# Massachusetts H 4237: An Act making certain appropriations for fiscal year 2026 before final action on the General Appropriation Bill Massachusetts H 4237, An Act making certain appropriations for fiscal year 2026 before final action on the General Appropriation Bill, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by Maura T. Healey; status signed, last action 2025-07-01 (Signed by the Governor, Chapter 8 of the Ats of 2025) (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H4237-194 - 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 4237 - State: Massachusetts - Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026) - Title: An Act making certain appropriations for fiscal year 2026 before final action on the General Appropriation Bill - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-06-26 - Last action: 2025-07-01, Signed by the Governor, Chapter 8 of the Ats of 2025 - Sponsor: Maura T. Healey - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: House Ways and Means, House Steering, Policy and Scheduling - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 3 (313 yes, 2 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 3 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Interim $7.463B keeps services running: benefit, high. The law provides $7.463 billion for the year ending June 30, 2026. The money keeps state departments and programs operating before the General Appropriation Act takes effect. It stops being operative once that act is effective. All spending under this section must match and count against that act. - Emergency advances for cities and schools: benefit, low. The State Treasurer can pay some or all regular local aid early. Cities, towns, regional school districts, and independent agricultural and technical schools qualify only with an emergency cash shortfall. The Commissioner of Revenue must certify the shortfall, and the Secretary of Administration an… - Keeps capital funds for fiscal 2026: benefit, low. Unspent capital account balances that would revert on June 30, 2025 stay available if needed for fiscal year 2026 obligations. This reauthorization ends when a capital account extension law is enacted. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Maura T. Healey ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-06-30 | House | Enacted | pass | 144 | 1 | | | 2025-06-30 | House | Passed to be engrossed | pass | 143 | 1 | | | 2025-06-30 | committee | Committee Favorable: H.4237 “An Act making certain appropriations for fiscal year 2026 before final action on the General Appropriation Bill” | pass | 26 | 0 | | ## Actions (10) - 2025-07-01: Signed by the Governor, Chapter 8 of the Ats of 2025 (Senate) - 2025-06-30: Enacted and laid before the Governor (Senate) - 2025-06-30: Enacted - 144 YEAS to 1 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 60) (House) - 2025-06-30: Read, rules suspended, read second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed (Senate) - 2025-06-30: Passed to be engrossed - 143 YEAS to 1 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 59) (House) - 2025-06-30: Read second, ordered to a third reading, rules suspended and read third (House) - 2025-06-30: Rules suspended (House) - 2025-06-30: Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting (House) - 2025-06-30: Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling (House) - 2025-06-26: Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means (House) ## Bill text - Enacted by the legislature, 2025-06-30: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4237.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 - [Enacted by the legislature (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4237.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-H4237-194 (as of 2026-11-01).