HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 4040
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two branches with reference
to the Senate amendment (striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof
the text contained in Senate document numbered 2400) of the House Bill making appropriations
for the fiscal year 2024 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 (House, No. 3901), reports, in part,
recommending passage of the accompanying bill (House, No. 4040) [Total Appropriation:
$56,256,441,587.00]. July 30, 2023.
Aaron Michlewitz Michael J. Rodrigues
Ann-Margaret Ferrante Cindy F. Friedman
Todd M. Smola Patrick M. O’Connor
 FILED ON: 7/30/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 4040
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)
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An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2024 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.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat its purpose, which is to
which is immediately to make appropriations for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and to
make certain changes in law, each of which is immediately necessary or appropriate to effectuate
said appropriations or for other important public purposes, therefore it is hereby declared to be an
emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public convenience.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1. To provide for the operations of the several departments, boards, commissions and
institutions of the commonwealth and other services of the commonwealth and for certain permanent
improvements and to meet certain requirements of law, the sums set forth in this act, for the several
purposes and subject to the conditions specified, are hereby appropriated from the General Fund unless
specifically designated otherwise, subject to the laws regulating the disbursement of public funds and the
approval thereof for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024. All sums appropriated under this act, including
supplemental and deficiency budgets, shall be expended in a manner reflecting and encouraging a policy
of nondiscrimination and equal opportunity for members of minority groups, women and persons with a
disability. All officials and employees of an agency, board, department, commission or division receiving
funds under this act shall take affirmative steps to ensure equality of opportunity in the internal affairs of
state government and in their relations with the public, including those persons and organizations doing
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business with the commonwealth. Each agency, board, department, commission and division of the
commonwealth, in spending appropriated sums and discharging its statutory responsibilities, shall adopt
measures to ensure equal opportunity in the areas of hiring, promotion, demotion or transfer, recruitment,
layoff or termination, rates of compensation, in-service or apprenticeship training programs and all other
terms and conditions of employment.
SECTION 1A. In accordance with Articles LXIII and CVII of the Articles of Amendment to the
Constitution of the Commonwealth and section 6D of chapter 29 of the General Laws, it is hereby
declared that the amounts of revenue set forth in this section by source for the respective funds of the
commonwealth for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024 are necessary and sufficient to provide the
means to defray the appropriations and expenditures from such funds for said fiscal year as set forth and
authorized in this act. The comptroller shall keep a distinct account of actual receipts from each such
source by each such fund to furnish the executive office for administration and finance and the house and
senate committees on ways and means with quarterly statements comparing such receipts with the
projected receipts set forth in this section, and include a full statement comparing such actual and
projected receipts in the annual report for said fiscal year pursuant to section 12 of chapter 7A of the
General Laws. The quarterly and annual reports shall also include detailed statements of any other
sources of revenue for the budgeted funds in addition to those specified in this section.
