Lawmakers Send Healey $63.4 Billion Annual Budget Bill
The plan closes a $3.5 billion gap and keeps taxes unchanged, while analysts warn the aid agency funding could mean 150 layoffs.
- On Wednesday, Massachusetts lawmakers sent Gov. Maura Healey a $63.4 billion budget for the new fiscal year, increasing spending 3.9 percent over last year. Healey has 10 days to sign, veto, or amend the legislation.
- Operating under an interim spending bill passed Monday, the state finalized a budget that closes a $3.5 billion gap between projected revenues and spending. This marks the 16th consecutive year Massachusetts began its fiscal year without an annual budget.
- New policy provisions require MassHealth to cover PrEP, a medicine for HIV prevention, and allocate 5.5 percent of sports wagering revenue to an entertainment fund. The budget also mandates financial oversight for 14 county sheriff's offices.
- Lawmakers revived a commission to reexamine school-funding formulas, but the Massachusetts Teachers Association criticized their exclusion from the panel. MTA president Max Page called the decision "petty and small-minded."
- Adam Chapdelaine, executive director of the Massachusetts Municipal Association, warned that shifting federal policies from Washington could reduce local aid. He stressed the need to advocate for continued resources for cities and towns.
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Mass. lawmakers, embracing ‘unique commonality,’ send Healey $63 billion budget plan - The Boston Globe
Massachusetts lawmakers on Wednesday sent the state’s $63 billion spending plan to Governor Maura Healey’s desk, passing a budget on the first day of the fiscal year.
Mass. lawmakers agree on $63.4 billion budget
Lawmakers are expected to approve the compromise budget Wednesday — the first day of the new fiscal year, making it once again a late budget. It emerged after roughly a month of conference committee negotiations between the House and Senate.
"Lawmakers send Healey $63.4 billion annual budget bill" - GBH - Mass. Budget and Policy Center
By Colin A. Young | State House News Service , July 02, 2026 Gov. Maura Healey has the next 10 days to review and act on the $63.4 billion budget that lawmakers sent her Wednesday, the first day of the new fiscal year the budget covers. The compromise (H 5555) that cleared both branches Wednesday with just a handful of dissenting votes features $63.42 billion in line-item spending, an increase of $2.37 billion or 3.9% over the budget Healey sign…
Massachusetts Legislature Approves $63.4 Billion FY27 Budget, Sends Measure to Gov. Healey
Massachusetts lawmakers on July 1, 2026, the first day of the new fiscal year, passed a compromise $63.4 billion annual budget bill and forwarded it to Governor Maura Healey for her review and signature. The measure, known as H. 5555, cleared both chambers with strong majorities and minimal oppos
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