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MA H 4601

introduced

An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2025 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects.

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

Quick answers

Did MA H 4601 pass?

Not yet. MA H 4601 has been introduced as of 2025-10-15 but has not advanced to a vote. Latest recorded action (2025-10-15): Published as amended, see H4615

What is MA H 4601 about?

MA H 4601 is a bill in the 2025-2026 Regular Session (194th General Court) titled “An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2025 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects.”.

Who sponsors MA H 4601?

House Committee on Ways and Means is the primary sponsor of MA H 4601.

Introduced
Latest action
2025-10-15 — Published as amended, see H4615
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Sponsors

  • House Committee on Ways and Meansprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-10-14

    Reported by the committee on House Ways and Means

  2. 2025-10-14

    Reported on a part of H4429

  3. 2025-10-14

    Committee recommended ought to pass and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling

    committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee

  4. 2025-10-15

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

  5. 2025-10-15

    Rules suspended

  6. 2025-10-15

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

    reading-2

  7. 2025-10-15

    Rules suspended

  8. 2025-10-15

    Read third

    reading-3

  9. 2025-10-15

    Amendment 70 adopted, as changed - 147 YEAS to 8 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 89 )

    amendment-passage

  10. 2025-10-15

    Amendment 53 rejected

    amendment-failure

  11. 2025-10-15

    Consolidated amendment A adopted - 144 YEAS to 11 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 90 )

    amendment-passage

  12. 2025-10-15

    Consolidated amendment B adopted - 151 YEAS to 4 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 91 )

    amendment-passage

  13. 2025-10-15

    Published as amended, see H4615

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • H. 4601 On adoption of amendment #70, chg

    2025-10-15 · pass · 147-8

    Member-level votes (160)
    • Mr. Speaker: yes
    • Moran,: not voting
    • Hogan: yes
    • Peisch: yes
    • Moran, F.: yes
    • Donato: yes
    • Arciero: yes
    • Arena-DeRosa: yes
    • Armini: yes
    • Arriaga: yes
    • Ashe: yes
    • Ayers: yes
    • Badger: yes
    • Barber: yes
    • Barrett: yes
    • Biele: yes
    • Blais: yes
    • Bowen: yes
    • Cabral: yes
    • Cahill: 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
    • Farley-Bouvier: yes
    • Ferrante: yes
    • Field: yes
    • Finn: yes
    • Fiola: yes
    • Flanagan: yes
    • Fluker-Reid: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Galvin: yes
    • Garballey: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Garry: yes
    • Gentile: yes
    • Giannino: yes
    • Gómez: yes
    • González: yes
    • Gordon: yes
    • Gregoire: yes
    • Haggerty: yes
    • Hamilton: yes
    • Hawkins: yes
    • Hendricks: yes
    • Higgins: yes
    • Holmes: yes
    • Honan: yes
    • Hong: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hunt: yes
    • Kassner: yes
    • Kearney: yes
    • Keefe: yes
    • Duffy: yes
    • Elliott: yes
    • Kerans: yes
    • Kilcoyne: yes
    • Kushmerek: yes
    • LaNatra: yes
    • Lawn: yes
    • LeBoeuf: yes
    • Lewis: yes
    • Linsky: yes
    • Lipper-Garabedian: yes
    • Livingstone: yes
    • Luddy: yes
    • Madaro: yes
    • Mahoney: yes
    • Markey: yes
    • McGonagle: yes
    • McMurtry: yes
    • Mendes: yes
    • Meschino: yes
    • Michlewitz: yes
    • Moakley: yes
    • Stanley: yes
    • Sylvia, M.: yes
    • Tarsky: yes
    • Turco: yes
    • Tyler: yes
    • Ultrino: yes
    • Uyterhoeven: yes
    • Vargas: yes
    • Vitolo: yes
    • Montaño: yes
    • Moran, J.: yes
    • Murphy: yes
    • Murray: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • O'Day: yes
    • Ouellette: yes
    • Owens: yes
    • Paulino: not voting
    • Philips: yes
    • Walsh: yes
    • Plouffe: yes
    • Roy: yes
    • Ryan: yes
    • Sabadosa: yes
    • Schwartz: yes
    • Silvia,: not voting
    • Sousa: yes
    • MacGregor: yes
    • Muradian: yes
    • Vieira: yes
    • Boldyga: yes
    • DeCoste: yes
    • Gaskey: yes
    • Howitt: yes
    • Kane: yes
    • Lombardo: yes
    • Marsi: yes
    • McKenna: yes
    • Orrall: yes
    • Pease: not voting
    • Smola: not voting
    • Soter: yes
    • Sullivan-Almeida: no
    • Sweezey: no
    • Thurber: yes
    • Berthiaume: yes
    • Chaisson: no
    • Sena: yes
    • Shand: yes
    • Frost: yes
    • Scanlon: yes
    • Scarsdale: no
    • Ferguson: yes
    • Sangiolo: yes
    • Saunders: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Rogers, D.: yes
    • Rogers, J.: yes
    • Zlotnik: no
    • Reid: no
    • Robertson *: yes
    • Worrell: no
    • Ramos, O.: no
    • Reyes: yes
    • Williams: yes
    • Puppolo: yes
    • Ramos, A.: yes
    • Wells: yes
    • Vaughn: yes
    • Wong: yes
    • Xiarhos: yes
    • Whipps: yes
  • H. 4601 On adoption of consolidated amendment A