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Fiscal Year 2024 Revenue by Source and Budgeted Fund (in Millions)
All Commonwealth
Budgeted General Transportation Other Major Other
Revenue Source Funds Fund Fund Funds Funds
Alcoholic Beverages $99.6 $99.6 $0.0 $0.0 $0.0
Banks $15.6 $15.6 $0.0 $0.0 $0.0
Cigarettes $293.7 $293.7 $0.0 $0.0 $0.0
Corporations $4,527.6 $4,527.6 $0.0 $0.0 $0.0
Deeds $452.7 $452.7 $0.0 $0.0 $0.0
Fair Share Income Surtax $1,000.0 $1,000.0 $0.0 $0.0 $0.0
Income $22,637.3 $22,637.3 $0.0 $0.0 $0.0
Inheritance and Estate $882.7 $882.7 $0.0 $0.0 $0.0
Insurance $672.4 $645.1 $0.0 $0.0 $27.3
Marijuana Excise $167.3 $0.0 $0.0 $167.3 $0.0
Motor Fuel $718.2 $0.0 $717.3 $0.0 $0.9
Public Utilities $0.0 $0.0 $0.0 $0.0 $0.0
Room Occupancy $243.6 $243.6 $0.0 $0.0 $0.0
Sales - Regular $6,882.1 $4,544.6 $0.0 $0.0 $2,337.4
Sales - Meals $1,533.5 $1,533.5 $0.0 $0.0 $0.0
Sales - Motor Vehicles $1,264.7 $0.0 $835.1 $0.0 $429.5
Miscellaneous $19.3 $19.3 $0.0 $0.0 $0.0
Fiscal Year 2024 Base Tax Revenue Estimate $41,410.4 $36,895.4 $1,552.4 $167.3 $2,795.2
Statutory Tax Transfers
Annual Contribution to the State Pension System -$4,104.6 -$4,104.6 $0.0 $0.0 $0.0
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-$1,463.5 $0.0 $0.0 $0.0
Sales Tax Transfer to the MBTA $1,463.5
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-$1,303.5 $0.0 $0.0 $0.0
Sales Tax Transfer to the MSBA $1,303.5
-$27.3 $0.0 $0.0 $0.0 -$27.3
UI Surcharge to the Workforce Training Trust Fund
Fair Share Surtax to the Education and Transportation -$1,000.0 -$1,000.0 $0.0 $0.0 $0.0
Fund
Excess Capital Gains to the Stabilization Fund -$525.0 -$525.0 $0.0 $0.0 $0.0
Excess Capital Gains to the State Retiree Benefits -$29.2 -$29.2 $0.0 $0.0 $0.0
Trust Fund
Excess Capital Gains to the Pension Liability Fund -$29.2 -$29.2 $0.0 $0.0 $0.0
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Total Statutory Tax Transfers -$8,482.2 -$5,688.0 $0.0 $0.0
$2,794.2
Total Fiscal Year 2024 Consensus Tax Revenue
$32,928.2 $31,207.5 $1,552.4 $167.3 $0.9
Available for Budget
Tax Initiatives and Other Tax Revenue
Tax-Related Settlements & Judgments $50.0 $50.0 $0.0 $0.0 $0.0
 Tax Relief Initiatives -$580.0 -$580.0 $0.0 $0.0 $0.0
Total Tax Initiatives and Other Tax Revenue -$530.0 -$530.0 $0.0 $0.0 $0.0
Total Taxes for Budget $32,398.2 $30,677.5 $1,552.4 $167.3 $0.9
Non-Tax Revenue
Federal Reimbursements $13,735.3 $13,726.7 $0.0 $0.0 $8.6
Departmental Revenues $6,127.5 $5,166.4 $710.6 $58.8 $191.7
Consolidated Transfers $4,290.0 $2,467.1 $40.5 $209.4 $1,573.0
Total Non-Tax Revenue $24,152.8 $21,360.3 $751.1 $268.2 $1,773.3
Fiscal Year 2024 Grand Total $56,551.0 $52,037.8 $2,303.5 $435.5 $1,774.2
*Includes revenue deposited into the Workforce Training Fund, Inland Fish and Game Fund, Gaming Local Aid Fund, and Stabilization Fund.
 SECTION 1B. The comptroller shall keep a distinct account of actual receipts of non-tax revenues by each
department, board, commission or institution to furnish the executive office for administration and finance and the house
and senate committees on ways and means with quarterly statements comparing such receipts with projected receipts set
forth in this section and to include a full statement comparing such receipts with projected receipts in the annual report for
such fiscal year pursuant to section 12 of chapter 7A of the General Laws. The quarterly and annual reports shall also
include detailed statements of any other sources of revenue for the budgeted funds in addition to those specified in this
section.
