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HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 4889
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 2814) of the House Bill to provide for the
future information technology needs of Massachusetts (House, No. 4648), reports recommending
passage of the accompanying bill (House, No. 4889) [Bond Authorization: $1,256,989,000.00].
July 19, 2024.
Michael J. Finn Joanne M. Comerford
Danielle W. Gregoire Edward M. Kennedy
Marcus S. Vaughn Bruce E. Tarr
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FILED ON: 7/19/2024
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 4889
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:
SECTION 1. To provide for a program of capital investments for information technology 1
and data and cybersecurity improvements to various state programs, services, agencies, 2
institutions and properties and to fund technology infrastructure, the sums set forth in sections 3
2A, 2B, 2C and 2D of this act, for the several purposes and subject to the conditions specified in 4
this act, are hereby made available through December 31, 2030, subject to the laws regulating the 5
disbursement of public funds, which sums shall be in addition to any other amounts previously 6
appropriated for these purposes; provided, that the amounts specified for a particular project may 7
be adjusted in order to facilitate projects authorized in this act. 8
SECTION 2A. 9
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY SERVICES AND SECURITY 10 3 of 16
Office of the Secretary 11
1790-3014 For costs associated with initiatives, projects and expenditures to make 12
improvements to the quality, consistency, efficiency and delivery of any service or program for 13
the benefit of the public and the interactions between residents and state agencies and 14
instrumentalities of the commonwealth, including, but not limited to, planning and studies, the 15
preparation of plans and specifications, purchase, procurement, acquisition, licensing and 16
implementation of information technology, telecommunications and data-security-related 17
equipment, hardware, software, systems, intellectual property and related projects for various 18
state agencies of the commonwealth; provided, that for projects the secretary of administration 19
and finance certifies to the comptroller directly or indirectly generate state revenue or budgetary 20
savings, the comptroller shall transfer such revenue or budgetary savings to the state treasurer for 21
payment of debt service related to those projects; provided further, that any federal 22
reimbursement received by a state agency in connection with projects funded from this item may 23
be retained by the state agency or the executive office of technology services and security and 24
expended for the purposes of the project, without further appropriation, in addition to the 25
amounts appropriated in this item………………………………………………..…..$750,000,000 26
1790-3015 For costs associated with initiatives, projects and expenditures to make 27
improvements to the quality, consistency, efficiency and delivery of any service or program to 28
support, improve, extend, secure or maintain technology or telecommunications infrastructure, 29
including, but not limited to, planning and studies, the preparation of plans and specifications, 30
purchase, procurement, acquisition, licensing and implementation of information technology, 31
telecommunications and data-security-related equipment, hardware, software, systems, 32
intellectual property and related projects for various state agencies of the commonwealth; 33 4 of 16
provided, that for projects the secretary of administration and finance certifies to the comptroller 34
directly or indirectly generate state revenue or budgetary savings, the comptroller shall transfer 35
such revenue or budgetary savings to the state treasurer for payment of debt service related to 36
those projects; provided further, that any federal reimbursement received by a state agency in 37
connection with projects funded from this item may be retained by the state agency or the 38
executive office of technology services and security and expended for the purposes of the 39
project, without further appropriation, in addition to the amounts appropriated in this 40
item………………………………………………………………………………...$200,000,000 41
1790-3016 For costs associated with planning and studies, the preparation of plans 42
and specifications, purchase, procurement, acquisition, licensing and implementation of 43
information technology, telecommunications and data-security-related equipment, hardware, 44
software, systems, intellectual property and related projects for various state agencies and public 45
instrumentalities of the commonwealth to mitigate, avoid or respond to risks to the security of 46
the commonwealth’s technology and telecommunications infrastructure or operations; provided, 47
that for projects the secretary of administration and finance certifies to the comptroller directly or 48
indirectly generate state revenue or budgetary savings, the comptroller shall transfer such 49
revenue or budgetary savings to the state treasurer for payment of debt service related to those 50
projects; provided further, that any federal reimbursement received by a state agency or public 51
instrumentality in connection with projects funded from this item may be retained by the state 52
agency or public instrumentality or the executive office of technology services and security and 53
expended for the purposes of the project, without further appropriation, in addition to the 54
amounts appropriated in this item……….……………..……………………….……$200,000,000 55 5 of 16