    2025-10-15 · pass · 144-11

    Member-level votes (160)
    • Mr. Speaker: yes
    • Moran,: not voting
    • Hogan: yes
    • Peisch: yes
    • Moran, F.: yes
    • Donato: yes
    • Arciero: yes
    • Arena-DeRosa: yes
    • Armini: yes
    • Arriaga: yes
    • Ashe: yes
    • Ayers: yes
    • Badger: yes
    • Barber: yes
    • Barrett: yes
    • Biele: yes
    • Blais: yes
    • Bowen: yes
    • Cabral: yes
    • Cahill: 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
    • Farley-Bouvier: yes
    • Ferrante: yes
    • Field: yes
    • Finn: yes
    • Fiola: yes
    • Flanagan: yes
    • Fluker-Reid: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Galvin: yes
    • Garballey: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Garry: yes
    • Gentile: yes
    • Giannino: yes
    • Gómez: yes
    • González: yes
    • Gordon: yes
    • Gregoire: yes
    • Haggerty: yes
    • Hamilton: yes
    • Hawkins: yes
    • Hendricks: yes
    • Higgins: yes
    • Holmes: yes
    • Honan: yes
    • Hong: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hunt: yes
    • Kassner: yes
    • Kearney: yes
    • Keefe: yes
    • Duffy: yes
    • Elliott: yes
    • Kerans: yes
    • Kilcoyne: yes
    • Kushmerek: yes
    • LaNatra: yes
    • Lawn: yes
    • LeBoeuf: yes
    • Lewis: yes
    • Linsky: yes
    • Lipper-Garabedian: yes
    • Livingstone: yes
    • Luddy: yes
    • Madaro: yes
    • Mahoney: yes
    • Markey: yes
    • McGonagle: yes
    • McMurtry: yes
    • Mendes: yes
    • Meschino: yes
    • Michlewitz: yes
    • Moakley: yes
    • Stanley: yes
    • Sylvia, M.: yes
    • Tarsky: yes
    • Turco: yes
    • Tyler: yes
    • Ultrino: yes
    • Uyterhoeven: yes
    • Vargas: yes
    • Vitolo: yes
    • Montaño: yes
    • Moran, J.: yes
    • Murphy: yes
    • Murray: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • O'Day: yes
    • Ouellette: yes
    • Owens: yes
    • Paulino: not voting
    • Philips: yes
    • Plouffe: yes
    • Walsh: yes
    • Puppolo: yes
    • Ramos, O.: yes
    • Reid: yes
    • Robertson: yes
    • Vieira: not voting
    • Berthiaume: yes
    • Chaisson: yes
    • DeCoste: yes
    • Gaskey: yes
    • Kane: yes
    • Lombardo: yes
    • Marsi: yes
    • McKenna: yes
    • Orrall: yes
    • Pease: yes
    • Smola: yes
    • Soter: yes
    • Sullivan-Almeida: yes
    • Sweezey: not voting
    • Boldyga: yes
    • Howitt: no
    • Sena: no
    • MacGregor: yes
    • Muradian: yes
    • Schwartz: yes
    • Silvia,: yes
    • Sousa: no
    • Frost: no
    • Scanlon: not voting
    • Shand: yes
    • Ferguson: yes
    • Saunders: no
    • Scarsdale: no
    • Jones: no
    • Ryan: yes
    • Sangiolo: yes
    • Zlotnik: yes
    • Roy: no
    • Sabadosa: no
    • Worrell: no
    • Rogers, D.: no
    • Rogers, J.: yes
    • Williams: yes
    • Ramos, A.: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • Wells: yes
    • Thurber: yes
    • Vaughn: yes
    • Wong: yes
    • Xiarhos: yes
    • Whipps: yes
  • H. 4601 On adoption of consolidated amendment B

