Massachusetts Bills

This bill (HD 5139) is a procedural request requiring the Department of Mental Health to submit its annual report for the Children’s Behavioral Health Knowledge Center covering fiscal year 2024. It does not create new policy but mandates the department to fulfill an existing reporting obligation under Section 9 of Chapter 321 (2008). The report details activities and findings related to children’s behavioral health services. It directly affects the Department of Mental Health (as the submitter) and state legislators (who receive the report for review). The bill was placed on file in September 2025, indicating it has completed its procedural step.

This bill (HD 5137) is a required annual report submission, not a new law. It transmits the Office of Grants and Research's FY2025 Commonwealth Nonprofit Security Grant Program report to the Massachusetts General Court's Ways and Means committees, as mandated by Chapter 140 of the Acts of 2024. The report details specific data: the number of applicants and successful grantees, evaluation criteria used, and funds awarded per recipient. It also confirms $50,000 was allocated to the Springfield Jewish Community Center for parking lot lighting upgrades and $500,000 was set aside for a security personnel pilot program requiring nonprofit matching funds. This report fulfills a statutory requirement to ensure transparency in how state security grant funds were distributed.

HD 5138 is a procedural bill submitting the annual report for the Charles E. Shannon Jr. Community Safety Initiative (fiscal year 2025) from the Office of Grants and Research within the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security. This bill does not change policy or affect specific groups; it simply transmits the required annual report to the legislature. The bill was placed on file on September 18, 2025, as part of standard reporting procedures.

This is not a legislative bill but a required annual report submission. The document is the Office of Grants and Research's FY2025 report on the Commonwealth Project Safe Neighborhoods Initiative, submitted to the Massachusetts General Court as mandated by Chapter 140 of the Acts of 2024. It details how $279 million in state and federal grant funds was allocated to address gang violence, illegal firearms, and narcotics distribution through community-based prevention, intervention, and enforcement programs. The report includes grant criteria, applicant lists, award amounts, and summaries of funded proposals, as required by law.

Report of the Department of Public Health (pursuant to line-item 4590-0915 of Section 2 of Chapter 9 of the Acts of 2025) submitting its Pappas Rehabilitation Hospital for Children September 2025 report

Report of the Department of Mental Health (pursuant to Chapter 321 of the Acts of 2008) submitting its Children's Behavioral Health Advisory Council 2024 annual report

Report of the Berkshire District Attorney (pursuant to Section 47 of Chapter 94C of the General Laws) submitting its Fiscal Year 2025 report on Law Enforcement Trust Funds for Drug Rehabilitation, Drug Education and Neighborhood Crime Watch

Report of the Berkshire District Attorney (pursuant to Section 24W(e) of Chapter 90 of the General Laws) submitting its Fiscal Year 2025 OUI Deterrent Trust Fund report

Report of the Massachusetts Capital Resource Company (pursuant to Section 12 of Chapter 816 of the Acts of 1977) submitting its 2025 annual report on the current status of said corporation

Report of the Executive Office of the Trial Court (pursuant to Section 15(c) of Chapter 239 of the General Laws) submitting its report summary statistics on eviction filings, actions, and dispositions from January 2024 through August 2025

Report of the Department of Economic Research (pursuant to Section 14F of Chapter 151A of the General Laws) submitting its Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund Data September 2025 report

Report of the Bristol County Registry of Deeds (pursuant to Section 2KKK(a) of Chapter 29 of the General Laws) submitting its plan for expenditure from the County Registers Technological Fund