# Massachusetts H 5348: An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2026 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects

Massachusetts H 5348, An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2026 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 2026-04-06 (Signed by the Governor, Chapter 55 of the Acts of 2026) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Massachusetts H 5348
- State: Massachusetts
- Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026)
- Title: An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2026 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-04-06
- Last action: 2026-04-06, Signed by the Governor, Chapter 55 of the Acts of 2026
- 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: 1 (28 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Extra funding for state worker health insurance: benefit, low. 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 th…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: House Committee on Ways and Means

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-04-06 | committee | 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 | pass | 28 | 0 |   |

## Actions (12)

- 2026-04-06: Signed by the Governor, Chapter 55 of the Acts of 2026
- 2026-04-06: Enacted and laid before the Governor (Senate)
- 2026-04-06: Enacted (House)
- 2026-04-06: Emergency preamble adopted (Senate)
- 2026-04-06: Emergency preamble adopted (House)
- 2026-04-06: Read, rules suspended, read second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed (Senate)
- 2026-04-06: Read second, ordered to a third reading, rules suspended, read third and passed to be engrossed (House)
- 2026-04-06: Rules suspended (House)
- 2026-04-06: Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Ordersof the Day for the next sitting (House)
- 2026-04-06: Committee recommended ought to pass and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling (House)
- 2026-04-06: Reported on a part of H5050 (House)
- 2026-04-06: Reported by the committee on House Ways and Means (House)

## Bill text

- Chapter 55 of the Acts of 2026, 2026-04-06: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H5348.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 4755: An Act amending the means tested senior citizen property tax exemption in the town of Sudbury (signed)
- 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)

## Sources
- [Chapter 55 of the Acts of 2026 (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H5348.pdf)

## Related
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- [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 4755: An Act amending the means tested senior citizen property tax exemption in the t…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H4755-194)
- [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)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5348-194 (as of 2026-11-01).