H4005: An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2025 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects
https://www.thesomervilletimes.com/getnews/tst_4_16_25.pdf
Somerville Times
Beacon Hill Roll Call
4/16/25
$1.3 BILLION FOR TRANSPORTATION AND EDUCATION (H 4005) House 140-14, approved and sent to the Senate a $1.3 billion supplemental budget that uses funds generated from the recent surtax imposed on taxpayers' earnings of more than $1 million annually, to fund $353 million for education-related projects and $828 million for transportation-related ones. It also includes non-surtax spending that pushes the combined bottom line to roughly $1.3 billion. The surtax was created by voters in November 2022 when they voted for a constitutional amendment that allows a graduated income tax in Massachusetts and imposes an additional 4 percent income tax, in addition to the flat 5 percent one, on taxpayers' earnings of more than $1 million annually. Language in the constitutional amendment requires that "subject to appropriation, the revenue will go to fund quality public education, affordable public colleges and universities, and for the repair and maintenance of roads, bridges and public transportation." A total of $818 million of the $828 million for transportation will be used for various MBTA projects while $10 million will fund unpaved roads. The $353 million for education includes $190 million for Circuit Breaker reimbursements, which provide financial assistance to public school districts to offset the cost of delivering high-cost special education services to students; $50 million for capital improvements at vocational schools; $40 million for early education and care workforce; $10 million for universal school meals for all public-school students; and $10 million for Green SchoolWorks to decarbonize and increase efficiency in schools through green energy projects. "Ensuring that every Massachusetts resident has access to a safe and reliable public transportation system, and that every student in the commonwealth receives a high-quality education, are two of the most fundamental responsibilities that we have as elected officials," said House Speaker Ron Mariano (D-Quincy). "The investments being made in this supplemental budget are representative of the House's continued focus on meeting those responsibilities and were made possible as a result of years of fiscally responsible, consensus driven budgeting." "The use of these one-time surplus of funds are a unique opportunity for us to better strengthen the common
wealth in numerous ways," said Rep. Aaron Michlewitz (D-Boston), chair of the House Committee on Ways and Means. "By further improving our educational and transportation sectors, we will build off the work we have done in the last several budget cycles with a judicious use of the Fair Share funds." "[The] session was dominated by votes that favored pork barrel spending and neglected support for cities and towns in transportation and education," said Rep. Marc Lombardo (R-Billerica) who voted against the package. "Instead of allocating critical funding for roads and bridges to benefit all communities, the bill was filled with pork spending for House leadership. Moreover, instead of fully funding special education costs that are straining municipal budgets, we allocated hundreds of millions of dollars to the MBTA. Overall, the bill failed to provide comprehensive financial support to communities across the commonwealth. Beacon Hill needs to do better." "While the education piece was strong, the transportation piece was not," said Rep. Joe McKenna (R-Webster). "The stark disparity in funding between the MBTA getting nearly the entirety of funding while the 277 cities and towns without direct MBTA access were effectively left out, was too large a gap to support the bill.
25-H4005MA Legislative Summary: H4005: An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2025 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations [as response to the Fair Share "Millionaire's Tax" Amendment].
Summary by Somerville Times, Beacon Hill Roll Call, 4/16/25: $1.3 BILLION FOR TRANSPORTATION AND EDUCATION (H 4005) passed House 140-14, to use funds generated from the recent surtax imposed on taxpayers' earnings of more than $1 million annually, to fund $353 million for education-related projects and $828 million for transportation-related ones. It also includes non-surtax spending that pushes the combined bottom line to roughly $1.3 billion. The surtax was created by voters in November 2022 when they voted for a constitutional amendment that allows a graduated income tax in Massachusetts and imposes an additional 4 percent income tax, in addition to the flat 5 percent one, on taxpayers' earnings of more than $1 million annually. Language in the constitutional amendment requires that "subject to appropriation, the revenue will go to fund quality public education, affordable public colleges and universities, and for the repair and maintenance of roads, bridges and public transportation."
House Speaker Ron Mariano (D-Quincy) says, "The investments being made in this supplemental budget are representative of the House's continued focus on meeting those responsibilities."
Rep. Aaron Michlewitz (D-Boston), chair of the House Committee on Ways and Means, says "By further improving our educational and transportation sectors, we will build off the work we have done in the last several budget cycles with a judicious use of the Fair Share funds."
