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MassachusettsH 5348194th General Court (2025-2026)HouseWALLET

An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2026 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects

Sponsored By: House Committee on Ways and Means

Signed by Governor

House Ways and MeansHouse Steering, Policy and Scheduling

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

Extra funding for state worker health insurance

The state provides $300 million to the Group Insurance Commission for fiscal year 2026. This money helps pay health plan premiums and other plan costs for state employees, retirees, and other people in GIC plans. The funds are available through June 30, 2026. Money comes from the General Fund or the Transitional Escrow Fund.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • House Committee on Ways and Means

    Affiliation unavailable

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 28 • No: 0

committee vote • 4/6/2026

Committee In Part: H.5050 “An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2026 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for responding to recent federal actions in part, as amended

Yes: 28 • No: 0 • Other: 6

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor, Chapter 55 of the Acts of 2026

    4/6/2026

  2. Enacted and laid before the Governor

    4/6/2026Senate

  3. Enacted

    4/6/2026House

  4. Emergency preamble adopted

    4/6/2026Senate

  5. Emergency preamble adopted

    4/6/2026House

  6. Read, rules suspended, read second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed

    4/6/2026Senate

  7. Read second, ordered to a third reading, rules suspended, read third and passed to be engrossed

    4/6/2026House

  8. Rules suspended

    4/6/2026House

  9. Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Ordersof the Day for the next sitting

    4/6/2026House

  10. Committee recommended ought to pass and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling

    4/6/2026House

  11. Reported on a part of H5050

    4/6/2026House

  12. Reported by the committee on House Ways and Means

    4/6/2026House

Bill Text

  • Chapter 55 of the Acts of 2026

    4/6/2026

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