Bill > H1

This bill makes appropriations for the fiscal year 2026 for the maintenance of departments, boards, commissions, institutions, and certain activities of the commonwealth, including interest, sinking fund, and serial bond requirements, and for certain permanent improvements. * **Judiciary:** $1,384,120,000 total spending, including $1,371,311,000 in budgetary recommendations and $12,809,000 in federal, trust, and non-tax revenue. * Supreme Judicial Court: $74,475,468 * Committee for Public Counsel Services: $322,148,917 (including $210,292,128 for private counsel compensation) * Trial Court: $952,039,782 (including $336,346,054 for administrative staff and $195,973,428 for the Commissioner of Probation) * **Independents:** $8,373,613,000 total spending, including $4,181,370,000 in budgetary recommendations. * District Attorneys: $186,833,000 total spending, including $180,700,000 in budgetary recommendations. * Sheriffs: $767,042,000 total spending, including $759,380,000 in budgetary recommendations. * Massachusetts Sheriffs' Association: $758,898 * **Administration and Finance:** $6,942,937,000 total spending, including $4,914,264,000 in budgetary recommendations. * Group Insurance Commission: $2,418,029,573 (including $2,399,561,737 for premium and plan costs) * Department of Revenue: $1,597,621,450 (including $1,337,505,369 for unrestricted general government local aid) * Massachusetts Department of Transportation Contract Assistance: $125,000,000 * **Health and Human Services:** $39,446,991,000 total spending, including $33,303,439,000 in budgetary recommendations. * MassHealth Managed Care: $6,013,317,263 * MassHealth Senior Care: $5,136,638,566 * MassHealth Fee for Service Payments: $4,408,079,088 * Chapter 257 and Human Service Reserve: $207,000,000 * **Education:** $15,800,182,000 total spending, including $12,631,974,000 in budgetary recommendations. * Chapter 70 Aid to Cities and Towns: $7,097,168,436 * Department of Elementary and Secondary Education: $10,102,521,000 total spending, including $8,618,752,000 in budgetary recommendations. * Department of Early Education and Care: $1,703,596,000 total spending, including $1,700,863,000 in budgetary recommendations. * Massachusetts State Scholarship Program: $175,188,311 * Free Community College: $94,000,000 * **Public Safety:** $3,343,387,000 total spending, including $1,687,088,000 in budgetary recommendations. * Department of Correction: $905,892,000 total spending, including $876,246,462 in budgetary recommendations. * Department of State Police: $620,172,000 total spending, including $453,853,787 in budgetary recommendations. * Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency: $1,097,739,000 total spending, including $7,131,093 in budgetary recommendations. * **Transportation:** $3,347,066,000 total spending, including $1,520,292,000 in budgetary recommendations. * Massachusetts Transportation Trust Fund: $617,620,163 * Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority: $687,000,000 * Regional Transit Authorities: $204,000,000 * **Taxes:** The bill includes various tax provisions, including changes to the deeds excise tax, room occupancy excise, sales tax on candy and confectionery, estate tax, and the penalty on excessive prescription drug price increases. It also clarifies the taxation of products containing synthetic nicotine and updates security corporation tax treatment. * **Other Provisions:** The bill also includes provisions related to the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, the State Domestic Violence Fatality Review Team, the Department of Energy Resources assessment authority, the Health Care Access Bureau assessment, the Board of Appeals, the Behavioral Health Access and Crisis Intervention Trust Fund, the Education and Transportation Fund, access to retirement savings, employees of the MBTA Advisory Board, vital statistics, motor vehicle excise, and the universal adult vaccine program. The bill covers the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026. It includes provisions for nondiscrimination and equal opportunity in the spending of appropriated funds.

Budget and Finance

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H1