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MA S 4

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Amendment S.4

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

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Did MA S 4 pass?

The current status of MA S 4 is not known from the official record. Latest recorded action (2026-05-21): See H5501

What is MA S 4 about?

Senate, May 5, 2026 -- Text of the Senate amendment (Ways and Means) to 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)

Who sponsors MA S 4?

Senate Committee on Ways and Means is the primary sponsor of MA S 4.

Description

Senate, May 5, 2026 -- Text of the Senate amendment (Ways and Means) to 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)

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-05-21 — See H5501
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Senate Committee on Ways and Meansprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-05-21

    See H5501

  2. 2026-05-21

    Substituted, as amended, for H5501

  3. 2026-05-21

    Reprinted, as amended, see S3100

  4. 2026-05-21

    Amendment #849 (Rodrigues) adopted

    amendment-passage

  5. 2026-05-21

    Amendment #228 (Collins) adopted

    amendment-passage

  6. 2026-05-21

    Amendment #1035 (Fernandes) adopted

    amendment-passage

  7. 2026-05-21

    Amendment #901 (Fattman) adopted -see Roll Call #184 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0)

    amendment-passage

  8. 2026-05-21

    Amendment #900 (Fattman) rejected

    amendment-failure

  9. 2026-05-21

    Amendment #890 (Tarr) rejected

    amendment-failure

  10. 2026-05-21

    Amendment #877 (Durant) rejected

    amendment-failure

  11. 2026-05-21

    Amendment #874 (Tarr) rejected

    amendment-failure

  12. 2026-05-21

    Amendment #796 (Durant) rejected

    amendment-failure

  13. 2026-05-21

    Amendment #845 (Tarr) ruled unconstitutional

  14. 2026-05-21

    Amendment #793 (Durant) ruled unconstitutional

  15. 2026-05-21

    Amendment #792 (Durant) ruled unconstitutional

  16. 2026-05-21

    Amendment #791 (Durant) ruled unconstitutional

  17. 2026-05-21

    Amendment #789 (Tarr) ruled unconstitutional

  18. 2026-05-21

    Amendment #785 (Tarr) ruled unconstitutional

  19. 2026-05-21

    Amendment #781 (Tarr) ruled unconstitutional

  20. 2026-05-21

    Amendment #774 (Tarr) ruled unconstitutional

  21. 2026-05-21

    Amendment #772 (Tarr) ruled unconstitutional

  22. 2026-05-21

    Amendment #771 (Tarr) ruled unconstitutional

  23. 2026-05-21

    Amendment #248 (Rausch) adopted

    amendment-passage

  24. 2026-05-21

    Amendment #871 (Tarr) rejected

    amendment-failure

  25. 2026-05-21

    Amendment #844 (Tarr) rejected

    amendment-failure

  26. 2026-05-21

    Amendment #841 (Lovely) adopted -see Roll Call #182 (Yeas 40 to Nays 0)

    amendment-passage

  27. 2026-05-21

    Amendment #798 (Durant) rejected

    amendment-failure

  28. 2026-05-21

    Amendment #795 (Durant) rejected

    amendment-failure

  29. 2026-05-21

    Amendment #794 (Durant) rejected

    amendment-failure

  30. 2026-05-21

    Amendment #783 (Tarr) rejected

    amendment-failure

  31. 2026-05-21

    Amendment #742 (Dooner) rejected

    amendment-failure

  32. 2026-05-21

    Amendment #741 (Dooner) rejected

    amendment-failure

  33. 2026-05-21

    Amendment #738 (Tarr) rejected

    amendment-failure

  34. 2026-05-21

    Amendment #420 (Durant) rejected

    amendment-failure

  35. 2026-05-21

    Amendment #374 (Fattman) rejected

    amendment-failure

  36. 2026-05-21

    Amendment #298 (Dooner) rejected

    amendment-failure

  37. 2026-05-21

    Amendment #281 (Tarr) rejected

    amendment-failure

  38. 2026-05-21

    Amendment #252 (Tarr) rejected

    amendment-failure

  39. 2026-05-21

    Amendment #159 (DiDomenico) adopted

    amendment-passage

  40. 2026-05-21

    Amendment #1070 (O'Connor) adopted

    amendment-passage

  41. 2026-05-21

    Amendment #1047 (O'Connor) adopted

    amendment-passage

  42. 2026-05-21

    Amendment #980 (Dooner) adopted

    amendment-passage

  43. 2026-05-21

    Amendment #1133 (Driscoll) adopted

    amendment-passage

  44. 2026-05-21

    Amendment #1068 (Driscoll) adopted

    amendment-passage

  45. 2026-05-21

    Amendment #872 (Tarr) adopted -see Roll Call #181 (Yeas 40 to Nays 0)

