# Massachusetts H 58: An Act making appropriations for fiscal year 2025 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects Massachusetts H 58, An Act making appropriations for fiscal year 2025 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 signed, last action 2025-02-28 (Signed by the Governor, Chapter 1 of the Acts of 2025); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H58-194 - 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 58 - State: Massachusetts - Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026) - Title: An Act making appropriations for fiscal year 2025 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-02-06 - Last action: 2025-02-28, Signed by the Governor, Chapter 1 of the Acts of 2025 - Sponsors: no sponsor on record - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: Bills in the Third Reading - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 3 (381 yes, 72 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 7 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Emergency shelter gets $425 million boost: benefit, high. The law provides $425 million from the Transitional Escrow Fund for safe shelter and services for unhoused families. Money is available through June 30, 2026. The finance secretary can move funds to state agencies and to the Workforce Competitiveness Trust Fund. Families may use temporary respite s… - Shelter placements aim within 20 miles: benefit, low. The agency makes best efforts to place your family within 20 miles of your home community. If that is not practical, you can be placed farther away. - Shelter capacity capped at 4,000 families: cost, high. From December 31, 2025 through December 31, 2026, the emergency shelter system can serve at most 4,000 families statewide. When the cap is reached, new families can face a waitlist or go without shelter. - Tighter income and residency rules for shelter: cost, high. Families become ineligible if monthly income is over 200% of the federal poverty level for three months in a row. Benefits are limited to families made up only of Massachusetts residents who are U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents, or permanently residing under color of law. A family can stil… - Background checks and stricter verification for shelter: mixed, medium. All adult applicants must disclose any non-sealed convictions, and the agency gets criminal record info before placement. Failure to disclose or to complete these checks makes the adult ineligible and can end household benefits. Before placement, the agency verifies identity, Massachusetts residenc… - Six-month shelter limit with hardship extensions: mixed, medium. Families with children or a pregnant woman can get emergency shelter for up to six consecutive months. The secretary must extend time when a household shows hardship, including if it includes a qualified veteran not in veteran services, a child under six, an imminent domestic-violence risk, or a do… - Competitive bidding for shelter service contracts: mixed, medium. Any services paid with emergency housing funds for families or pregnant women must go through competitive bidding. Providers face standard bids instead of no-bid or one-off deals. Some firms gain chances to win work; others can lose renewals. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - (none) ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-02-26 | House | Enacted | pass | 127 | 23 | | | 2025-02-25 | House | House concurred in the Senate amendment with a further amendment, see text of House document numbered 61 | pass | 128 | 23 | | | 2025-02-06 | House | Passed to be engrossed | pass | 126 | 26 | | ## Actions (25) - 2025-02-28: Signed by the Governor, Chapter 1 of the Acts of 2025 - 2025-02-26: Laid before the Governor (Senate) - 2025-02-26: Enacted - see Roll Call #25 (Yeas 32 to Nays 7) (Senate) - 2025-02-26: Enacted - 127 YEAS to 23 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 25) (House) - 2025-02-26: Emergency preamble adopted (Senate) - 2025-02-26: Emergency preamble adopted (House) - 2025-02-26: Motion to reconsider prevailed (House) - 2025-02-26: Emergency preamble adopted (House) - 2025-02-26: Senate concurred with the House further amendment (Senate) - 2025-02-26: Rules suspended (Senate) - 2025-02-25: House concurred in the Senate amendment with a further amendment, see text of House document numbered 61 - 128 YEAS to 23 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 12) (House) - 2025-02-25: Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading (House) - 2025-02-12: Passed to be engrossed -- see Roll Call #16 (Yeas 33 to Nays 6) (Senate) - 2025-02-12: Read third (Senate) - 2025-02-12: Ordered to a third reading (Senate) - 2025-02-12: Reprinted as amended, see S17 (Senate) - 2025-02-12: New text (Rodrigues) adopted, as amended (Senate) - 2025-02-12: Read second (Senate) - 2025-02-10: Placed in the Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 12, 2025 (Senate) - 2025-02-10: Order relative to subject matter adopted (Senate) - 2025-02-10: New text (Rodrigues) pending, see S16 (Senate) - 2025-02-10: Rules suspended (Senate) - 2025-02-10: Read (Senate) - 2025-02-06: Passed to be engrossed - 126 YEAS to 26 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 11) (House) - 2025-02-06: H57, published as amended (House) ## Bill text - Chapter 1 of the Acts of 2025, 2025-02-28: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H58.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 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) - 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 - [Chapter 1 of the Acts of 2025 (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H58.pdf) ## Related - [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 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 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) - [H 5520: An Act exempting George Patrinos from the maximum age requirement age for the p…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5520-194) - [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-H58-194 (as of 2026-11-01).