MA H3785

Bill

Making appropriations for the fiscal year 2015 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects

Introduced
09/30/2015

In Committee
10/01/2015

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
07/31/2016

Introduced Session

189th General Court

Bill Summary

House bill No. 3773, as changed by the

AI Summary

This bill makes supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2015, providing additional funds for various state agencies and programs, and also enacts several changes to existing laws. Key provisions include allocating funds for the Judiciary, District Attorneys, the Secretary of the Commonwealth, various Executive Offices (including Administration and Finance, Energy and Environmental Affairs, Health and Human Services, Transportation, Housing and Economic Development, Education, and Public Safety and Security), and Sheriff's Departments. The bill also re-appropriates unexpended balances from previous fiscal years, establishes a Massachusetts Council on Substance Use Disorder Prevention and Treatment, modifies provisions related to architectural and engineering experience requirements for certain boards, defines "schematic design" for building projects, adjusts how certain fund balances are handled, and amends laws concerning the Commissioner of Revenue, early voting, home health agency adjustments, alcoholic beverage licenses, and the structure of the Massachusetts Port Authority Community Advisory Committee. Additionally, it addresses specific funding items, extends deadlines for certain reports and programs, and makes technical corrections to existing statutes, including those related to child sexual abuse prevention, the 495/MetroWest Suburban Edge Community Commission, and a study on pancreatic cancer. Finally, it includes provisions for a Debt Defeasance Trust Fund, adjustments to the distribution of consolidated net surplus, and changes to election primary dates and procedures for the 2016 election cycle.

Sponsors (0)

No sponsors listed

Last Action

Reported (in part) by S2025 (on 10/05/2015)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/189/H3785

(12 Companion Bills)

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Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/189/H3785
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/189/H3785.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H2016	House Rules governing the 2015-2016 legislative sessions	Order adopted, see H56	Similar To
H3333	Making appropriations for the fiscal year 2015 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects	Signed by the Governor, Chapter 10 of the Acts of 2015	Similar To
H3593	Opinion of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court to the House ofRepresentatives [on certain questions ofLaw pertaining to the origin of a "moneyBill" in relation to the generalAppropriation bill for fiscal year 2016]	Placed on file	Similar To
H3670	Relative to the pension liability of the commonwealth	Signed by the Governor, Chapter 61 of the Acts of 2015	Similar To
H3673	Relative to the transfer of certain funds to be credited to the Housing Preservation and Stabilization Trust Fund for fiscal year 2016	Signed by the Governor, Chapter 107 of the Acts of 2015	Similar To
H3773	Making appropriations for the fiscal year 2015 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects	Published as amended, see H3785	Replaces
H4727	A communication from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (under the provisions of sections 1B, 1J and 1K of Chapter 69 of the General Laws) submitting amendments to 603 CMR 2.00, regulations on accountability and assistance for school districts and schools	Senate concurred	Similar To
H54	Annual report of the Public Employee Retirement Administration Commission (under sections 21, 102 and 103 of Chapter 32 of the General Laws) relative to the percentum change in the average cost-of-living as shown by the United States consumer price index for the year 2014 compared with such index for the year 2013	Accompanied a study order, see H4367	Similar To
S2015	Clearing titles to foreclosed properties	Signed by the Governor, Chapter 141 of the Acts of 2015	Similar To
S28	Making appropriations for the fiscal year 2015 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects	Text of S21, printed as amended	Similar To
S50	Providing for an employee retirement incentive program	Passed to be engrossed	Similar To
S8	Text of the Senate Rules as adopted by the Senate as the permanent rules of the Senate for 2015-2016.		Similar To

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