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Massachusetts HouseH58

An Act making appropriations for fiscal year 2025 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects

Passed 127–23Party-line

What it does: Appropriates $425 million for emergency shelter for homeless families, requires adult applicants to disclose convictions and pending serious charges, caps eligibility at six consecutive months with hardship waivers, and limits temporary respite stays to 30 days. (AI-written summary of the bill; the official record shows the exact version voted)

Question before the chamber: On acceptance of conference report

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The tally

Yes 127 · No 23 · Not voting 8

Bar: green = yes, brown = no, striped = not voting.

Votes by party
PartyYesNoNot voting
Democrats12624
Republicans0214
Other or unknown party100

Most Democrats voted yes; most Republicans voted no. 2 members voted against their party’s majority.

Voted against their party’s majority

The full roll (158)

Yes 127

No 23

Not voting 8

“Not voting” is a recorded non-vote, not a reason for the absence. Parties come from public rosters; how we count.