H4601
An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2025 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects.
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Bill overview
This bill allocates funds for the fiscal year 2025, supplementing existing appropriations and funding various activities and projects. Due to an emergency preamble, the bill’s provisions must be enacted immediately to ensure its purpose is met. It represents a supplemental budget request for the state.
Key provisions
- Provides supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year 2025.
- Funds various activities and projects across state government.
- Includes amendments adopted by the House on October 15, 2025.
- Requires immediate enactment due to an emergency preamble.
- Related to existing appropriations.
- Reported by the House Ways and Means Committee.
- Referenced as part of H4429.
- Consolidated amendments A and B were adopted.
Who is affected
- State government agencies
- Massachusetts residents
- The Massachusetts Legislature
- State budget recipients
- General public
Notable changes
- The bill includes amendments adopted by the House on October 15, 2025.
- An emergency preamble declares the need for immediate action.
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Primary sponsor
House Committee on Ways and Means
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Bill H.4601 194th (Current)
An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2025 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects.
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Sponsor: House Committee on Ways and Means
Emergency Preamble
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat its purposes, which are to make supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2025 and to make certain changes in law, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public convenience.
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Displaying 13 actions for Bill H.4601
| Date | Branch | Action |
| 10/14/2025 | House | Reported by the committee on House Ways and Means |
| 10/14/2025 | House | Reported on a part of H4429 |
| 10/14/2025 | House | Committee recommended ought to pass and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling |
| 10/15/2025 | House | Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting |
| 10/15/2025 | House | Rules suspended |
| 10/15/2025 | House | Read second and ordered to a third reading |
| 10/15/2025 | House | Rules suspended |
| 10/15/2025 | House | Read third |
| 10/15/2025 | House | Amendment 70 adopted, as changed - 147 YEAS to 8 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 89 ) |
| 10/15/2025 | House | Amendment 53 rejected |
| 10/15/2025 | House | Consolidated amendment A adopted - 144 YEAS to 11 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 90 ) |
| 10/15/2025 | House | Consolidated amendment B adopted - 151 YEAS to 4 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 91 ) |
| 10/15/2025 | House | Published as amended, see H4615 |
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