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FILED ON: 5/16/2024
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 4648
House bill No. 4642, as amended and passed to be engrossed by the House. May 15, 2024.
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 to provide for the future information technology needs of Massachusetts..
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat its purpose, which is to
provide forthwith for the information technology and security needs of the commonwealth and
deploy broadband access to the citizens of the commonwealth, 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:
1 SECTION 1. To provide for a program of capital investments for information technology
2and data and cyber-security improvements to various state programs, services, agencies,
3institutions and properties and to fund technology infrastructure, the sums set forth in sections
42A, 2B and 2C of this act, for the several purposes and subject to the conditions specified in this
5act, are hereby made available through December 31, 2030, subject to the laws regulating the
6disbursement of public funds, which sums shall be in addition to any other amounts previously
7appropriated for these purposes; provided, that the amounts specified for a particular project may
8be adjusted in order to facilitate projects authorized in this act.
9 SECTION 2A.
10 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY SERVICES AND SECURITY 2 of 12
11 Office of the Secretary
12 1790-3014For costs associated with initiatives, projects and expenditures to make
13improvements to the quality, consistency, efficiency and delivery of any service or program for
14the benefit of the public and the interactions between residents and state agencies and
15instrumentalities of the commonwealth, including, but not limited to, planning and studies, the
16preparation of plans and specifications, purchase, procurement, acquisition, licensing and
17implementation of information technology, telecommunications and data-security-related
18equipment, hardware, software, systems, intellectual property and related projects for various
19state agencies of the commonwealth; provided, that for projects the secretary of administration
20and finance certifies to the comptroller directly or indirectly generate state revenue or budgetary
21savings, the comptroller shall transfer such revenue or budgetary savings to the state treasurer for
22payment of debt service related to those projects; provided further, that any federal
23reimbursement received by a state agency in connection with projects funded from this item may
24be retained by the state agency or the executive office of technology services and security and
25expended for the purposes of the project, without further appropriation, in addition to the
26amounts appropriated in this item………………………………………………..…..$750,000,000
27 1790-3015For costs associated with initiatives, projects and expenditures to make
28improvements to the quality, consistency, efficiency and delivery of any service or program to
29support, improve, extend, secure or maintain technology or telecommunications infrastructure,
30including, but not limited to, planning and studies, the preparation of plans and specifications,
31purchase, procurement, acquisition, licensing and implementation of information technology,
32telecommunications and data-security-related equipment, hardware, software, systems,
33intellectual property and related projects for various state agencies of the commonwealth; 3 of 12
34provided, that for projects the secretary of administration and finance certifies to the comptroller
35directly or indirectly generate state revenue or budgetary savings, the comptroller shall transfer
36such revenue or budgetary savings to the state treasurer for payment of debt service related to
37those projects; provided further, that any federal reimbursement received by a state agency in
38connection with projects funded from this item may be retained by the state agency or the
39executive office of technology services and security and expended for the purposes of the
40project, without further appropriation, in addition to the amounts appropriated in this
41item………………………………………………………………………………...$200,000,000
42 1790-3016For costs associated with planning and studies, the preparation of plans
43and specifications, purchase, procurement, acquisition, licensing and implementation of
44information technology, telecommunications and data-security-related equipment, hardware,
45software, systems, intellectual property and related projects for various state agencies and public
46instrumentalities of the commonwealth to mitigate, avoid or respond to risks to the security of
47the commonwealth’s technology and telecommunications infrastructure or operations; provided,
48that for projects the secretary of administration and finance certifies to the comptroller directly or
49indirectly generate state revenue or budgetary savings, the comptroller shall transfer such
50revenue or budgetary savings to the state treasurer for payment of debt service related to those
51projects; provided further, that any federal reimbursement received by a state agency in
52connection with projects funded from this item may be retained by the state agency or the
53executive office of technology services and security and expended for the purposes of the
54project, without further appropriation, in addition to the amounts appropriated in this
55item……….…………………………………………………………………….……$200,000,000 4 of 12
56 1790-3017For costs associated with planning and studies, the preparation of plans
57and specifications, purchase, procurement, acquisition, licensing and implementation of
58information technology, telecommunications and data-security-related equipment, hardware,
59software, systems, intellectual property and related projects for various state agencies of the
60commonwealth, including, but not limited to, executing strategic initiatives, improving business
61intelligence and modernizing governmental functions; provided, that for projects the secretary of
62administration and finance certifies to the comptroller directly or indirectly generate state
63revenue or budgetary savings, the comptroller shall transfer such revenue or budgetary savings to
64the state treasurer for payment of debt service related to those projects; provided further, that any
65federal reimbursement received by a state agency in connection with projects funded from this
66item may be retained by the state agency or the executive office of technology services and
67security and expended for the purposes of the project, without further appropriation, in addition