1790-3017 For costs associated with planning and studies, the preparation of plans 56
and specifications, purchase, procurement, acquisition, licensing and implementation of 57
information technology, telecommunications and data-security-related equipment, hardware, 58
software, systems, intellectual property and related projects for various state agencies of the 59
commonwealth, including, but not limited to, executing strategic initiatives, improving business 60
intelligence and modernizing governmental functions; provided, that for projects the secretary of 61
administration and finance certifies to the comptroller directly or indirectly generate state 62
revenue or budgetary savings, the comptroller shall transfer such revenue or budgetary savings to 63
the state treasurer for payment of debt service related to those projects; provided further, that any 64
federal reimbursement received by a state agency in connection with projects funded from this 65
item may be retained by the state agency or the executive office of technology services and 66
security and expended for the purposes of the project, without further appropriation, in addition 67
to the amounts appropriated in this item…………………………………………..…$250,000,000 68
SECTION 2B. 69
EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE 70
Office of the Secretary 71
1100-2519 For costs associated with initiatives, projects and expenditures to the 72
quality, efficiency and delivery of any service or program for the benefit of the public and the 73
interactions between residents and state agencies and instrumentalities of the commonwealth, 74
including, but not limited to, planning and studies, the preparation of plans and specifications, 75
purchase, procurement, acquisition, licensing and implementation of artificial intelligence and 76
machine learning systems for the various state agencies and instrumentalities of the 77 6 of 16
commonwealth; provided, that such initiatives, projects and expenditures shall be in accordance 78
with enterprise security policies and other applicable administrative directives issued under 79
section 3 of chapter 7D of the General Laws and approved by the executive office of technology 80
services and security; provided further, that for projects the secretary of administration and 81
finance certifies to the comptroller directly or indirectly generate state revenue or budgetary 82
savings, the comptroller shall transfer such revenue or budgetary savings to the state treasurer for 83
payment of debt service related to those projects; and provided further, that any federal 84
reimbursement received by a state agency in connection with projects funded from this item may 85
be retained by the state agency or the executive office of technology services and security and 86
expended for the purposes of this project, without further appropriation, in addition to the 87
amounts appropriated in this item; provided further, that not later than November 1, 2024 and 88
annually thereafter until November 1, 2030, the secretary of administration and finance shall 89
submit to the office of the state auditor, the house and senate committees on ways and means, the 90
joint committee on state administration and regulatory oversight and the joint committee on 91
bonding, capital expenditures and state assets a complete accounting of all initiatives, projects 92
and expenditures over the previous 12-month period…………………………………$25,000,000 93
1599-1953 For a competitive, matching grant program to be administered by the 94
executive office for administration and finance, in consultation with the secretary of technology 95
services and security, to assist municipalities and tribal governments with the construction of 96
fiber broadband infrastructure and related projects and expenditures; provided, that priority for 97
grants shall be given to completely unserved premises ………………….………...…$30,000,000 98
SECTION 2C. 99 7 of 16
EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE 100
Office of the Secretary 101
1100-2518 For capital funding for eligible cities, towns, regional organizations, 102
including regional school districts and regional vocational technical high schools, whose 103
membership is exclusively composed of municipal governments, tribes, local governmental 104
agencies, authorities or subdivisions, quasi-state agencies, public authorities and institutions and 105
similar governmental agencies for purposes, including, but not limited to, addressing threats to 106
information systems, managing and reducing systemic risk, improving security of critical 107
technology infrastructure and improving resilience; provided, that investments may include, but 108
shall not be limited to, planning and studies, improvements to government efficiency and 109
effectiveness, preparation of plans and specifications, asset modernization, information 110
technology equipment and technical assistance.………………………………....…..$150,000,000 111
Department of Revenue 112
1201-0003 For the division of local services within the department of revenue, for 113
grants to carry out the community compact information technology grant program established in 114
conjunction with executive order 554 …………………………………………………$25,000,000 115
SECTION 2D. 116
EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE 117
Office of the Secretary 118
1599-1954 For local information technology projects; provided, that not less than 119
$300,000 shall be expended for information technology upgrades for Gloucester city hall in the 120 8 of 16
city of Gloucester; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the city of 121
Worcester’s department of inspectional services to administer the online fire safety, health code 122
and rental registry programs; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for 123
