# Massachusetts H 4001: 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 4001, 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 no sponsor on record; status passed senate, last action 2025-06-30 (Reported, in part, by H4240); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H4001-194 - 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 4001 - 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: passed senate - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-04-30 - Last action: 2025-06-30, Reported, in part, by H4240 - Sponsors: no sponsor on record - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: Senate Ways and Means - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 2 (167 yes, 6 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - (none) ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-05-06 | committee | Committee Favorable with Amendment: Ought to pass with an amendment - New Text | pass | 16 | 0 | 2 | | 2025-04-30 | House | Passed to be engrossed | pass | 151 | 6 | | ## Actions (19) - 2025-06-30: Reported, in part, by H4240 (House) - 2025-05-29: Committee of conference appointed (Rodrigues-Comerford-O'Connor), in concurrence (Senate) - 2025-05-29: Senate insisted on its amendment (Senate) - 2025-05-29: Rules suspended (Senate) - 2025-05-29: Committee of conference appointed - (Michlewitz-Ferrante-Smola) (House) - 2025-05-29: House NON-concurred in the Senate amendment (House) - 2025-05-29: Rules suspended (House) - 2025-05-22: Passed to be engrossed -see Roll Call #48 (Yeas 38 to Nays 2) (Senate) - 2025-05-22: Read third (Senate) - 2025-05-22: Ordered to a third reading (Senate) - 2025-05-22: Reprinted, as amended, see S2525 (Senate) - 2025-05-22: Amended by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of S3 (Senate) - 2025-05-20: Read second (Senate) - 2025-05-08: Placed in the Orders of the Day for Tuesday, May 20, 2025 pursuant to an order previously adopted (Senate) - 2025-05-08: Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of S3 (Senate) - 2025-05-05: Order relative to subject matter adopted (Senate) - 2025-05-05: Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means (Senate) - 2025-04-30: Passed to be engrossed - 151 YEAS to 6 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 48) (House) - 2025-04-30: H4000, published as amended (House) ## Bill text - Passed to be engrossed, 2025-05-22: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4001.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) - H 3909: An Act authorizing the Provincetown year-round market rate rental housing trust to acquire year-round housing occupancy restrictions (signed) - H 5429: An Act providing injured on duty compensation to Chelmsford firefighter Nicholas Spinale (second reading) - H 5520: An Act exempting George Patrinos from the maximum age requirement age for the position of firefighter in the town of Dudley (signed) ## Sources - [Passed to be engrossed (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4001.pdf) ## Related - [H 4585: An Act authorizing the town of Auburn to offer expanded senior property tax aba…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H4585-194) - [H 5435: An Act authorizing the town of Topsfield to continue to employment of police ch…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5435-194) - [H 5515: An Act to increase the value of estates eligible for abatements pursuant to M.G…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5515-194) - [H 3909: An Act authorizing the Provincetown year-round market rate rental housing trust…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H3909-194) - [H 5429: An Act providing injured on duty compensation to Chelmsford firefighter Nichola…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5429-194) - [H 5520: An Act exempting George Patrinos from the maximum age requirement age for the p…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5520-194) - [Massachusetts bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/massachusetts/bills) - [Massachusetts state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/massachusetts) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H4001-194 (as of 2026-11-01).