Rep. Joe McKenna (R-Webster) says, "While the education piece was strong, the transportation piece was not. The stark disparity in funding between the MBTA getting nearly the entirety of funding while the 277 cities and towns without direct MBTA access were effectively left out, was too large a gap to support the bill."
Democratic Party Platform "Environmental Justice" (p.12): Massachusetts Democrats will fight for... Safe, reliable, accessible, and equitable transportation solutions that reduce greenhouse gases and increase reliance on electric and non-emitting vehicles, enhanced biking infrastructure, and a safe, reliable, and sustainable public transit system. 31 2 -2 0 Education Use $828M of millionaire's tax for transportation projects NO to $828B from millionaire's tax for MBTA [no sponsor list] https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4227 https://malegislature.gov/RollCall/194/ .pdf
Legislative Outcome: Original bill H.4005 as amended 4/9/25; House Roll Call #29 passed House 140-14-4 on 4/9/25 to engross; H.4227 renamed in Senate; Senate Roll Call #52 passed Senate 40-0 on 6/18/25; Signed by Gov. Healey asChapter 7 of 2025 on 6/24/2
Democratic Platform
p. 10
MASSACHUSETTS DEMOCRATS WILL FIGHT FOR:
● Public education that is fully funded and free to all, including high-quality early
education, full-day kindergarten, vocational technical education, and higher
education, because education is a human right.
Education Use $353M of millionaires' surtax for education projects
Education NO to $1.3B from millionaires' surtax for education & MBTA
USE THIS - more NO votes
https://malegislature.gov/RollCall/194/HouseRollCall29.pdf
04/09/2025 No. 29
140 YEAS 14 NAYS 4 N/V
MASSACHUSETTS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES H. 4005 On Engrossment Yea and Nay 04/09/2025 06:09 PM No. 29 140 YEAS 14 NAYS 4 N/V
25-H4005MA v1y Mr. Speaker
25-H4005MA v1y Flanagan
25-H4005MA v1y Markey
25-H4005MA v1y Sylvia
25-H4005MA v1y Moran M.
25-H4005MA v1y Fluker-Reid
25-H4005MA v1y McGonagle
25-H4005MA v1y Tarsky
25-H4005MA v1y Hogan
25-H4005MA v1y Gallagher
25-H4005MA v1y McMurtry
25-H4005MA v1y Turco
25-H4005MA v1y Peisch
25-H4005MA v1y Galvin
25-H4005MA v1y Mendes
25-H4005MA v1y Tyler
25-H4005MA v1y Moran F.
25-H4005MA v1y Garballey
25-H4005MA v1y Meschino
25-H4005MA v1y Ultrino
25-H4005MA v1y Donato
25-H4005MA v1y Garcia
25-H4005MA v1y Michlewitz
25-H4005MA v1y Uyterhoeven
25-H4005MA v1y Arciero
25-H4005MA v1y Garry
25-H4005MA v1y Moakley
25-H4005MA v1y Vargas
25-H4005MA v1y Arena-DeRosa
25-H4005MA v1y Gentile
25-H4005MA v1y Montaño
25-H4005MA v1y Vitolo
25-H4005MA v1y Armini
25-H4005MA v1y Giannino
25-H4005MA v1y Moran J.
25-H4005MA v1y Walsh
25-H4005MA v1y Arriaga
25-H4005MA v1y Gómez
25-H4005MA v1y Murphy
25-H4005MA v1y Wells
25-H4005MA v1y Ashe
25-H4005MA v1y González
25-H4005MA v1y Murray
25-H4005MA v1y Williams
25-H4005MA v1y Ayers
25-H4005MA v1y Gordon
25-H4005MA v1y Nguyen
25-H4005MA v1y Worrell
25-H4005MA v1y Badger
25-H4005MA v1y Gregoire
25-H4005MA v1y O'Day
25-H4005MA v1y Zlotnik
25-H4005MA v1y Barber
25-H4005MA v1y Haggerty
25-H4005MA v1y Ouellette
25-H4005MA v1y --Jones--
25-H4005MA v1y Barrett
25-H4005MA v1y Hamilton
25-H4005MA v1y Owens
25-H4005MA v1y Ferguson
25-H4005MA v1y Biele
25-H4005MA v1y Hawkins
25-H4005MA v1y Paulino
25-H4005MA v1y Frost
25-H4005MA v1y Blais
25-H4005MA v1y Hendricks
25-H4005MA v1y Philips
25-H4005MA v1y Muradian
25-H4005MA v1y Cabral
25-H4005MA v1y Higgins
25-H4005MA v1y Plouffe
25-H4005MA v2n Vieira
25-H4005MA v1y Cahill
25-H4005MA v1y Holmes
25-H4005MA v1y Puppolo
25-H4005MA v2n Berthiaume
25-H4005MA v1y Cataldo
25-H4005MA v1y Honan
25-H4005MA x Ramos, A.
