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MA H 4237

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An Act making certain appropriations for fiscal year 2026 before final action on the General Appropriation Bill

Massachusetts · 2025-2026 Regular Session (194th General Court) · lower

Quick answers

Did MA H 4237 pass?

Yes. MA H 4237 has been enacted into law as of 2025-07-01. Latest recorded action (2025-07-01): Signed by the Governor, Chapter 8 of the Ats of 2025

What is MA H 4237 about?

Message from Her Excellency the Governor submitting requests for making certain appropriations for fiscal year 2026 before final action on the General Appropriation Bill.

Who sponsors MA H 4237?

Maura T. Healey is the primary sponsor of MA H 4237.

Description

Message from Her Excellency the Governor submitting requests for making certain appropriations for fiscal year 2026 before final action on the General Appropriation Bill.

Introduced
Latest action
2025-07-01 — Signed by the Governor, Chapter 8 of the Ats of 2025
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Sponsors

  • Maura T. Healeyprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-06-26

    Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means

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  2. 2025-06-30

    Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling

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  3. 2025-06-30

    Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting

  4. 2025-06-30

    Rules suspended

  5. 2025-06-30

    Read second, ordered to a third reading, rules suspended and read third

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  6. 2025-06-30

    Passed to be engrossed - 143 YEAS to 1 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 59 )

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  7. 2025-06-30

    Read, rules suspended, read second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed

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  8. 2025-06-30

    Enacted - 144 YEAS to 1 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 60 )

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  9. 2025-06-30

    Enacted and laid before the Governor

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  10. 2025-07-01

    Signed by the Governor, Chapter 8 of the Ats of 2025

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Versions

Documents

Votes

  • H. 4237 On passing to be engrossed

    2025-06-30 · pass · 143-1

    Member-level votes (159)
    • Mr. Speaker: yes
    • Moran M.: yes
    • Hogan: yes
    • Peisch: yes
    • Moran F.: yes
    • Donato: yes
    • Arciero: yes
    • Arena-DeRosa: yes
    • Arriaga: yes
    • Ashe: yes
    • Ayers: yes
    • Barrett: yes
    • Biele: yes
    • Blais: yes
    • Cataldo: yes
    • Chan: yes
    • Ciccolo: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Consalvo: yes
    • Cruz *: yes
    • Cusack: yes
    • Davis: yes
    • Day: yes
    • Decker: yes
    • Diggs: yes
    • Domb: yes
    • Donaghue: yes
    • Donahue: yes
    • DuBois: yes
    • Duffy: yes
    • Elliott: yes
    • Farley-Bouvier: yes
    • Ferrante: yes
    • Finn: yes
    • Flanagan: yes
    • Fluker-Reid: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Galvin: yes
    • Garballey: yes
    • Garry: yes
    • Giannino: yes
    • Gómez: yes
    • González: yes
    • Gordon: yes
    • Bowen: yes
    • Cahill: yes
    • Fiola: yes
    • Gentile: yes
    • Badger: yes
    • Barber: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Armini: yes
    • Cabral: yes
    • Gregoire: yes
    • Haggerty: yes
    • Hamilton: yes
    • Hawkins: yes
    • Hendricks: not voting
    • Higgins: yes
    • Holmes: yes
    • Honan: yes
    • Hong: yes
    • Howard: not voting
    • Hunt: not voting
    • Kassner: not voting
    • Kearney: yes
    • Keefe: not voting
    • Kerans: yes
    • Kilcoyne: yes
    • Kushmerek: yes
    • LaNatra: yes
    • Lawn: yes
    • LeBoeuf: yes
    • Lewis: yes
    • Linsky: yes
    • Lipper-Garabedian: yes
    • Livingstone: yes
    • MacGregor: yes
    • Madaro: yes
    • Mahoney: yes
    • Markey: yes
    • McGonagle: yes
    • Sylvia: yes
    • Tarsky: yes
    • Turco: yes
    • McMurtry: yes
    • Mendes: yes
    • Tyler: yes
    • Ultrino: yes
    • Meschino: yes
    • Michlewitz: yes
    • Uyterhoeven: yes
    • Vargas: yes
    • Moakley: not voting
    • Montaño: yes
    • Moran J.: yes
    • Murphy: yes
    • Murray: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • O'Day: yes
    • Ouellette: yes
    • Owens: yes
    • Paulino: yes
    • Vitolo: yes
    • Walsh: yes
    • Wells: yes
    • Williams: yes
    • Worrell: yes
    • Zlotnik: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Ferguson: yes
    • Frost: yes
    • Muradian: yes
    • Philips: yes
    • Plouffe: yes
    • Vieira: yes
    • Berthiaume: yes
    • Puppolo: yes
    • Ramos, A.: yes
    • Ramos, O.: not voting
    • Reid: yes
    • Reyes: not voting
    • Robertson: yes
    • Boldyga: not voting
    • Rogers, J.: yes
    • Roy: yes
    • Ryan: yes
    • Sabadosa: yes
    • Sangiolo: yes
    • Saunders: yes
    • Scanlon: yes
    • Scarsdale: yes
    • Schwartz: yes
    • Stanley: not voting
    • DeCoste: yes
    • Gaskey: not voting
    • Howitt: yes
    • Kane: yes
    • Sena: no
    • Sousa: yes
    • Chaisson: yes
    • Rogers, D.: yes
    • Shand: yes
    • Silvia: yes
    • Luddy: yes
    • Lombardo *: yes
    • Marsi: yes
    • McKenna: yes
    • Orrall: yes
    • Pease: yes
    • Smola: yes
    • Soter: yes
    • Sullivan-Almeida: yes
    • Sweezey: not voting
    • Thurber: not voting
    • Vaughn: not voting
    • Wong: not voting
    • Xiarhos: yes
    • Whipps: yes
  • H. 4237 On passing to be enacted

