H5501Introduced in the House
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
What does this bill do?
Plain-English breakdown
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Official description
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
Where it stands
Reported, in part, by H5555
July 1, 2026
How did lawmakers vote?
House votes
1 recorded vote · each counted separately
Senate votes
1 recorded vote · each counted separately
SenateStage: Senate Passed to be engrossed Roll Call #185 · May 21, 2026
40
Yes
0
No
0
Absent or Not Voting
40 senators recorded in this Senate vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.
See how each senator voted
| Senator | District | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Vanna Howard | 17-MID | Yes |
| Pavel Payano | 01-ESS | Yes |
| Bruce Tarr | 01-MID | Yes |
| Patrick O'Connor | 01-NOR | Yes |
| Michael Rodrigues | 01-PLY | Yes |
| Nick Collins | 01-SUF | Yes |
| Robyn Kennedy | 01-WOR | Yes |
| Joan Lovely | 02-ESS | Yes |
| Barry Finegold | 02-MID | Yes |
| Patricia Jehlen | 02-MID | Yes |
Bill history
H5500, published as amended
Passed to be engrossed - 149 YEAS to 9 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 191 )
Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of S4
Placed in the Orders of the Day for Tuesday, May 19, 2026 pursuant to an order previously adopted
Read second
Amended by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of S4
Reprinted, as amended, see S3100
Ordered to a third reading
Read third
Passed to be engrossed -see Roll Call #185 (Yeas 40 to Nays 0)
Rules suspended
House NON-concurred in the Senate amendment
Committee of conference appointed - (Michlewitz-Diggs-Smola)
Rules supended
Senate insisted on its amendment
Committee of conference appointed (Rodrigues-Comerford-O'Connor), in concurrence
Reported, in part, by H5555
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