    amendment-passage

  46. 2026-05-21

    Amendment #245 (Tarr) rejected -see Roll Call #180 (Yeas 9 to Nays 30)

    amendment-failure

  47. 2026-05-21

    The following amendments were considered as one and rejected:7, 13, 140, 186, 190, 192, 193, 236, 244, 247, 282, 283, 306, 316, 319, 358, 359, 360, 361, 372, 376, 377, 378, 388, 399, 578, 587, 591, 594, 595, 596, 598, 607, 610, 618, 619, 620, 644, 647, 679, 681, 682, 683, 690, 692, 730, 731, 737, 766, 773, 775, 776, 777, 780, 784, 790, 797, 832, 833, 847, 848, 883, 886, 887, 911, 927, 941, 1037, 1142

    amendment-failure

  48. 2026-05-21

    The following amendments were considered as one and adopted:200, 221, 241, 313, 321, 331, 332, 335, 345, 386, 393, 394, 409, 416, 493, 494, 609, 678, 868, 971, 1096, 1108, 1120

    amendment-passage

  49. 2026-05-20

    Amendment #888 (Eldridge) adopted

    amendment-passage

  50. 2026-05-20

    Amendment #799 (Durant) rejected

    amendment-failure

  51. 2026-05-20

    Amendment #191 (Dooner) rejected -see Roll Call #179 (Yeas 5 to Nays 34)

    amendment-failure

  52. 2026-05-20

    Amendment #1110 (Driscoll) adopted

    amendment-passage

  53. 2026-05-20

    Amendment #1074 (Driscoll) adopted

    amendment-passage

  54. 2026-05-20

    Amendment #1002 (Driscoll) adopted

    amendment-passage

  55. 2026-05-20

    Amendment #740 (Driscoll) adopted

    amendment-passage

  56. 2026-05-20

    Amendment #1125 (Miranda) adopted

    amendment-passage

  57. 2026-05-20

    Amendment #819 (Miranda) rejected

    amendment-failure

  58. 2026-05-20

    Amendment #655 (Miranda) adopted

    amendment-passage

  59. 2026-05-20

    Amendment #945 (Creem) adopted -see Roll Call #178 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0)

    amendment-passage

  60. 2026-05-20

    Amendment #311 (Tarr) rejected

    amendment-failure

  61. 2026-05-20

    Amendment #815 (Lewis) adopted -see Roll Call #177 (Yeas 36 to Nays 4)

    amendment-passage

  62. 2026-05-20

    Amendment #896 (Gomez) rejected

    amendment-failure

  63. 2026-05-20

    Amendment #259 (Tarr) rejected -see Roll Call #176 (Yeas 4 to Nays 35)

    amendment-failure

  64. 2026-05-20

    Amendment #608 (Tarr) rejected

    amendment-failure

  65. 2026-05-20

    Amendment #593 (Tarr) rejected

    amendment-failure

  66. 2026-05-20

    Amendment #710 (Kennedy) adopted -see Roll Call #174 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0)

    amendment-passage

  67. 2026-05-20

    Amendment #942 (Montigny) adopted

    amendment-passage

  68. 2026-05-20

    Amendment #736 (Rausch) adopted -see Roll Call #173 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0)

    amendment-passage

  69. 2026-05-20

    Amendment #635 (Oliveira) adopted -see Roll Call #172 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0)

    amendment-passage

  70. 2026-05-20

    Amendment #913 (Moore) adopted -see Roll Call #171 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0)

    amendment-passage

  71. 2026-05-20

    Amendment #908 (Moore) adopted -see Roll Call #170 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0)

    amendment-passage

  72. 2026-05-20

    Amendment #612 (Rush) adopted -see Roll Call #169 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0)

    amendment-passage

  73. 2026-05-20

    Amendment #708 (Lovely) adopted

    amendment-passage

  74. 2026-05-20

    Amendment #706 (Lovely) adopted

    amendment-passage

  75. 2026-05-20

    Amendment #905 (Howard) adopted -see Roll Call #168 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0)

    amendment-passage

  76. 2026-05-20

    Amendment #459 (Crighton) adopted

    amendment-passage

  77. 2026-05-20

    Amendment #680 (Velis) adopted

    amendment-passage

  78. 2026-05-20

    Amendment #625 (Fernandes) adopted

    amendment-passage

  79. 2026-05-20

    Amendment #624 (Fernandes) adopted

    amendment-passage

  80. 2026-05-20

    Amendment #599 (Eldridge) rejected

    amendment-failure

  81. 2026-05-20

    Amendment #597 (Eldridge) adopted

    amendment-passage

  82. 2026-05-20

    Amendment #967 (DiDomenico) adopted -see Roll Call #167 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0)