    2025-06-30 · pass · 144-1

    Member-level votes (159)
    • Mr. Speaker: yes
    • Moran M.: yes
    • Hogan: yes
    • Peisch: yes
    • Moran F.: yes
    • Donato: yes
    • Arciero: yes
    • Arena-DeRosa: yes
    • Arriaga: yes
    • Ashe: yes
    • Ayers: yes
    • Barrett: yes
    • Biele: yes
    • Blais: yes
    • Cataldo: yes
    • Chan: yes
    • Ciccolo: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Consalvo: yes
    • Cruz *: yes
    • Cusack: yes
    • Davis: yes
    • Day: yes
    • Decker: yes
    • Diggs: yes
    • Domb: yes
    • Donaghue: yes
    • Donahue: yes
    • DuBois: yes
    • Duffy: yes
    • Elliott: yes
    • Farley-Bouvier: yes
    • Ferrante: yes
    • Finn: yes
    • Flanagan: yes
    • Fluker-Reid: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Galvin: yes
    • Garballey: yes
    • Garry: yes
    • Giannino: yes
    • Gómez: yes
    • González: yes
    • Gordon: yes
    • Bowen: yes
    • Cahill: yes
    • Fiola: yes
    • Gentile: yes
    • Badger: yes
    • Barber: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Armini: yes
    • Cabral: yes
    • Gregoire: yes
    • Haggerty: yes
    • Hamilton: yes
    • Hawkins: yes
    • Hendricks: yes
    • Higgins: not voting
    • Holmes: yes
    • Honan: yes
    • Hong: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hunt: not voting
    • Kassner: not voting
    • Kearney: not voting
    • Keefe: yes
    • Kerans: not voting
    • Kilcoyne: yes
    • Kushmerek: yes
    • LaNatra: yes
    • Lawn: yes
    • LeBoeuf: yes
    • Lewis: yes
    • Linsky: yes
    • Lipper-Garabedian: yes
    • Livingstone: yes
    • Luddy: yes
    • MacGregor: yes
    • Madaro: yes
    • Mahoney: yes
    • Markey: yes
    • McGonagle: yes
    • Sylvia: yes
    • Tarsky: yes
    • Turco: yes
    • McMurtry: yes
    • Mendes: yes
    • Tyler: yes
    • Ultrino: yes
    • Meschino: yes
    • Michlewitz: yes
    • Uyterhoeven: yes
    • Vargas: yes
    • Moakley: not voting
    • Montaño: yes
    • Moran J.: yes
    • Murphy: yes
    • Murray: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • O'Day: yes
    • Ouellette: yes
    • Owens: yes
    • Paulino: yes
    • Vitolo: yes
    • Walsh: yes
    • Wells: yes
    • Williams: yes
    • Worrell: yes
    • Zlotnik: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Ferguson: yes
    • Frost: yes
    • Muradian: yes
    • Philips: yes
    • Plouffe: yes
    • Vieira: yes
    • Berthiaume: yes
    • Puppolo: yes
    • Ramos, A.: yes
    • Ramos, O.: not voting
    • Reid: yes
    • Reyes: not voting
    • Robertson: yes
    • Boldyga: not voting
    • Rogers, D.: yes
    • Rogers, J.: yes
    • Roy: yes
    • Ryan: yes
    • Sabadosa: yes
    • Sangiolo: yes
    • Saunders: yes
    • Scanlon: yes
    • Scarsdale: yes
    • Schwartz: not voting
    • Stanley: yes
    • Gaskey: not voting
    • Howitt: yes
    • Kane: yes
    • Lombardo: yes
    • Marsi: yes
    • McKenna: yes
    • Orrall: yes
    • Pease: yes
    • Smola: yes
    • Soter: yes
    • Sullivan-Almeida: yes
    • Sweezey: yes
    • Thurber: not voting
    • Vaughn: not voting
    • Wong: no
    • Shand: not voting
    • Sousa: yes
    • DeCoste: yes
    • Sena: yes
    • Silvia: yes
    • Chaisson: yes
    • Xiarhos: yes
    • Whipps: yes

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