68to the amounts appropriated in this item…………………………………………..…$250,000,000
69 SECTION 2B.
70 EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE
71 Office of the Secretary
72 1100-2519For costs associated with initiatives, projects and expenditures to the
73quality, efficiency and delivery of any service or program for the benefit of the public and the
74interactions between residents and state agencies and instrumentalities of the commonwealth,
75including, but not limited to, planning and studies, the preparation of plans and specifications,
76purchase, procurement, acquisition, licensing and implementation of artificial intelligence and
77machine learning systems for the various state agencies of the commonwealth; provided, that 5 of 12
78such initiatives, projects and expenditures shall be in accordance with enterprise security policies
79and other applicable administrative directives issued under section 3 of chapter 7D of the
80General Laws and approved by the executive office of technology services and security;
81provided further, that for projects the secretary of administration and finance certifies to the
82comptroller directly or indirectly generate state revenue or budgetary savings, the comptroller
83shall transfer such revenue or budgetary savings to the state treasurer for payment of debt service
84related to those projects; and provided further, that any federal reimbursement received by a state
85agency in connection with projects funded from this item may be retained by the state agency or
86the executive office of technology services and security and expended for the purposes of this
87project, without further appropriation, in addition to the amounts appropriated in this
88item……………………………………………………………………………………$25,000,000
89 1599-1953For a competitive, matching grant program to be administered by the
90executive office for administration and finance, in consultation with the secretary of technology
91services and security, to assist municipalities and tribal governments with the construction of
92fiber broadband infrastructure and related projects and expenditures; provided, that priority for
93grants shall be given to completely unserved premises …………………………...…$30,000,000
94 SECTION 2C.
95 EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE
96 Office of the Secretary
97 1100-2518For capital funding for eligible cities, towns, regional organizations,
98including regional school districts and regional vocational technical high schools, whose
99membership is exclusively composed of municipal governments, tribes, local governmental 6 of 12
100agencies, authorities or subdivisions, quasi-state agencies, public authorities and institutions and
101similar governmental agencies, for purposes, including, but not limited to, addressing threats to
102information systems, managing and reducing systemic risk, improving security of critical
103technology infrastructure and improving resilience; provided, that investments may include, but
104shall not be limited to, planning and studies, improvement to government efficiency and
105effectiveness, preparation of plans and specifications, asset modernization, information
106technology equipment and technical assistance.………………………………....…..$150,000,000
107 Department of Revenue
108 1201-0003For the division of local services within the department of revenue, for
109grants to carry out the community compact information technology grant program established in