    amendment-passage

  83. 2026-05-20

    Amendment #826 (Edwards) adopted

    amendment-passage

  84. 2026-05-20

    The following amendments were considered as one and rejected:592, 600, 613, 630, 645, 648, 650, 657, 685, 686, 687, 688, 689, 691, 695, 696, 701, 704, 712, 715, 719, 721, 739, 755, 756, 761, 762, 787, 802, 806, 807, 817, 831, 834, 836, 842, 843, 873, 879, 880, 881, 884, 899, 903, 904, 907, 909, 918, 921, 922, 923, 924, 925, 926, 934, 935, 948, 952, 953, 954, 957, 959, 960, 964, 984, 986, 990, 992, 993, 1000, 1036, 1067, 1103, 1146, 1147, 1148, 1149, 1152

    amendment-failure

  85. 2026-05-20

    The following amendments were considered as one and adopted:601, 602, 611, 617, 626, 628, 632, 636, 637, 639, 640, 643, 649, 656, 658, 659, 660, 661, 663, 664, 667, 668, 670, 671, 672, 673, 674, 675, 693, 697, 703, 705, 716, 717, 718, 720, 722, 723, 724, 725, 728, 757, 758, 765, 767, 786, 788, 810, 840, 876, 882, 891, 893, 897, 898, 910, 914, 917, 919, 920, 929, 930, 931, 932, 933, 938, 939, 943, 944, 946, 947, 950, 958, 962, 965, 966, 969, 973, 975, 976, 977, 978, 979, 981, 982, 983, 985, 989, 994, 995, 997, 998, 999, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015, 1016, 1017, 1018, 1019, 1020, 1021, 1022, 1024, 1025, 1027, 1028, 1029, 1030, 1031, 1033, 1034, 1038, 1039, 1040, 1041, 1042, 1043, 1044, 1045, 1046, 1048, 1049, 1050, 1051, 1052, 1053, 1054, 1055, 1056, 1057, 1058, 1060, 1061, 1062, 1063, 1064, 1065, 1066, 1069, 1071, 1072, 1073, 1075, 1076, 1077, 1078, 1079, 1080, 1081, 1082, 1083, 1084, 1085, 1086, 1087, 1088, 1089, 1090, 1091, 1092, 1093, 1094, 1095, 1097, 1098, 1099, 1100, 1101, 1102, 1104, 1105, 1106, 1107, 1109, 1111, 1112, 1113, 1114, 1115, 1116, 1117, 1118, 1119, 1121, 1122, 1123, 1124, 1127, 1128, 1130, 1131, 1132, 1134, 1135, 1138, 1139, 1141, 1143, 1145, 1150, 1151, 1153, 1154, 1155, 1158

    amendment-passage

  86. 2026-05-19

    Amendment #711 (Kennedy) adopted -see Roll Call #166 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0)

    amendment-passage

  87. 2026-05-19

    Amendment #707 (Lovely) adopted -see Roll Call #165 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0)

    amendment-passage

  88. 2026-05-19

    Amendment #702 (Lovely) adopted

    amendment-passage

  89. 2026-05-19

    Amendment #429 (Velis) adopted

    amendment-passage

  90. 2026-05-19

    Amendment #570 (Driscoll) rejected

    amendment-failure

  91. 2026-05-19

    Amendment #492 (Friedman) adopted

    amendment-passage

  92. 2026-05-19

    Amendment #557 (Rausch) adopted

    amendment-passage

  93. 2026-05-19

    Amendment #551 (Rausch) adopted

    amendment-passage

  94. 2026-05-19

    Amendment #547 (Rausch) adopted

    amendment-passage

  95. 2026-05-19

    Amendment #540 (DiDomenico) rejected

    amendment-failure

  96. 2026-05-19

    Amendment #532 (DiDomenico) rejected

    amendment-failure

  97. 2026-05-19

    Amendment #529 (Lovely) rejected

    amendment-failure

  98. 2026-05-19

    Amendment #499 (Jehlen) rejected

    amendment-failure

  99. 2026-05-19

    Amendment #475 (Jehlen) rejected

    amendment-failure

  100. 2026-05-19

    Amendment #442 (Keenan) adopted

    amendment-passage

  101. 2026-05-19

    Amendment #427 (Miranda) rejected

    amendment-failure

  102. 2026-05-19

    Amendment #375 (Rausch) adopted

    amendment-passage

  103. 2026-05-19

    Amendment #370 (Rausch) adopted

    amendment-passage

  104. 2026-05-19

    Amendment #293 (Rausch) adopted

    amendment-passage

  105. 2026-05-19

    Amendment #290 (Rausch) adopted

    amendment-passage

  106. 2026-05-19

    Amendment #194 (Driscoll) adopted

    amendment-passage

  107. 2026-05-19

    Amendment #328 (Eldridge) adopted

    amendment-passage

  108. 2026-05-19

    Amendment #326 (Eldridge) adopted

    amendment-passage

  109. 2026-05-19

    Amendment #325 (Eldridge) adopted

    amendment-passage

  110. 2026-05-19

    Amendment #323 (Eldridge) rejected

    amendment-failure

  111. 2026-05-19

    Amendment #318 (Eldridge) rejected

    amendment-failure

  112. 2026-05-19

    Amendment #310 (Eldridge) adopted -see Roll Call #164 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0)