the city of Worcester to study and implement software improvements to operate the electrical 124
distribution gear at the municipal water treatment facility; provided further, that not less than 125
$100,000 shall be expended for the city of Worcester to procure technology and electronic 126
security improvement upgrades at the Park avenue and Webster square fire stations; provided 127
further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the Worcester public schools to study 128
and implement electronic security improvement upgrades at schools that service students in the 129
Main South neighborhood; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for 130
the city of Worcester to modernize traffic signal systems to improve the flow of traffic and 131
increase safety for drivers, pedestrians and cyclists; provided further, that not less than $750,000 132
shall be expended to and disbursed equally among the town of Canton, the town of Stoughton 133
and the town of Avon for information technology upgrades; provided further, that not less than 134
$43,000 shall be expended to the Medford fire department for the purchase of headset 135
communication devices; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended to the 136
city of Medford for the payment portal to increase accessibility to city services; provided further, 137
that not less than $100,000 shall be expended to the town of Leicester to procure and install 138
workstations and data servers for use by municipal and public safety departments that are 139
compliant with updated data security standards; provided further, that not less than $200,000 140
shall be expended to the city of Medford for improvement and renovation of the network 141
infrastructure; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to the town of 142
Leicester for a more user-friendly customer service portal to facilitate compliance with business, 143 9 of 16
planning and zoning ordinances; provided further, that not less than $500,000 shall be expended 144
for data center modernization upgrades in the city of Worcester; provided further, that not less 145
than $100,000 shall be expended to the town of Hingham for the South Shore Regional 146
Emergency Communications Center to run fiber optic cable for emergency dispatch 147
communications and to replace aging dispatch work stations; provided further, that not less than 148
$150,000 shall be expended for the incorporation of artificial intelligence into business processes 149
in the city of Worcester; provided further, that not less than $17,000 shall be expended for 150
improvements to the Frances Perkins library in the city of Worcester; provided further, that not 151
less than $200,000 shall be expended for municipal fiber and communications improvements to 152
municipal buildings in the town of West Boylston; provided further, that not less than $500,000 153
shall be expended for information technology upgrades for the city known as the town of 154
Braintree; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for information 155
technology upgrades for the town of Holbrook; provided further, that not less than $20,000 shall 156
be expended for the city of Worcester’s Regional Emergency Communications Center to install 157
audio-visual gate and access controls to improve security by offering visual confirmation of 158
access requests to both the building and site, as well as automated entry on the site; provided 159
further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the city of Worcester’s Meade street 160
office building to acquire door access controls and cameras; provided further, that not less than 161
$250,000 shall be expended for the city of Worcester information technology department to 162
develop a data lake and data warehouse model to improve local operations and efficacy; 163
provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the Worcester public schools 164
for the purchase of software for the tracking of facilities master plans and deferred maintenance 165
projects to allow for the development of 5-year capital plans, maintenance spending and major 166 10 of 16
renovation or replacement projects; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be 167
expended for the Worcester public schools to upgrade their database servers to the latest version 168
to better deliver services and maintain security protocols; provided further, that not less than 169
$6,000 shall be expended for purchase of a new server in the town of Plympton; provided 170
further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to the town of Hull to upgrade the 171
communications and technology infrastructure to outfit its new location; provided further, that 172
not less than $55,000 shall be expended for website upgrades and to allow for acceptance of 173
online payments in the town of Kingston; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be 174
expended for website upgrades and digitization of records for public viewing in the town of 175
Halifax; provided further, that not less than $160,000 shall be expended to the town of Wayland 176
to improve its cybersecurity and resiliency posture through improvements in their endpoint 177
security systems, development of both a comprehensive incident response plan and disaster 178
recovery plan and implementation of off-site disaster recovery infrastructure; provided further, 179
that not less than $85,000 shall be expended to the town of Lincoln to reconfigure and separate 180
the Lincoln public safety department’s information technology network so that it meets the 181
department of criminal justice information services’ security requirements; provided further, that 182