110conjunction with executive order 554…………………………………………………$25,000,000
111 SECTION 2D.
112 EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE
113 Office of the Secretary
114 1599-1954For local information technology projects; provided, that not less than
115$300,000 shall be expended for information technology upgrades for Gloucester city hall in the
116city of Gloucester; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the city of
117Worcester’s division of inspectional services to administer the online fire safety, health code and
118rental registry programs; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the
119city of Worcester to study and implement software improvements to operate the electrical
120distribution gear at the municipal water treatment facility; provided further, that not less than 7 of 12
121$100,000 shall be expended for the city of Worcester to procure technology and electronic
122security improvement upgrades at the Park avenue and Webster square fire stations; provided
123further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the Worcester public schools to study
124and implement electronic security improvement upgrades at schools that service students in the
125Main South neighborhood; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for
126the city of Worcester to modernize traffic signal systems to improve the flow of traffic and
127increase safety for drivers, pedestrians and cyclists; provided further, that not less than $750,000
128shall be expended to and disbursed equally among the town of Canton, the town of Stoughton
129and the town of Avon for information technology upgrades; provided further, that not less than
130$43,000 shall be expended to the Medford fire department for the purchase of headset
131communication devices; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended to the
132city of Medford for the payment portal to increase accessibility to city services; provided further,
133that not less than $100,000 shall be expended to the town of Leicester to procure and install
134workstations and data servers for use by municipal and public safety departments that are
135compliant with updated data security standards; provided further, that not less than $200,000
136shall be expended to the city of Medford for improvement and renovation of the network
137infrastructure; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to the town of
138Leicester for a more user-friendly customer service portal to facilitate compliance with business,
139planning and zoning ordinances; provided further, that not less than $500,000 shall be expended
140for data center modernization upgrades in the city of Worcester; provided further, that not less
141than $100,000 shall be expended to the town of Hingham for the South Shore Regional
142Emergency Communications Center to run fiber optic cable for emergency dispatch
143communications and to replace aging dispatch work stations; provided further, that not less than 8 of 12
144$150,000 shall be expended for the incorporation of artificial intelligence into business processes
145in the city of Worcester; provided further, that not less than $17,000 shall be expended for
146improvements to the Frances Perkins Library in the city of Worcester; provided further, that not
147less than $200,000 shall be expended for municipal fiber and communications improvements to
148municipal buildings in the town of West Boylston; provided further, that not less than $500,000
149shall be expended for information technology upgrades for the city known as the town of
150Braintree; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for information
151technology upgrades for the town of Holbrook; provided further, that not less than $20,000 shall
152be expended for the city of Worcester’s Regional Emergency Communications Center to install
153audio-visual gate and access controls to improve security by offering visual confirmation of
154access requests to both the building and site, as well as automated entry on the site; provided
155further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the city of Worcester’s Meade street
156office building to acquire door access controls and cameras; provided further, that not less than
157$250,000 shall be expended for the city of Worcester information technology department to
158develop a data lake and data warehouse model to improve local operations and efficacy;
159provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the Worcester public schools
160for the purchase of software for the tracking of facilities master plans and deferred maintenance
161projects to allow for the development of 5-year capital plans, maintenance spending and major
162renovation or replacement projects; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be
163expended for the Worcester public schools to upgrade their database servers to the latest version
164to better deliver services and maintain security protocols; provided further, that not less than
165$6,000 shall be expended for purchase of a new server in the town of Plympton; provided
166further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to the town of Hull to upgrade the 9 of 12
167communications and technology infrastructure to outfit its new location; provided further, that
168not less than $55,000 shall be expended for website upgrades and to allow for acceptance of
169online payments in the town of Kingston; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be
170expended for website upgrades and digitization of records for public viewing in the town of
171Halifax; provided further, that not less than $160,000 shall be expended to the town of Wayland
172to improve its cybersecurity and resiliency posture through improvements in their endpoint
173security systems, development of both a comprehensive incident response plan and disaster
174recovery plan and implementation of off-site disaster recovery infrastructure; provided further,
175that not less than $85,000 shall be expended to the town of Lincoln to reconfigure and separate
176the Lincoln public safety department’s information technology network so that it meets the
