H 4615
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, H.4615, allocates funds for the fiscal year 2025, supplementing existing appropriations and making changes to the law. Due to the urgency of the appropriations, an emergency preamble was included, declaring the act an emergency law. The bill has undergone revisions and amendments through both the House and Senate, ultimately leading to a conference committee resolution.
Key provisions
- Provides supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2025.
- Includes changes to existing laws.
- Underwent amendments and revisions in both the House and Senate.
- A conference committee was established to resolve differences between the House and Senate versions.
- The bill was initially published as amended.
- The Senate recommended passage with an amendment.
- The House non-concurred with the Senate amendment.
- The bill was reprinted as amended, incorporating changes from S2655.
Who is affected
- State government agencies
- Various sectors receiving state funding
- The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Notable changes
- The bill was amended and revised multiple times during its legislative process.
- The Senate initially proposed an amendment that was subsequently rejected by the House.
- A conference committee was convened to reconcile the differences between the House and Senate versions.
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Bill H.4615 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
House bill No. 4601, as amended and passed to be engrossed by the House. October 15, 2025.
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Bill Information
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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Bill History
Displaying 19 actions for Bill H.4615
| Date | Branch | Action |
| 10/15/2025 | House | H4601, published as amended |
| 10/15/2025 | House | Passed to be engrossed - 141 YEAS to 14 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 92 ) |
| 10/16/2025 | Senate | Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means |
| 10/20/2025 | Senate | Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, inserting in place thereof the text of S2655 |
| 10/20/2025 | Senate | Order relative to subject matter adopted |
| 10/20/2025 | Senate | Placed in the Orders of the Day for Thursday, October 23, 2025 |
| 10/23/2025 | Senate | Read second |
| 10/23/2025 | Senate | Amended by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of S2655 |
| 10/23/2025 | Senate | Reprinted, as amended, see S2670 |
| 10/23/2025 | Senate | Ordered to a third reading |
| 10/23/2025 | Senate | Read third |
| 10/23/2025 | Senate | Passed to be engrossed -- see Roll Call #93 (Yeas 39 to Nays 0) |
| 10/27/2025 | House | Rules suspended |
| 10/27/2025 | House | House NON-concurred in the Senate amendment |
| 10/27/2025 | House | Committee of conference appointed - (Michlewitz-Ferrante-Smola) |
| 10/30/2025 | Senate | Rules suspended |
| 10/30/2025 | Senate | Senate insists on its amendment |
| 10/30/2025 | Senate | Committee of conference appointed (Rodrigues-Comerford-O'Connor), in concurrence |
| 11/17/2025 | House | Reported, in part, by H4761 |
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