# Massachusetts H 5534: An Act making certain appropriations for fiscal year 2027 before final action on the General Appropriation Bill Massachusetts H 5534, An Act making certain appropriations for fiscal year 2027 before final action on the General Appropriation Bill, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by Maura T. Healey; status signed, last action 2026-07-30 (Signed by the Governor, Chapter 115 of the Acts of 2026) (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5534-194 - 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 5534 - State: Massachusetts - Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026) - Title: An Act making certain appropriations for fiscal year 2027 before final action on the General Appropriation Bill - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-06-24 - Last action: 2026-07-30, Signed by the Governor, Chapter 115 of the Acts of 2026 - Sponsor: Maura T. Healey - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: House Ways and Means, House Steering, Policy and Scheduling - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 1 (30 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 3 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Temporary funds keep state services running: benefit, high. Beginning June 30, 2026, the state provides $7.703 billion to keep services running into fiscal year 2027. The money pays departments, boards, commissions, and programs. The funding stops once the main state budget takes effect. All spending must match and count against the final budget. - Emergency cash advances for cities and schools: benefit, low. The State Treasurer can pay some or all regular local aid early. Eligible groups include cities, towns, regional school districts, and independent agricultural and technical schools. They must have an emergency cash shortfall. The Commissioner of Revenue must certify it. The Secretary of Administra… - Keeps unspent capital funds for FY2027: benefit, low. Unspent state capital funds that would revert on June 30, 2026 stay available. The balances must be needed to pay fiscal year 2027 obligations. This authority ends when a capital account extension law is enacted. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Maura T. Healey ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-06-29 | committee | Committee Favorable: H.5534 “An Act making certain appropriations for the fiscal year 2027 before final action on the General Appropriation Bill” | pass | 30 | 0 | | ## Actions (9) - 2026-07-30: Signed by the Governor, Chapter 115 of the Acts of 2026 - 2026-06-29: Enacted and laid before the Governor (Senate) - 2026-06-29: Enacted (House) - 2026-06-29: Read, rules suspended, read second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed (Senate) - 2026-06-29: Read second, ordered to a third reading, rules suspended, read third and passed to be engrossed (House) - 2026-06-29: Rules suspended (House) - 2026-06-29: Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting (House) - 2026-06-29: Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling (House) - 2026-06-24: Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means (House) ## Bill text - Chapter 115 of the Acts of 2026, 2026-07-30: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H5534.pdf) ## Related bills - H 5435: An Act authorizing the town of Topsfield to continue to employment of police chief Neal Hovey (passed senate) - H 4585: An Act authorizing the town of Auburn to offer expanded senior property tax abatements (signed) - 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 5520: An Act exempting George Patrinos from the maximum age requirement age for the position of firefighter in the town of Dudley (signed) - 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) ## Sources - [Chapter 115 of the Acts of 2026 (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H5534.pdf) ## Related - [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 4585: An Act authorizing the town of Auburn to offer expanded senior property tax aba…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H4585-194) - [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 5520: An Act exempting George Patrinos from the maximum age requirement age for the p…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5520-194) - [H 5429: An Act providing injured on duty compensation to Chelmsford firefighter Nichola…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5429-194) - [H 4755: An Act amending the means tested senior citizen property tax exemption in the t…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H4755-194) - [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-H5534-194 (as of 2026-11-01).