Massachusetts Senate Passes $7.7 Billion Interim FY2027 Budget Before Final Appropriations Act

BOSTON — June 29, 2026 — Massachusetts Senate clears $7.7 billion interim budget and a dozen local bills in a single session. The full chamber passed House No. 5534, an interim fiscal year 2027 appropriations bill, by unanimous voice vote on June 29, keeping state agencies funded while budget negotiations continue; the measure will be rescinded once the general appropriations act is enacted. Assistant Minority Leader Kelly A. Dooner raised a point of parliamentary inquiry to confirm the figure on the record, with the clerk responding that "the amount for the 112th budget is $7.7 billion." The Senate also engrossed three separate Boston Police Department age-waiver bills for officer candidates Adam Watt, Rodney Alcindor, and Jonathan Telfort, and enacted sick leave bank legislation for two state employees and charter amendments for the towns of Hudson, Berkeley, Plainville, Orange, and Bridgewater. The chamber adjourned to a full formal session Wednesday, July 2, at 11 a.m.