{"bill":{"bill_key":"MA-H5555-2026","title":"Making appropriations for the fiscal year 2027 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","side":"pro","state":"MA","year":2026,"status_cat":"enacted","ls_status":"enrolled","summary":"Making appropriations for the fiscal year 2027 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions, and certain activities of the commonwealth, for interest,…","notes":"FY 2027 budget includes funding earmarked for various LGBTQ oriented programs particularlly youth support programs, elder services, artist and business supports grants, and specified nondiscrimination requirements for various programs like domestic violence shelters","types_str":"LGBTQ+ Youth Services|LGBTQ+ Elder Rights|Supporting LGBTQ+ Owned Businesses|Appropriations","sponsor_mix":"other","final_margin_pct":95.9,"url":"https://legiscan.com/MA/bill/H5555/2025","url_kind":"legiscan","source":"legiscan","special":0,"last_updated":"2026-10-01T12:00:43.876Z","bluebook":{"cite":"H. 5555, 194th Gen. Ct. (Mass. 2026), https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H5555.","short":"Mass. H. 5555."}},"same_key":[],"sponsors":[],"citations":["CFR:42:438.6","USC:16:1531","USC:20:1400","USC:23:402","USC:26:148","USC:33:1251","USC:42:11001","USC:42:119","USC:42:1315","USC:42:1396a","USC:42:1751","USC:42:254","USC:42:254b","USC:42:256b","USC:42:300f","USC:42:670","USC:42:6901","USC:42:7401","USC:42:9601","USC:7:304"],"text":{"available":true,"credit":"Bill data and text from LegiScan (legiscan.com), licensed CC BY 4.0 and used in modified form. LegiScan does not endorse the Trans Data Initiative.","versions":[{"role":"intro","label":"As introduced","chars":1459699,"pdf_href":"/bills/MA-H5555-2026/pdf/0/intro"}]},"status_changes":[{"from_status":"pending|enrolled","to_status":"enacted|enrolled","changed_at":"2026-10-01T12:00:43.876Z"}]}