# Massachusetts H 4307: An Act financing long-term improvements to municipal roads and bridges Massachusetts H 4307, An Act financing long-term improvements to municipal roads and bridges, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by House Committee on Ways and Means; status signed, last action 2025-08-08 (Signed by the Governor, Chapter 17 of the Acts of 2025) (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H4307-194 - 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 4307 - State: Massachusetts - Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026) - Title: An Act financing long-term improvements to municipal roads and bridges - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-07-23 - Last action: 2025-08-08, Signed by the Governor, Chapter 17 of the Acts of 2025 - Sponsor: House Committee on Ways and Means - Cosponsors: 1 - Subjects: House Ways and Means - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 2 (312 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 3 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Major upgrades to bridges, roads, and safety: benefit, high. The law invests $500 million to manage bridge and pavement life cycles, including engineering, repairs, climate resilience, and bike and pedestrian improvements. It provides $200 million to modernize culverts and small bridges under 20 feet, with design and resilience work, in consultation with the… - More aid and faster pay for town roads: mixed, high. The law provides $300 million to build and fix city and town roads. Up to $100 million is split by how many local road miles each community has. MassDOT sends a preliminary notice by March 1 each year, and towns can spend up to that amount without another vote. The state must reimburse towns within… - State borrows $1.185 billion for transportation: mixed, high. The state treasurer may issue bonds up to $300 million for municipal road work and $885 million for other transportation programs. Bonds can run up to 30 years and must be fully paid by June 30, 2065. Payments come from the General Fund or the Commonwealth Transportation Fund. The Governor may ask… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: House Committee on Ways and Means - Cosponsor: Maura T. Healey ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-07-31 | House | Enacted | pass | 156 | 0 | | | 2025-07-23 | House | Passed to be engrossed | pass | 156 | 0 | | ## Actions (18) - 2025-08-08: Signed by the Governor, Chapter 17 of the Acts of 2025 - 2025-07-31: Laid before the Governor (Senate) - 2025-07-31: Enacted -see Roll Call #67 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0) (Senate) - 2025-07-31: Enacted - 156 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 69) (House) - 2025-07-31: Emergency preamble adopted (Senate) - 2025-07-31: Emergency preamble adopted (House) - 2025-07-31: Passed to be engrossed (Senate) - 2025-07-31: Amendment #2 (Finegold) rejected (Senate) - 2025-07-31: Amendment #1 (Keenan) rejected (Senate) - 2025-07-31: Read third (title changed) (Senate) - 2025-07-28: Read, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading (Senate) - 2025-07-23: Passed to be engrossed - 156 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 66) (House) - 2025-07-23: Read third (House) - 2025-07-23: Rules suspended (House) - 2025-07-23: Ordered to a third reading (House) - 2025-07-23: New draft of H4257 (House) - 2025-07-23: Pending new draft of H4257 (House) - 2025-07-23: Reported from the committee on House Ways and Means (House) ## Bill text - Chapter 17 of the Acts of 2025, 2025-08-08: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4307.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 - [Chapter 17 of the Acts of 2025 (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4307.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-H4307-194 (as of 2026-11-01).