177department of criminal justice information services’ security requirements; provided further, that
178not less than $125,000 shall be expended to the town of Sudbury for information technology
179improvements for the Sudbury public schools; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall
180be expended to the Darrell Lee Jenkins Jr. Resource Center, Inc. in the city of Springfield for
181technology resources that provide support services to families who have been impacted by gun
182violence; provided further, that not less than $500,000 shall be expended to New North Citizens
183Council, Inc. in the city of Springfield for information technology infrastructure in the Barbara
184Rivera Community Center to enable its delivery of community support services; provided
185further, that not less than $500,000 shall be expended for Springfield Commonwealth Academy
186in the city of Springfield for resources that provide technology and financial education to inner-
187city residents; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for information
188technology upgrades and digitization of records for the Ferreira-Mendes Portuguese-American
189Archives at University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth; provided further, that not less than 10 of 12
190$250,000 shall be expended for internet upgrades including wi-fi for the New Bedford free
191public library; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for information
192technology upgrades at Fitchburg city hall in the city of Fitchburg; provided further, that not less
193than $100,000 shall be expended to the town of Lunenburg for cybersecurity improvements for
194the Lunenburg public schools; provided further, that not less than $15,000 shall be expended for
195municipal technology upgrades to accommodate remote work in the town of Blackstone;
196provided further, that not less than $30,000 shall be expended for increasing security and
197detection measures to prevent identity-driven breaches in the town of Arlington; provided
198further, that not less than $300,000 shall be expended for network upgrades to increase access
199and connectivity for public meetings and events in the town of Arlington; provided further, that
200not less than $100,000 shall be expended for information technology improvements in the city of
201West Springfield; and provided further, that not less than $43,000 shall be expended for
202electronic voting technology upgrades in the town of Sharon……………………..$7,499,000
203 LEGISLATURE
204 House of Representatives
205 9600-2024For necessary information technology upgrades for the house of
206representatives.................................................................................................................$5,000,000
207 SECTION 3. Chapter 29 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after
208section 2DDDDDD the following section:-
209 Section 2EEEEEE. (a) There shall be established and set up on the books of the
210commonwealth a separate, non-budgeted special revenue fund known as the Information
211Technology Federal Reimbursement Fund, which shall be administered by the secretary of 11 of 12
212technology services and security. The secretary shall expend money in the fund for information
213technology projects related to the commonwealth’s health and human services. There shall be
214credited to the fund: (i) amounts equal to any federal financial participation revenues claimed
215and received by the commonwealth for eligible expenditures made from this fund or from
216eligible expenditures made in direct connection with eligible expenditures made from this fund;
217and (ii) interest earned on any money in the fund. Amounts credited to the fund shall be
218expended without further appropriation.
219 (b) To accommodate timing discrepancies between the receipt of revenue and related
220expenditures, the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the most recent
221revenue estimates as certified by the secretary to be transferred, credited or deposited under this
222section. Money remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the General
223Fund and shall be available for expenditure in subsequent fiscal years.
224 SECTION 4. To meet the expenditures necessary to carry out sections 2A and 2B, the
225state treasurer shall, upon request of the governor, issue and sell bonds of the commonwealth in
226an amount to be specified by the governor from time to time, but not exceeding, in the aggregate,
227$1,055,000,000. All bonds issued by the commonwealth under this section shall be designated on
228their face, “FutureTech Act of 2024”, and shall be issued for a maximum term of years, not
229exceeding 10 years, as the governor may recommend to the general court under section 3 of
230Article LXII of the Amendments to the Constitution. All such bonds shall be payable not later
231than June 30, 2039.
232 SECTION 5. To meet the expenditures necessary to carry out section 2C, the state
233treasurer shall, upon request of the governor, issue and sell bonds of the commonwealth in an 12 of 12
234amount to be specified by the governor from time to time, but not exceeding, in the aggregate,
235$175,000,000. All bonds issued by the commonwealth under this section shall be designated on
236their face, “FutureTech Act of 2024”, and shall be issued for a maximum term of years, not
237exceeding 30 years, as the governor may recommend to the general court under section 3 of
238Article LXII of the Amendments to the Constitution. All such bonds shall be payable not later
239than June 30, 2059.
240 SECTION 6. To meet the expenditures necessary to carry out section 2D, the state
241treasurer shall, upon request of the governor, issue and sell bonds of the commonwealth in an
242amount to be specified by the governor from time to time, but not exceeding, in the aggregate,
243$12,499,000. All bonds issued by the commonwealth under this section shall be designated on
244their face, “FutureTech Act of 2024”, and shall be issued for a maximum term of years, not
245exceeding 10 years, as the governor may recommend to the general court under section 3 of
246Article LXII of the Amendments to the Constitution. All such bonds shall be payable not later
247than June 30, 2039.