not less than $125,000 shall be expended to the town of Sudbury for information technology 183
improvements for the Sudbury public schools; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall 184
be expended to the Darrell Lee Jenkins Jr. Resource Center, Inc. in the city of Springfield for 185
technology resources that provide support services to families who have been impacted by gun 186
violence; provided further, that not less than $500,000 shall be expended to New North Citizens 187
Council, Inc. in the city of Springfield for information technology infrastructure in the Barbara 188
Rivera Community Center to enable its delivery of community support services; provided 189 11 of 16
further, that not less than $500,000 shall be expended for Springfield Commonwealth Academy 190
in the city of Springfield for resources that provide technology and financial education to inner-191
city residents; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for information 192
technology upgrades and digitization of records for the Ferreira-Mendes Portuguese-American 193
Archives at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth; provided further, that not less than 194
$250,000 shall be expended for internet upgrades including wi-fi for the New Bedford free 195
public library; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for information 196
technology upgrades at Fitchburg city hall in the city of Fitchburg; provided further, that not less 197
than $100,000 shall be expended to the town of Lunenburg for cybersecurity improvements for 198
the Lunenburg public schools; provided further, that not less than $15,000 shall be expended for 199
municipal technology upgrades to accommodate remote work in the town of Blackstone; 200
provided further, that not less than $30,000 shall be expended for increasing security and 201
detection measures to prevent identity-driven breaches in the town of Arlington; provided 202
further, that not less than $300,000 shall be expended for network upgrades to increase access 203
and connectivity for public meetings and events in the town of Arlington; provided further, that 204
not less than $100,000 shall be expended for information technology improvements in the city of 205
West Springfield; and provided further, that not less than $43,000 shall be expended for 206
electronic voting technology upgrades in the town of Sharon provided further, that not less than 207
$250,000 shall be expended to the Worcester public schools for the replacement of the voice 208
over internet protocol phone system; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be 209
expended to the city of Worcester for information technology improvements at the Worcester 210
public library; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended to the town of 211
Boxford for upgrades to its information technology infrastructure; provided further, that not less 212 12 of 16
than $150,000 shall be expended to the town of North Reading for upgrades to its information 213
technology infrastructure; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended to the 214
city of Newburyport for upgrades to its information technology infrastructure; provided further, 215
that not less than $150,000 shall be expended for water treatment plant security enhancements in 216
the city of Peabody; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended to the 217
Worcester police department to purchase equipment to access the National Integrated Ballistic 218
Information Network; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for 219
information technology modernization in the town of Auburn; provided further, that not less than 220
$50,000 shall be expended for information technology modernization in the town of Millbury; 221
provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for information technology 222
modernization in the town of Grafton; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be 223
expended for information technology modernization in the town of Westborough; provided 224
further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for information technology modernization 225
in the town of Shrewsbury; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for 226
information technology upgrades for the Southwick-Tolland-Granville regional school district in 227
the town of Southwick; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for 228
information technology upgrades for the North Adams school district in the city of North Adams; 229
provided further, that not less than $90,000 shall be expended to the city of Somerville for the 230
acquisition and implementation of a mobile device management tool to manage and secure all 231
city mobile devices; provided further, that not less than $240,000 shall be expended to the health 232
and human services department of the city of Somerville for the acquisition and implementation 233
of new data management software to streamline and manage care and address health equity in 234
data collection and analysis processes; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be 235 13 of 16
expended to the city of Salem for the replacement of portable public safety radios; provided 236
further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended to the Cape Cod commission for feasibility 237
assessments for regional and municipal broadband programs; provided further, that not less than 238
$200,000 shall be expended for network availability and network security in the town of 239
Westford; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended to the town of Danvers 240
for security cameras and integrated fob door security in school and town buildings; provided 241
