# Massachusetts H 4000: 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 Massachusetts H 4000, 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, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by House Committee on Ways and Means; status third reading, last action 2025-04-30 (Published as amended, see H4001); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H4000-194 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Massachusetts H 4000 - State: Massachusetts - Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026) - Title: 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 - Status: third reading - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-04-17 - Last action: 2025-04-30, Published as amended, see H4001 - Sponsor: House Committee on Ways and Means - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: House Ways and Means, House Steering, Policy and Scheduling - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 19 (1,588 yes, 1,246 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: House Committee on Ways and Means ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-30 | House | Consolidated amendment G (Labor and Economic Development) adopted | pass | 154 | 3 | | | 2025-04-30 | House | Consolidated amendment F (Energy and Environmental Affairs) adopted | pass | 154 | 3 | | | 2025-04-30 | House | Amendment 404 rejected | fail | 21 | 136 | | | 2025-04-30 | House | Decision of the Chair sustained on appeal | pass | 132 | 25 | | | 2025-04-29 | House | Amendment 311 rejected | fail | 30 | 126 | | | 2025-04-29 | House | Consolidated amendment D (Public Health, Mental Health and Disability Services) adopted | pass | 134 | 21 | | | 2025-04-29 | House | Amendment 409 rejected | fail | 25 | 131 | | | 2025-04-29 | House | Consolidated amendment C (Public Safety, Judiciary and Housing) adopted | pass | 154 | 2 | | | 2025-04-29 | House | Amendment 616 rejected | fail | 26 | 130 | | | 2025-04-29 | House | Amendment 1643 rejected | fail | 26 | 130 | | | 2025-04-29 | House | Amendment 554 rejected | fail | 25 | 131 | | | 2025-04-29 | House | Amendment 417 rejected | fail | 27 | 129 | | | 2025-04-29 | House | Amendment 606 rejected | fail | 27 | 129 | | | 2025-04-29 | House | Consolidated amendment E (Constitutional Officers and State Administration and Transportation) adopted | pass | 154 | 3 | | | 2025-04-28 | House | Ordered to a third reading | pass | 154 | 3 | | | 2025-04-28 | House | Consolidated amendment A (Education and Local Aid, Social Services and Veteran Services and Soldiers' Homes) adopted | pass | 157 | 0 | | | 2025-04-28 | House | Consolidated amendment B (Health and Human Services and Aging and Independence) adopted | pass | 144 | 12 | | | 2025-04-28 | House | Amendment 556 rejected | fail | 25 | 132 | | | 2025-04-16 | committee | Committee In Part: H.1 “An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2026 " | pass | 19 | 0 | 5 | ## Actions (49) - 2025-04-30: Published as amended, see H4001 (House) - 2025-04-30: Consolidated amendment G (Labor and Economic Development) adopted - 154 YEAS to 3 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 47) (House) - 2025-04-30: Consolidated amendment F (Energy and Environmental Affairs) adopted - 154 YEAS to 3 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 46) (House) - 2025-04-30: Amendment 404 rejected - 21 YEAS to 136 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 45) (House) - 2025-04-30: Decision of the Chair sustained on appeal - 132 YEAS to 25 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 44) (House) - 2025-04-30: Amendment 405 laid aside (House) - 2025-04-30: Point of order well taken (House) - 2025-04-30: Amendment 405 pending (House) - 2025-04-30: Amendment 1561 rejected (House) - 2025-04-29: Consolidated amendment E (Constitutional Officers and State Administration and Transportation) adopted - 154 YEAS to 3 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 43) (House) - 2025-04-29: Amendment 409 rejected - 25 YEAS to 131 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 42) (House) - 2025-04-29: Consolidated amendment D (Public Health, Mental Health and Disability Services) adopted - 134 YEAS to 21 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 41) (House) - 2025-04-29: Amendment 1585 rejected (House) - 2025-04-29: Consolidated amendment C (Public Safety, Judiciary and Housing) adopted - 154 YEAS to 2 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 40) (House) - 2025-04-29: Amendment 311 rejected - 30 YEAS to 126 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 39) (House) - 2025-04-29: Amendment 606 rejected - 27 YEAS to 129 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 38) (House) - 2025-04-29: Amendment 417 rejected - 27 YEAS to 129 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 37) (House) - 2025-04-29: Amendment 403 laid aside (House) - 2025-04-29: Point of order well taken (House) - 2025-04-29: Amendment 403 pending (House) - 2025-04-29: Amendment 554 rejected - 25 YEAS to 131 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 36) (House) - 2025-04-29: Amendment 1643 rejected - 26 YEAS to 130 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 35) (House) - 2025-04-29: Amendment 616 rejected - 26 YEAS to 130 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 34) (House) - 2025-04-28: Consolidated amendment B (Health and Human Services and Aging and Independence) adopted - 144 YEAS to 12 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 33) (House) - 2025-04-28: Consolidated amendment A (Education and Local Aid, Social Services and Veteran Services and Soldiers' Homes) adopted - 157 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 32) (House) - 2025-04-28: Further amendment adopted, precluding vote (House) - 2025-04-28: Amendment 348 pending (House) - 2025-04-28: Read third (House) - 2025-04-28: Rules suspended (House) - 2025-04-28: Ordered to a third reading - 154 YEAS to 3 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 31) (House) - 2025-04-28: Amendment 556 rejected - 25 YEAS to 132 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 30) (House) - 2025-04-28: Amendment 1591 rejected (House) - 2025-04-28: Amendment 1590 rejected (House) - 2025-04-28: Amendment 1589 rejected (House) - 2025-04-28: Amendment 1588 rejected (House) - 2025-04-28: Amendment 1587 rejected (House) - 2025-04-28: Amendment 1583 rejected (House) - 2025-04-28: Amendment 423 rejected (House) - 2025-04-28: Amendment 421 rejected (House) - 2025-04-28: Amendment 406 rejected (House) - 2025-04-28: Amendment 418 rejected (House) - 2025-04-28: Amendment 420 rejected (House) - 2025-04-17: Further action postponed until Monday, April 28, 2025 (House) - 2025-04-17: Read second (House) - 2025-04-17: Rules suspended (House) - 2025-04-17: Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting (House) - 2025-04-17: Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling (House) - 2025-04-17: Reported on a part of H1 (House) - 2025-04-17: Reported from the committee on House Ways and Means (House) ## Bill text - As Filed: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4000.pdf) ## Related bills - H 4585: An Act authorizing the town of Auburn to offer expanded senior property tax abatements (signed) - H 5435: An Act authorizing the town of Topsfield to continue to employment of police chief Neal Hovey (passed senate) - H 5515: An Act to increase the value of estates eligible for abatements pursuant to M.G.L. chapter 59, section 5, clauses seventeenth D and forty-first C in the town o… (passed house) - 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