Massachusetts H 5555: 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

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HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 5555 
 
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
 
 
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The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two branches with reference 
to the Senate amendment (striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof 
the text contained in Senate document numbered 3100) of the House Bill 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 (House,  No. 5501), reports,  in  part, 
recommending  passage  of  the  accompanying  bill  (House,  No. 5555) [Total  Appropriation: 
$63,416,035,455.00].   June 30, 2026. 
 
 
 
  
Aaron Michlewitz Michael R. Rodrigues 
Kip A. Diggs Joanne M. Comerford 
Todd M. Smola Patrick M. O’Connor 
  
 
 

        FILED ON: 6/30/2026 
HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 5555 
 
 
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
 
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court 
(2025-2026) 
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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. 
 
 Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat its purpose, which is to 
immediately make appropriations for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, and to make certain 
changes in law, each of which is immediately necessary or appropriate to effectuate said 
appropriations or for other important public purposes, therefore it is hereby declared to be an 
emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public convenience. 
 
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority 
of the same, as follows: 
 
 SECTION 1. To provide for the operations of the several departments, boards, 
commissions and institutions of the commonwealth and other services of the commonwealth and 
for certain permanent improvements and to meet certain requirements of law, the sums set forth 
in this act, for the several purposes and subject to the conditions specified, are hereby 
appropriated from the General Fund unless specifically designated otherwise, subject to the laws 
regulating the disbursement of public funds and the approval thereof for the fiscal year ending 
June 30, 2027. All sums appropriated under this act, including supplemental and deficiency 
budgets, shall be expended in a manner reflecting and encouraging a policy of nondiscrimination 
and equal opportunity for members of minority groups, women and persons with a disability. All 

officials and employees of an agency, board, department, commission or division receiving funds 
under this act shall take affirmative steps to ensure equality of opportunity in the internal affairs 
of state government and in their relations with the public, including those persons and 
organizations doing business with the commonwealth. Each agency, board, department, 
commission and division of the commonwealth, in spending appropriated sums and discharging 
its statutory responsibilities, shall adopt measures to ensure equal opportunity in the areas of 
hiring, promotion, demotion or transfer, recruitment, layoff or termination, rates of 
compensation, in-service or apprenticeship training programs and all other terms and conditions 
of employment. 
 SECTION 1A. In accordance with Articles LXIII and CVII of the Articles of 
Amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth and section 6D of chapter 29 of the 
General Laws, it is hereby declared that the amounts of revenue set forth in this section, by 
source, for the respective funds of the commonwealth for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027 
are necessary and sufficient to provide the means to defray the appropriations and expenditures 
from such funds for fiscal year 2027 as set forth and authorized in this act. The comptroller shall 
keep a distinct account of actual receipts from each such source by each such fund to furnish the 
executive office for administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways 
and means with quarterly statements comparing those receipts with the projected receipts set 
forth in this section and shall include a full statement comparing the actual and projected receipts 
in the annual report for fiscal year 2027 pursuant to section 12 of chapter 7A of the General 
Laws. The quarterly and annual reports shall also include detailed statements of any other 
sources of revenue for the budgeted funds in addition to those specified in this section.  

Revenue Source 
All 
Budgeted 
Funds 
General 
Fund 
Commonwealth 
Transportation 
Fund 
Other