further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended to the city of Beverly to improve 242
connectivity, network speed and data security and to connect additional locations and security 243
cameras throughout the city; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended to 244
the Tantasqua regional school district for information technology improvements and 245
communication and data security upgrades; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be 246
expended to the Dudley-Charlton regional school district for information technology 247
improvements and communication and data security upgrades; provided further, that not less 248
than $35,000 shall be expended to the city known as the town of North Attleborough for election 249
support equipment including, but not limited to, poll pads and associated equipment, custom-250
built electrical cordage and trip-resistant floor mats; provided further, that not less than $300,000 251
shall be expended to the Urban College of Boston: a Two-Year College, Inc. for upgrades to 252
improve student technological access; and provided further, that not less than $375,000 shall be 253
made available to Bridgewater state university’s security operations center…………$11,989,000 254
LEGISLATURE 255
House of Representatives 256 14 of 16
9600-2024 For necessary information technology upgrades for the house of 257
representatives..................................................................................................................$5,000,000 258
Senate 259
9700-2024 For necessary information technology upgrades for the 260
senate................................................................................................................................$5,000,000 261
Joint Legislative Expenses 262
9800-2024 For necessary information technology upgrades for the joint operations of 263
the legislature……………………….………………………………………………..…$5,000,000 264
SECTION 3. Chapter 29 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after 265
section 2DDDDDD the following section:- 266
Section 2EEEEEE. (a) There shall be established and set up on the books of the 267
commonwealth a separate, non-budgeted special revenue fund known as the Information 268
Technology Federal Reimbursement Fund, which shall be administered by the secretary of 269
technology services and security. The secretary shall expend money in the fund for information 270
technology projects related to the commonwealth’s health and human services. There shall be 271
credited to the fund: (i) amounts equal to any federal financial participation revenues claimed 272
and received by the commonwealth for eligible expenditures made from this fund or from 273
eligible expenditures made in direct connection with eligible expenditures made from this fund; 274
and (ii) interest earned on any money in the fund. Amounts credited to the fund shall be 275
expended without further appropriation. Annually, not later than November 1, the secretary shall 276
file a report on the fund’s activities with the clerks of the senate and house of representatives, the 277 15 of 16
senate and house committees on ways and means and the joint committee on advanced 278
information technology, the internet and cybersecurity. 279
(b) To accommodate timing discrepancies between the receipt of revenue and related 280
expenditures, the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the most recent 281
revenue estimates as certified by the secretary to be transferred, credited or deposited under this 282
section. Money remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the General 283
Fund and shall be available for expenditure in subsequent fiscal years. 284
SECTION 4. To meet the expenditures necessary to carry out sections 2A and 2B, the 285
state treasurer shall, upon request of the governor, issue and sell bonds of the commonwealth in 286
an amount to be specified by the governor from time to time, but not exceeding, in the aggregate, 287
$1,055,000,000. All bonds issued by the commonwealth under this section shall be designated on 288
their face, “FutureTech Act of 2024”, and shall be issued for a maximum term of years, not 289
exceeding 10 years, as the governor may recommend to the general court under section 3 of 290
Article LXII of the Amendments to the Constitution. All such bonds shall be payable not later 291
than June 30, 2039. 292
SECTION 5. To meet the expenditures necessary to carry out section 2C, the state 293
treasurer shall, upon request of the governor, issue and sell bonds of the commonwealth in an 294
amount to be specified by the governor from time to time, but not exceeding, in the aggregate, 295
$175,000,000. All bonds issued by the commonwealth under this section shall be designated on 296
their face, “FutureTech Act of 2024”, and shall be issued for a maximum term of years, not 297
exceeding 30 years, as the governor may recommend to the general court under section 3 of 298 16 of 16
Article LXII of the Amendments to the Constitution. All such bonds shall be payable not later 299
than June 30, 2059. 300
SECTION 6. To meet the expenditures necessary to carry out section 2D, the state 301
treasurer shall, upon request of the governor, issue and sell bonds of the commonwealth in an 302
amount to be specified by the governor from time to time, but not exceeding, in the aggregate, 303
$26,989,000. All bonds issued by the commonwealth under this section shall be designated on 304
their face, “FutureTech Act of 2024”, and shall be issued for a maximum term of years, not 305
exceeding 10 years, as the governor may recommend to the general court under section 3 of 306
Article LXII of the Amendments to the Constitution. All such bonds shall be payable not later 307
than June 30, 2039. 308