    amendment-passage

  113. 2026-05-19

    Amendment #304 (Dooner) rejected

    amendment-failure

  114. 2026-05-19

    Amendment #301 (Dooner) rejected

    amendment-failure

  115. 2026-05-19

    Amendment #288 (DiDomenico) rejected

    amendment-failure

  116. 2026-05-19

    Amendment #255 (Eldridge) rejected

    amendment-failure

  117. 2026-05-19

    Amendment #541 (DiDomenico) adopted

    amendment-passage

  118. 2026-05-19

    Amendment #511 (Creem) adopted -see Roll Call #163 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0)

    amendment-passage

  119. 2026-05-19

    Amendment #510 (Oliveira) rejected

    amendment-failure

  120. 2026-05-19

    Amendment #454 (Gómez) adopted

    amendment-passage

  121. 2026-05-19

    Amendment #530 (Kennedy) adopted -see Roll Call #162 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0)

    amendment-passage

  122. 2026-05-19

    Amendment #426 (Velis) adopted -see Roll Call #161 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0)

    amendment-passage

  123. 2026-05-19

    Amendment #179 (Rausch) adopted -see Roll Call #160 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0)

    amendment-passage

  124. 2026-05-19

    Amendment #151 (Lovely) adopted

    amendment-passage

  125. 2026-05-19

    Amendment #134 (Payano) adopted

    amendment-passage

  126. 2026-05-19

    Amendment #91 (Miranda) rejected

    amendment-failure

  127. 2026-05-19

    Amendment #423 (Velis) adopted -see Roll Call #159 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0)

    amendment-passage

  128. 2026-05-19

    Amendment #84 (Gómez) adopted

    amendment-passage

  129. 2026-05-19

    Amendment #83 (Gómez) adopted

    amendment-passage

  130. 2026-05-19

    Amendment #72 (Gómez) adopted

    amendment-passage

  131. 2026-05-19

    Amendment #44 (Eldridge) adopted

    amendment-passage

  132. 2026-05-19

    The following amendments were considered as one and rejected: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 15, 17, 24, 25, 31, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 45, 61, 62, 67, 68, 73, 74, 75, 82, 85, 86, 87, 88, 98, 101, 110, 121, 133, 141, 150, 169, 170, 174, 177, 243, 246, 249, 250, 251, 253, 254, 256, 258, 260, 262, 265, 266, 267, 272, 273, 274, 276, 279, 280, 284, 285, 294, 300, 312, 314, 317, 320, 322, 324, 336, 338, 348, 350, 363, 387, 389, 390, 395, 396, 397, 401, 406, 407, 411, 414, 421, 422, 424, 433, 435, 443, 448, 455, 457, 461, 466, 469, 470, 472, 479, 486, 498, 512, 513, 515, 519, 521, 524, 525, 526, 528, 544, 549, 564, 565, 566, 572, 573, 579

    amendment-failure

  133. 2026-05-19

    The following amendments were considered as one and adopted:1, 16, 19, 20, 22, 23, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32, 40, 46, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 59, 60, 64, 65, 66, 69, 71, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 90, 92, 93, 95, 97, 99, 100, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 136, 137, 138, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 152, 153, 154, 157, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 171, 172, 173, 175, 176, 180, 181, 182, 184, 185, 187, 188, 196, 197, 201, 212, 224, 235, 237, 239, 261, 263, 264, 270, 271, 275, 277, 299, 303, 305, 307, 309, 315, 327, 329, 330, 333, 334, 337, 339, 340, 341, 342, 346, 349, 351, 352, 353, 354, 356, 357, 362, 364, 367, 369, 371, 379, 400, 403, 408, 410, 412, 415, 418, 419, 425, 430, 431, 432, 437, 440, 441, 445, 450, 451, 452, 453, 456, 462, 463, 467, 468, 473, 474, 476, 477, 478, 480, 481, 482, 483, 484, 485, 487, 488, 503, 506, 508, 509, 514, 516, 517, 520, 522, 527, 542, 543, 548, 550, 552, 553, 556, 560, 567

    amendment-passage

  134. 2026-05-05

    Placed in the Orders of the Day for Tuesday, May 19, 2026 pursuant to an order previously adopted

  135. 2026-05-05

    Recommended new text for H5501

  136. 2026-05-05

    Reported from the committee on Senate Ways and Means

  137. 2026-05-04

    Order relative to subject matter adopted

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