    2025-10-15 · pass · 151-4

    Member-level votes (160)
    • Mr. Speaker: yes
    • Moran,: not voting
    • Hogan: yes
    • Peisch: yes
    • Moran, F.: yes
    • Donato: yes
    • Arciero: yes
    • Arena-DeRosa: yes
    • Armini: yes
    • Arriaga: yes
    • Ashe: yes
    • Ayers: yes
    • Badger: yes
    • Barber: yes
    • Barrett: yes
    • Biele: yes
    • Blais: yes
    • Bowen: yes
    • Cabral: yes
    • Cahill: 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
    • Farley-Bouvier: yes
    • Ferrante: yes
    • Field: yes
    • Finn: yes
    • Fiola: yes
    • Flanagan: yes
    • Fluker-Reid: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Galvin: yes
    • Garballey: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Garry: yes
    • Gentile: yes
    • Giannino: yes
    • Gómez: yes
    • González: yes
    • Gordon: yes
    • Gregoire: yes
    • Haggerty: yes
    • Hamilton: yes
    • Hawkins: yes
    • Hendricks: yes
    • Higgins: yes
    • Holmes: yes
    • Honan: yes
    • Hong: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hunt: yes
    • Kassner: yes
    • Kearney: yes
    • Keefe: yes
    • Duffy: yes
    • Elliott: yes
    • Kerans: yes
    • Kilcoyne: yes
    • Kushmerek: yes
    • LaNatra: yes
    • Lawn: yes
    • LeBoeuf: yes
    • Lewis: yes
    • Linsky: yes
    • Lipper-Garabedian: yes
    • Livingstone: yes
    • Luddy: yes
    • Madaro: yes
    • Mahoney: yes
    • Markey: yes
    • McGonagle: yes
    • McMurtry: yes
    • Mendes: yes
    • Meschino: yes
    • Michlewitz: yes
    • Moakley: yes
    • Stanley: yes
    • Sylvia, M.: yes
    • Tarsky: yes
    • Turco: yes
    • Tyler: yes
    • Ultrino: yes
    • Uyterhoeven: yes
    • Vargas: yes
    • Vitolo: yes
    • Montaño: yes
    • Moran, J.: yes
    • Murphy: yes
    • Murray: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • O'Day: yes
    • Ouellette: yes
    • Owens: yes
    • Paulino: not voting
    • Philips: yes
    • Plouffe: yes
    • Walsh: yes
    • Puppolo: yes
    • Ramos, A.: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • Robertson: yes
    • Roy: not voting
    • Ryan: yes
    • Sabadosa: yes
    • Sangiolo: yes
    • Saunders: yes
    • Schwartz: yes
    • Sena: yes
    • Shand: yes
    • Silvia,: yes
    • Sousa: yes
    • MacGregor: yes
    • Zlotnik: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Ferguson: yes
    • Frost: not voting
    • Muradian: not voting
    • Vieira: yes
    • Berthiaume: yes
    • DeCoste: yes
    • Gaskey: yes
    • Howitt: no
    • Kane: yes
    • Lombardo: yes
    • Marsi: yes
    • McKenna: yes
    • Orrall: yes
    • Pease: yes
    • Smola: no
    • Soter: yes
    • Boldyga: yes
    • Chaisson: yes
    • Scanlon: yes
    • Scarsdale: yes
    • Worrell: yes
    • Rogers, D.: no
    • Rogers, J.: yes
    • Williams: no
    • Ramos, O.: yes
    • Reid: yes
    • Wells: yes
    • Sullivan-Almeida: yes
    • Sweezey: yes
    • Thurber: yes
    • Vaughn: yes
    • Wong: yes
    • Xiarhos: yes
    • Whipps: yes
  • H. 4601 On passing to be engrossed

