# Massachusetts H 5501: An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2027 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions, and certain activities of the commonwealth, for interest, sinking fund, and serial bond requirements, and for certain permanent improvements

Massachusetts H 5501, An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2027 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions, and certain activities of the commonwealth, for interest, sinking fund, and serial bond requirements, and for certain permanent improvements, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status passed senate, last action 2026-07-01 (Reported, in part, by H5555); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Massachusetts H 5501
- State: Massachusetts
- Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026)
- Title: An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2027 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions, and certain activities of the commonwealth, for interest, sinking fund, and serial bond requirements, and for certain permanent improvements
- Status: passed senate
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-04-29
- Last action: 2026-07-01, Reported, in part, by H5555
- Sponsors: no sponsor on record
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Senate Ways and Means
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 2 (165 yes, 9 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- (none)

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-05-05 | committee | Committee Favorable with Amendment: Ought to pass with an amendment - New Text | pass | 16 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026-04-29 | House | Passed to be engrossed | pass | 149 | 9 |   |

## Actions (18)

- 2026-07-01: Reported, in part, by H5555 (House)
- 2026-05-28: Committee of conference appointed (Rodrigues-Comerford-O'Connor), in concurrence (Senate)
- 2026-05-28: Senate insisted on its amendment (Senate)
- 2026-05-28: Rules supended (Senate)
- 2026-05-28: Committee of conference appointed - (Michlewitz-Diggs-Smola) (House)
- 2026-05-28: House NON-concurred in the Senate amendment (House)
- 2026-05-28: Rules suspended (House)
- 2026-05-21: Passed to be engrossed -see Roll Call #185 (Yeas 40 to Nays 0) (Senate)
- 2026-05-21: Read third (Senate)
- 2026-05-21: Ordered to a third reading (Senate)
- 2026-05-21: Reprinted, as amended, see S3100 (Senate)
- 2026-05-21: Amended by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of S4 (Senate)
- 2026-05-19: Read second (Senate)
- 2026-05-07: Placed in the Orders of the Day for Tuesday, May 19, 2026 pursuant to an order previously adopted (Senate)
- 2026-05-07: Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of S4 (Senate)
- 2026-05-04: Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means (Senate)
- 2026-04-29: Passed to be engrossed - 149 YEAS to 9 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 191) (House)
- 2026-04-29: H5500, published as amended (House)

## Bill text

- Passed to be engrossed, 2026-05-21: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H5501.pdf)

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- H 4585: An Act authorizing the town of Auburn to offer expanded senior property tax abatements (signed)
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- H 5429: An Act providing injured on duty compensation to Chelmsford firefighter Nicholas Spinale (second reading)
- H 4755: An Act amending the means tested senior citizen property tax exemption in the town of Sudbury (signed)
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## Sources
- [Passed to be engrossed (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H5501.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5501-194 (as of 2026-11-01).