25-H4005MA v2n Boldyga
25-H4005MA v1y Chan
25-H4005MA v1y Hong
25-H4005MA v1y Ramos, O.
25-H4005MA v1y Chaisson
25-H4005MA x Ciccolo
25-H4005MA v1y Howard
25-H4005MA v1y Reid
25-H4005MA v2n DeCoste
25-H4005MA v1y Connolly
25-H4005MA v1y Hunt
25-H4005MA v1y Reyes
25-H4005MA v2n Gaskey
25-H4005MA v1y Consalvo
25-H4005MA v1y Kassner
25-H4005MA v1y Robertson
25-H4005MA v1y Howitt
25-H4005MA v1y Cruz
25-H4005MA v1y Kearney
25-H4005MA v1y Rogers, D.
25-H4005MA v1y Kane
25-H4005MA v1y Cusack
25-H4005MA v1y Keefe
25-H4005MA v1y Rogers, J.
25-H4005MA v2n Lombardo
25-H4005MA v1y Davis
25-H4005MA v1y Kerans
25-H4005MA v1y Roy
25-H4005MA v1y Marsi
25-H4005MA v1y Day
25-H4005MA v1y Kilcoyne
25-H4005MA v1y Ryan
25-H4005MA v2n McKenna
25-H4005MA v1y Decker
25-H4005MA v1y Kushmerek
25-H4005MA v1y Sabadosa
25-H4005MA v1y Orrall
25-H4005MA v1y Diggs
25-H4005MA v1y LaNatra
25-H4005MA v1y Sangiolo
25-H4005MA v2n Pease
25-H4005MA v1y Domb
25-H4005MA x Lawn
25-H4005MA v1y Saunders
25-H4005MA v2n Smola
25-H4005MA v1y Donaghue
25-H4005MA v1y LeBoeuf
25-H4005MA v1y Scanlon
25-H4005MA v1y Soter
25-H4005MA v1y Donahue
25-H4005MA v1y Lewis
25-H4005MA v1y Scarsdale
25-H4005MA v2n Sullivan-Almeida
25-H4005MA v1y DuBois
25-H4005MA v1y Linsky
25-H4005MA v1y Schwartz
25-H4005MA v2n Sweezey
25-H4005MA v1y Duffy
25-H4005MA v1y Lipper-Garabedian
25-H4005MA v1y Sena
25-H4005MA v2n Thurber
25-H4005MA v1y Elliott
25-H4005MA v1y Livingstone
25-H4005MA x Shand
25-H4005MA v2n Vaughn
25-H4005MA v1y Farley-Bouvier
25-H4005MA v1y Luddy
25-H4005MA v1y Silvia
25-H4005MA v1y Wong
25-H4005MA v1y Ferrante
25-H4005MA v1y MacGregor
25-H4005MA v1y Sousa
25-H4005MA v2n Xiarhos
25-H4005MA v1y Finn
25-H4005MA v1y Madaro
25-H4005MA v1y Stanley
25-H4005MA v1y --Whipps--
25-H4005MA v1y Fiola
25-H4005MA v1y Mahoney
*=AFTER VOTE P=PRESENT X=NOT VOTING
https://malegislature.gov/RollCall/194/HouseRollCall57.pdf
MASSACHUSETTS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES H. 4227 On enactment Yea and Nay 06/18/2025 02:44 PM No. 57 148 YEAS 4 NAYS 7 N/V Y Mr. Speaker Y Fiola Y Mahoney Y Sylvia Y Moran M. Y Flanagan Y Markey Y Tarsky Y Hogan Y Fluker-Reid Y McGonagle Y Turco Y Peisch Y Gallagher Y McMurtry X Tyler Y Moran F. Y Galvin Y Mendes Y Ultrino Y Donato Y Garballey Y Meschino Y Uyterhoeven Y Arciero Y Garcia Y Michlewitz X Vargas Y Arena-DeRosa N Garry Y Moakley Y Vitolo Y Armini X Gentile Y Montaño Y Walsh Y Arriaga Y Giannino Y Moran J. Y Wells Y Ashe Y Gómez Y Murphy Y Williams Y Ayers Y González Y Murray Y Worrell Y Badger Y Gordon Y Nguyen Y Zlotnik Y Barber X Gregoire