S3
An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2026 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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Bill overview
This bill, S.3, proposes appropriations for the fiscal year 2026 to fund the operations of various state departments, boards, commissions, institutions, and certain improvements. It includes funding for interest, sinking fund, and serial bond requirements. The bill has undergone significant amendment by the Senate, with many amendments adopted and rejected, ultimately striking out all provisions after the enacting clause and inserting the text of Senate document 3.
Key provisions
- Allocates funds for the maintenance of state departments, boards, and commissions.
- Includes funding for interest on state debt.
- Provides funds for sinking funds.
- Authorizes appropriations for serial bond requirements.
- Funds certain permanent improvements.
- The bill was amended to remove all provisions after the enacting clause.
- Senate document 3 was inserted in place of the original text.
Who is affected
- State government departments and agencies
- Taxpayers (through state funding)
- Commonwealth residents (through state services)
Notable changes
- The bill was substantially amended by the Senate.
- Many amendments were adopted, including those related to specific funding allocations.
- Several amendments were rejected.
- The original bill's text was removed and replaced with Senate document 3.
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Primary sponsor
Senate Committee on Ways and Means
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Amendment S.3 194th (Current)
Senate, May 6, 2025 -- The committee on Senate Ways and Means, to whom was referred the House Bill making appropriations for the fiscal year 2026 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. 4001); reports, recommending that the same ought to pass with an amendment striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of Senate document numbered 3. (Total Appropriations: $61,327,676,291)
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Sponsor: Senate Committee on Ways and Means
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Bill History
Displaying 1 to 25 of 178 actions for Bill S.3
| Date | Branch | Action |
| 5/5/2025 | Senate | Order relative to subject matter adopted |
| 5/8/2025 | Senate | Reported from the committee on Senate Ways and Means |
| 5/8/2025 | Senate | Recommended new text for H4001 |
| 5/8/2025 | Senate | Placed in the Orders of the Day for Tuesday, May 20, 2025 pursuant to an order previously adopted |
| 5/20/2025 | Senate | Amendment #249 (Cyr) adopted -see Roll Call #27 (Yeas 40 to Nays 0) |
| 5/20/2025 | Senate | The following amendments were considered as one and rejected:1, 15, 20, 23, 27, 39, 40, 52, 55, 70, 83, 91, 105, 118, 124, 128, 135, 136, 143, 150, 155, 171, 179, 180, 205, 226, 245, 248, 262, 265, 266, 267, 269, 270, 275, 281, 282, 283, 284, 285, 286, 287, 288, 289, 291, 292, 293, 304, 305, 307, 308, 310, 314, 320, 321, 326, 330, 338, 339, 341, 343, 347, 353, 354, 357, 358, 363, 365, 371, 382, 386 |
| 5/20/2025 | Senate | The following amendments were considered as one and adopted:2, 17, 24, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 36, 37, 53, 54, 56, 68, 69, 71, 72, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 84, 92, 93, 94, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 104, 106, 107, 108, 111, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 119, 121, 122, 123, 125, 126, 127, 129, 131, 132, 133, 134, 137, 138, 139, 142, 144, 145, 148, 149, 159, 160, 161, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 170, 173, 174, 176, 177, 178, 181, 182, 184, 185, 186, 188, 189, 191, 194, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 218, 227, 228, 231, 232, 236, 247, 280, 306, 325, 329, 331, 332, 333, 334, 335, 340, 342, 344, 346, 349, 350, 351, 359, 360, 361, 362, 366, 367, 368, 369, 370, 372, 374, 375, 379, 380, 381, 384, 385 |
| 5/20/2025 | Senate | Amendment #9 (Moore) rejected |
| 5/20/2025 | Senate | Amendment #18 (Rausch) adopted |
| 5/20/2025 | Senate | Amendment #19 (Miranda) adopted |
| 5/20/2025 | Senate | Amendment #21 (Miranda) adopted |
| 5/20/2025 | Senate | Amendment #28 (Miranda) rejected |
| 5/20/2025 | Senate | Amendment #6 (Moore) rejected |
| 5/20/2025 | Senate | Amendment #42 (Gómez) adopted |
| 5/20/2025 | Senate | Amendment #43 (Gómez) adopted |
| 5/20/2025 | Senate | Amendment #46 (Gómez) adopted |
| 5/20/2025 | Senate | Amendment #51 (Keenan) adopted |
| 5/20/2025 | Senate | Amendment #103 (R. Kennedy) adopted |
| 5/20/2025 | Senate | Amendment #141 (O'Connor) rejected |
| 5/20/2025 | Senate | Amendment #152 (Lovely) adopted |
| 5/20/2025 | Senate | Amendment #168 (Edwards) adopted |
| 5/20/2025 | Senate | Amendment #158 (Friedman) adopted |
| 5/20/2025 | Senate | The following amendments were considered as one and adopted:408, 411, 412, 414, 415, 416, 417, 418, 419, 420, 421, 431, 432, 434, 436, 439, 440, 441, 444, 460, 462, 465, 473, 475, 478, 485, 486, 489, 497, 502, 506, 509, 512, 516, 521, 525, 529, 532, 533, 537, 538, 539, 548, 558, 561, 562, 563, 567, 569, 573, 577, 578, 591, 596 |
| 5/20/2025 | Senate | The following amendments were considered as one and rejected:389, 391, 400, 404, 409, 410, 423, 424, 435, 442, 443, 446, 471, 477, 479, 482, 483, 484, 488, 499, 500, 501, 505, 507, 511, 513, 519, 520, 522, 530, 535, 540, 542, 545, 547, 549, 557, 565, 572, 575, 581, 582, 583, 585, 586, 587, 588, 589, 590, 592, 593, 595, 598, 599 |
| 5/20/2025 | Senate | Amendment #175 (Barrett) rejected |
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