MA S2305

Bill

Text of the Senate amendment to the House Bill making appropriations for the fiscal year 2017 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. 4201)

Introduced
05/26/2016

In Committee

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
07/31/2016

Introduced Session

189th General Court

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This bill appropriates funds for the fiscal year 2017 for the maintenance of various departments, boards, commissions, institutions, and activities of the Commonwealth, as well as for interest, sinking fund, and serial bond requirements, and for certain permanent improvements. It also includes provisions related to nondiscrimination and equal opportunity policies, revenue sources for the Commonwealth, and details specific appropriations for various government functions, including the judiciary, executive offices, departments, and agencies. The bill also amends several existing laws, including those related to illegal gaming, municipal police training, the powers of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, the regulation of billboards, the state auditor's access to records, tax expenditure reviews, health insurance coverage for Lyme disease, dental hygiene practitioner scope of practice, the plastic bag reduction act, motor vehicle licenses and identification cards, snow and recreation vehicle titling, complete streets programs, horse racing, and various provisions related to the Department of Children and Families, Department of Mental Health, Department of Developmental Services, and the Department of Public Health, including funding for specific programs and initiatives. It also establishes new commissions and task forces to study issues related to pension forfeiture, regional school district funding, health insurance payer practices, and the regulation of online gaming.

Sponsors (0)

No sponsors listed

Last Action

See H4201 (on 05/26/2016)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/189/S2305

(12 Companion Bills)

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Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/189/S2305
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/189/S2305.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
H3999	Relative to the use of legal counsel by the town of Southbridge	Signed by the Governor, Chapter 91 of the Acts of 2016	Similar To
H4201	Making appropriations for the fiscal year 2017 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	Reported, in part, by H4451	Replaced by
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
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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