# Massachusetts H 5700: 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 5700, 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 no sponsor on record; status passed senate, last action 2026-10-29 (Placed in the Orders of the Day for Thursday, November 5, 2026) (as of 2026-11-04).

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## Facts
- Bill: Massachusetts H 5700
- 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: passed senate
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-10-21
- Last action: 2026-10-29, Placed in the Orders of the Day for Thursday, November 5, 2026
- Sponsors: no sponsor on record
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Senate Ways and Means
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 2 (168 yes, 0 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-10-29 | committee | Committee Favorable with Amendment: Ought to pass with an amendment - New Text | pass | 16 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026-10-21 | House | Passed to be engrossed | pass | 152 | 0 |   |

## Actions (6)

- 2026-10-29: Placed in the Orders of the Day for Thursday, November 5, 2026 (Senate)
- 2026-10-29: Order relative to subject matter adopted (Senate)
- 2026-10-29: Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of S3290 (Senate)
- 2026-10-26: Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means (Senate)
- 2026-10-21: Passed to be engrossed - 152 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 275) (House)
- 2026-10-21: H5699, published as amended (House)

## Bill text

- Passed to be engrossed, 2026-10-21: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H5700.pdf)

## Related bills

- H 5685: An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Carry Shulock-Sexton, an employee of the department of agricultural resources (signed)
- H 5435: An Act authorizing the town of Topsfield to continue to employment of police chief Neal Hovey (passed senate)
- S 3139: An Act authorizing the town of Medfield to continue the employment of David O'Toole as deputy fire chief (signed)
- 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)

## Sources
- [Passed to be engrossed (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H5700.pdf)

## Related
- [H 5685: An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Carry Shulock-Sexton, an employee of…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5685-194)
- [H 5435: An Act authorizing the town of Topsfield to continue to employment of police ch…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5435-194)
- [S 3139: An Act authorizing the town of Medfield to continue the employment of David O'T…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-S3139-194)
- [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)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5700-194 (as of 2026-11-04).