Friedman) adopted
Members

Yes · 34

No · 5

Passed 34–5
May 21, 2025 Full Senate Amendment #803 (Velis) adopted
Members

Yes · 40

Passed 40–0
May 21, 2025 Full Senate Amendment #476 (Rausch) adopted
Members

Yes · 39

Passed 39–0
May 21, 2025 Full Senate Amendment #508 (E. Kennedy) adopted
Members

Yes · 39

Passed 39–0
May 21, 2025 Full Senate Amendment #491 (Collins) adopted
Members

Yes · 39

Passed 39–0
May 21, 2025 Full Senate Amendment #524 (DiDomenico) adopted
Members

Yes · 39

Passed 39–0
May 21, 2025 Full Senate Amendment #574 (Montigny) adopted
Members

Yes · 39

Passed 39–0
May 21, 2025 Full Senate Amendment #324 (Eldridge) adopted
Members

Yes · 39

Passed 39–0
May 22, 2025 Full Senate Amendment #786 (Collins) adopted
Members

Yes · 39

Passed 39–0

Sponsors

The 0 members who introduced it.

  • SC Senate Committee on Ways and Means Sponsoring committee

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