    2025-10-15 · pass · 141-14

    Member-level votes (160)
    • Mr. Speaker: yes
    • Moran,: not voting
    • Hogan: yes
    • Peisch: yes
    • Moran, F.: yes
    • Donato: yes
    • Arciero: yes
    • Arena-DeRosa: yes
    • Armini: yes
    • Arriaga: yes
    • Ashe: yes
    • Ayers: yes
    • Badger: yes
    • Barber: yes
    • Barrett: yes
    • Biele: yes
    • Blais: yes
    • Bowen: yes
    • Cabral: yes
    • Cahill: 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
    • Farley-Bouvier: yes
    • Ferrante: yes
    • Field: yes
    • Finn: yes
    • Fiola: yes
    • Flanagan: yes
    • Fluker-Reid: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Galvin: yes
    • Garballey: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Garry: yes
    • Gentile: yes
    • Giannino: yes
    • Gómez: yes
    • González: yes
    • Gordon: yes
    • Gregoire: yes
    • Haggerty: yes
    • Hamilton: yes
    • Hawkins: yes
    • Hendricks: yes
    • Higgins: yes
    • Holmes: yes
    • Honan: yes
    • Hong: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hunt: yes
    • Kassner: yes
    • Kearney: yes
    • Keefe: yes
    • Duffy: yes
    • Elliott: yes
    • Kerans: yes
    • Kilcoyne: yes
    • Kushmerek: yes
    • LaNatra: yes
    • Lawn: yes
    • LeBoeuf: yes
    • Lewis: yes
    • Linsky: yes
    • Lipper-Garabedian: yes
    • Livingstone: yes
    • Luddy: yes
    • Madaro: yes
    • Mahoney: yes
    • Markey: yes
    • McGonagle: yes
    • McMurtry: yes
    • Mendes: yes
    • Meschino: yes
    • Michlewitz: yes
    • Moakley: yes
    • Stanley: yes
    • Sylvia, M.: yes
    • Tarsky: yes
    • Turco: yes
    • Tyler: yes
    • Ultrino: yes
    • Uyterhoeven: yes
    • Vargas: yes
    • Vitolo: yes
    • Montaño: yes
    • Moran, J.: yes
    • Murphy: yes
    • Murray: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • O'Day: yes
    • Ouellette: yes
    • Owens: yes
    • Paulino: not voting
    • Philips: yes
    • Walsh: yes
    • Plouffe: yes
    • Ramos, A.: yes
    • Ramos, O.: yes
    • Reid: yes
    • Robertson: yes
    • Schwartz: not voting
    • Sena: yes
    • Muradian: yes
    • Vieira: yes
    • Boldyga: yes
    • Chaisson: yes
    • DeCoste: yes
    • Gaskey: yes
    • Kane: yes
    • Lombardo: yes
    • Marsi: yes
    • McKenna: yes
    • Orrall: yes
    • Pease: yes
    • Smola: not voting
    • Soter: yes
    • Sullivan-Almeida: yes
    • Sweezey: no
    • Thurber: yes
    • Vaughn: no
    • Wong: no
    • Berthiaume: no
    • Howitt: no
    • Scarsdale: no
    • MacGregor: yes
    • Frost: yes
    • Scanlon: not voting
    • Silvia,: no
    • Sousa: no
    • Ferguson: no
    • Saunders: yes
    • Shand: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Ryan: no
    • Sangiolo: no
    • Zlotnik: no
    • Roy: no
    • Sabadosa: no
    • Worrell: yes
    • Rogers, D.: yes
    • Rogers, J.: yes
    • Williams: yes
    • Puppolo: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • Wells: yes
    • Xiarhos: yes
    • Whipps: yes

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