Press Room

Total Budget. The budget agreement totals $61.01 billion in spending, an increase of $3.3 billion over Fiscal Year 2025. The final bottom line represents a reduction of nearly $1 billion from House 1, and nearly $500 million below either branches original bottom line. This reduction in overall spending better prepares the Commonwealth to address underlying budget challenges and navigate potential economic turmoil in the months ahead.

Today, Senate Ways and Means Chair Michael J. Rodrigues and House Ways and Means Chair Aaron Michlewitz issued the following statement regarding the Fiscal Year 2026 Budget:

The Massachusetts Legislature today adopted joint rules that will make lawmaking more efficient, transparent and accessible to the public while adjusting the legislative calendar to allow more time to get meaningful policy accomplished. The first agreed-upon joint rules since 2019, these new rules will now govern the legislative process, joint committees, and interactions between the House of Representatives and the Senate for the 2025-2026 legislative session.

Today, the Massachusetts Senate passed the An Act strengthening health care protections in the Commonwealth—otherwise known as the Shield Act 2.0—legislation that would fortify protections for those seeking and providing reproductive and transgender care.

Senate Majority Leader Cindy Creem and House Majority Leader Michael Moran announced on June 23, 2025, that they reached an agreement on joint legislative rules for the 194th General Court of Massachusetts.

Today, the Massachusetts Senate passed a supplemental budget that directs funding to hospitals and community health centers throughout the state confronting rising costs while working to serve vulnerable populations.

Today, the Massachusetts Legislature approved $1.39 billion in new investments in public transportation and public education across the Commonwealth. The supplemental budget—funded by surplus revenue from the Fair Share surtax on incomes over $1 million, allocates $716 million for transportation and $593.5 million for education at every level.

The Fair Share supplemental budget agreement reached by the House and Senate provides $1.39 billion in new investments in education and transportation while prioritizing regional equity and maintaining fiscal responsibility in the face of federal uncertainty.