Non-Tax Revenue: Department Summary
Federal Departmental Budgeted Total Total
Revenue Source Revenues Revenues Transfers Unrestricted Restricted
Judiciary
Supreme Judicial Court $0 $2,341,110 $0 $2,341,110 $0
Committee for Public Counsel $0 $3,525,000 $0 $3,525,000 $0
Appeals Court $0 $279,234 $0 $279,234 $0
Trial Court $0 $58,142,056 $0 $58,142,056 $0
TOTAL $0 $64,287,400 $0 $64,287,400 $0
District Attorneys
Middlesex District Attorney's Office $0 $422 $0 $422 $0
Worcester District Attorney's Office $0 $1,500 $0 $1,500 $0
Plymouth District Attorney's Office $0 $2,000 $0 $2,000 $0
TOTAL $0 $3,922 $0 $3,922 $0
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Secretary of the Commonwealth $0 $285,645,040 $0 $285,630,040 $15,000
TOTAL $0 $285,645,040 $0 $285,630,040 $15,000
Treasurer and Receiver General
Office of the Treasurer $0 $749,570,906 $398,860,209 $1,098,081,115 $50,350,000
Massachusetts Cultural Council $0 $20,000 $0 $20,000 $0
State Lottery Commission $0 $31,250 $1,216,408,020 $1,216,439,270 $0
TOTAL $0 $749,622,156 $1,615,268,229 $2,314,540,385 $50,350,000
Attorney General
Office of the Attorney General $4,426,908 $50,302,989 $0 $48,000,000 $6,729,897
TOTAL $4,426,908 $50,302,989 $0 $48,000,000 $6,729,897
State Ethics Commission
State Ethics Commission $0 $75,000 $0 $75,000 $0
TOTAL $0 $75,000 $0 $75,000 $0
Inspector General
Office of the Inspector General $0 $1,175,000 $0 $0 $1,175,000
TOTAL $0 $1,175,000 $0 $0 $1,175,000
Office of Campaign and Political Finance
Office of Campaign and Political Finance $0 $56,000 $0 $56,000 $0
TOTAL $0 $56,000 $0 $56,000 $0
Massachusetts Commission Against
Discrimination
Massachusetts Commission Against
Discrimination $2,512,350 $410,500 $0 $12,850 $2,910,000
TOTAL $2,512,350 $410,500 $0 $12,850 $2,910,000
Office of the State Comptroller
Office of the State Comptroller $0 $5,836,717 $1,606,912,727 $1,612,749,444 $0
TOTAL $0 $5,836,717 $1,606,912,727 $1,612,749,444 $0
Massachusetts Gaming Commission
Massachusetts Gaming Commission $0 $0 $259,081,000 $259,081,000 $0
TOTAL $0 $0 $259,081,000 $259,081,000 $0
Cannabis Control Commission
Cannabis Control Commission $0 $28,796,525 $0 $28,796,525 $0
TOTAL $0 $28,796,525 $0 $28,796,525 $0
Executive Office for Administration and
Finance
Secretary of Administration and Finance $0 $2,300,000 $280,000,000 $282,300,000 $0
Division of Capital Asset Management &
Maintenance $0 $4,532,573 $11,285,016 $4,532,573 $11,285,016
Civil Service Commission $0 $12,500 $0 $12,500 $0
Group Insurance Commission $0 $1,137,933,784 $396,832,360 $1,532,569,398 $2,196,746
Division of Administrative Law Appeals $0 $70,000 $0 $0 $70,000
Department of Revenue $56,184,754 $175,910,089 $0 $225,464,291 $6,630,552
Appellate Tax Board $0 $1,793,398 $0 $1,393,398 $400,000
Human Resources Division $0 $2,511,299 $0 $2,511,299 $0
Operational Services Division $0 $25,642,585 $0 $10,299,877 $15,342,708
TOTAL $56,184,754 $1,350,706,228 $688,117,376 $2,059,083,336 $35,925,022
Executive Office of Technology Services
and Security
Executive Office of Technology Services and
Security $0 $2,733,931 $0 $0 $2,733,931