Y O'Day Y --Jones-- Y Barrett Y Haggerty Y Ouellette Y Ferguson Y Biele Y Hamilton Y Owens Y Frost Y Blais Y Hawkins Y Paulino Y Muradian Y Bowen Y Hendricks Y Philips Y Vieira Y Cabral Y Higgins Y Plouffe Y Berthiaume Y Cahill Y Holmes Y Puppolo Y Boldyga Y Cataldo Y Honan Y Ramos, A. Y Chaisson Y Chan Y Hong Y Ramos, O. Y DeCoste Y Ciccolo Y Howard Y Reid N Gaskey Y Connolly Y Hunt Y Reyes Y Howitt Y Consalvo Y Kassner Y Robertson Y Kane Y Cruz Y Kearney Y Rogers, D. Y Lombardo Y Cusack Y Keefe Y Rogers, J. Y Marsi Y Davis X Kerans Y Roy Y McKenna Y Day Y Kilcoyne Y Ryan Y Orrall Y Decker Y Kushmerek Y Sabadosa Y Pease Y Diggs Y LaNatra Y Sangiolo Y Smola Y Domb Y Lawn Y Saunders Y Soter Y Donaghue Y LeBoeuf Y Scanlon N Sullivan-Almeida Y Donahue X Lewis X Scarsdale N Sweezey Y DuBois Y Linsky Y Schwartz Y Thurber Y Duffy Y Lipper-Garabedian Y Sena Y Vaughn Y Elliott Y Livingstone Y Shand Y Wong Y Farley-Bouvier Y Luddy Y Silvia Y Xiarhos Y Ferrante Y MacGregor Y Sousa Y --Whipps-- Y Finn Y Madaro Y Stanley *=AFTER VOTE P=PRESENT X=NOT VOTING
https://malegislature.gov/RollCall/194/SenateRollCall52.pdf
Senate -- Roll Call #52 H.4227 -- Question on passing the bill to be enacted YEAS.
25-H4005MA v1y Barrett, Michael J.
25-H4005MA v1y Gómez, Adam
25-H4005MA v1y Brady, Michael D.
25-H4005MA v1y Jehlen, Patricia D.
25-H4005MA v1y Brownsberger, William N.
25-H4005MA v1y Keenan, John F.
25-H4005MA v1y Collins, Nick
25-H4005MA v1y Kennedy, Edward J.
25-H4005MA v1y Comerford, Joanne M.
25-H4005MA v1y Kennedy, Robyn K.
25-H4005MA v1y Creem, Cynthia Stone
25-H4005MA v1y Lewis, Jason M.
25-H4005MA v1y Crighton, Brendan P.
25-H4005MA v1y Lovely, Joan B.
25-H4005MA v1y Cronin, John J.
25-H4005MA v1y Mark, Paul W.
25-H4005MA v1y Cyr, Julian
25-H4005MA v1y Miranda, Liz
25-H4005MA v1y DiDomenico, Sal N.
25-H4005MA v1y Montigny, Mark C.
25-H4005MA v1y Dooner, Kelly A.
25-H4005MA v1y Moore, Michael O.
25-H4005MA v1y Driscoll, Jr., William J
25-H4005MA v1y . O'Connor, Patrick M.
25-H4005MA v1y Durant, Peter J.
25-H4005MA v1y Oliveira, Jacob R.
25-H4005MA v1y Edwards, Lydia
25-H4005MA v1y Payano, Pavel
25-H4005MA v1y Eldridge, James B.
25-H4005MA v1y Rausch, Rebecca L.
25-H4005MA v1y Fattman, Ryan C.
25-H4005MA v1y Rodrigues, Michael J.
25-H4005MA v1y Feeney, Paul R.
25-H4005MA v1y Rush, Michael F.
25-H4005MA v1y Fernandes, Dylan A.
25-H4005MA v1y Spilka, Karen E.
25-H4005MA v1y Finegold, Barry R.
25-H4005MA v1y Tarr, Bruce E.
25-H4005MA v1y Friedman, Cindy F.
25-H4005MA v1y Velis, John C.
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