# Massachusetts H 4530: An Act making appropriations for fiscal year 2025 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects Massachusetts H 4530, An Act making appropriations for fiscal year 2025 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by House Committee on Ways and Means; status signed, last action 2025-09-22 (Signed by the Governor, Chapter 33 of the Acts of 2025) (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H4530-194 - 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 4530 - State: Massachusetts - Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026) - Title: An Act making appropriations for fiscal year 2025 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-09-17 - Last action: 2025-09-22, Signed by the Governor, Chapter 33 of the Acts of 2025 - Sponsor: House Committee on Ways and Means - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: House Ways and Means, House Steering, Policy and Scheduling - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 2 (179 yes, 1 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 3 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Emergency support for community health centers: benefit, medium. The law provides $35 million in one-time support to community health centers. To receive funds, a center must get federal Health Center Program funding (42 U.S.C. 254b) and meet financial‑need criteria set by the secretary in consultation with the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers. A… - More money for the Health Safety Net: benefit, medium. The comptroller transfers $77 million from the Commonwealth Care Trust Fund to the Health Safety Net Trust Fund, as directed by the secretary of administration and finance. This is a one-time move that raises the Health Safety Net balance. The transfer helps pay for hospital and clinic care for low… - One-time aid for struggling hospitals: benefit, medium. The law provides $122 million in one-time payments to fiscally strained acute care hospitals. Private hospitals qualify based on high public‑payer mix, low statewide price, and negative margins, with four pools of at least $20M, $41M, $22M, and $17M. Each eligible private hospital’s share is propor… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: House Committee on Ways and Means ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-09-17 | House | Passed to be engrossed | pass | 148 | 1 | | | 2025-09-16 | committee | Committee In Part: H.4429 “An Act making appropriations for fiscal year 2025 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects” in part, as amended | pass | 31 | 0 | | ## Actions (17) - 2025-09-22: Signed by the Governor, Chapter 33 of the Acts of 2025 - 2025-09-18: Enacted and laid before the Governor (Senate) - 2025-09-18: Enacted (House) - 2025-09-18: Emergency preamble adopted (Senate) - 2025-09-18: Emergency preamble adopted (House) - 2025-09-18: Passed to be engrossed -see Roll Call #70 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0) (Senate) - 2025-09-18: Read third (Senate) - 2025-09-18: Read, rules suspended, read second, ordered to a third reading (Senate) - 2025-09-17: Passed to be engrossed - 148 YEAS to 1 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 73) (House) - 2025-09-17: Read third (House) - 2025-09-17: Rules suspended (House) - 2025-09-17: Read second and ordered to a third reading (House) - 2025-09-17: Rules suspended (House) - 2025-09-17: Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting (House) - 2025-09-17: Committee recommended ought to pass and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling (House) - 2025-09-17: Reported on a part of H4003 (House) - 2025-09-17: Reported by the committee on House Ways and Means (House) ## Bill text - Chapter 33 of the Acts of 2025, 2025-09-22: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4530.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 33 of the Acts of 2025 (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4530.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-H4530-194 (as of 2026-11-01).