Massachusetts almost achieves an on-time budget

State annual budget approval date by year.

Legislative negotiators agreed to the terms of a fiscal year 2027 budget and are expected to take the votes to send it to the governor on July 1, 2026. Y-axis refers to fiscal year, not calendar year.
Chart: Chris Lisinski/CommonWealth BeaconSource: Mass. Taxpayers FoundationGet the dataCreated with Datawrapper