# Massachusetts S 2521: An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2025 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects Massachusetts S 2521, An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2025 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by Senate Committee on Ways and Means; status signed, last action 2025-05-29 (Signed by the Governor, Chapter 4 of the Acts of 2025); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-S2521-194 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Massachusetts S 2521 - State: Massachusetts - Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026) - Title: An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2025 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-05-27 - Last action: 2025-05-29, Signed by the Governor, Chapter 4 of the Acts of 2025 - Sponsor: Senate Committee on Ways and Means - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: Senate Ways and Means - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 1 (16 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 2 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - More child care help for low-income families: benefit, medium. The law adds $95,554,342 for child care for families served by the Department of Children and Families (DCF) or the Department of Transitional Assistance (DTA). It also adds $94,015,214 for income‑eligible child care. The Department of Early Education and Care uses this money to support subsidized… - Extra funding for education and transportation: benefit, medium. The law provides extra money for education and transportation programs listed in section 2. The funding is on top of earlier amounts and is available through June 30, 2025. Agencies must follow this act’s rules and public‑fund laws when spending it. This supports ongoing services for students and r… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Senate Committee on Ways and Means ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-05-27 | committee | Committee In Part: Reports (in part) a Bill | pass | 16 | 0 | 2 | ## Actions (17) - 2025-05-29: Signed by the Governor, Chapter 4 of the Acts of 2025 - 2025-05-29: Enacted and laid before the Governor (Senate) - 2025-05-29: Enacted (House) - 2025-05-29: Emergency preamble adopted (Senate) - 2025-05-29: Emergency preamble adopted (House) - 2025-05-29: Read third and passed to be engrossed (House) - 2025-05-29: Rules suspended (House) - 2025-05-29: Read second and ordered to a third reading (House) - 2025-05-29: Rules suspended (House) - 2025-05-29: Passed to be engrossed -see Roll Call #49 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0) (Senate) - 2025-05-29: Read third (Senate) - 2025-05-29: Taken out of the Orders of the Day (Senate) - 2025-05-27: Read second and ordered to a third reading (Senate) - 2025-05-27: Rules suspended (Senate) - 2025-05-27: Committee recommended ought to pass (Senate) - 2025-05-27: Reported on a part of H4151 (Senate) - 2025-05-27: Reported from the committee on Senate Ways and Means (Senate) ## Bill text - Chapter 4 of the Acts of 2025, 2025-05-29: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S2521.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 4 of the Acts of 2025 (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S2521.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-S2521-194 (as of 2026-11-01).