Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Veterans and Federal Affairs

Event Details

Status:: Completed
Event Date:: Tuesday, September 19, 2023
Start Time:: 2:00 PM
Location:: A-1 and Virtual
Event Description: Veterans' Recognitions, Definitions, and Designations

The Joint Committee on Veterans and Federal Affairs will hold a hybrid hearing on the legislation listed below.  Members of the public are invited to participate in this hybrid hearing via written or oral testimony.  

Written testimony may be submitted via email to grace.picariello@mahouse.gov. Please include the bill number and "Testimony" in the subject line of the email.  

Advanced registration is required for those who wish to testify virtually during the live hearing and encouraged for those who wish to testify in-person. Registration for in-person testimony is also permitted on the day of the hearing. 

You can register in advance by completing this form: https://forms.office.com/g/CRpPUZhQ5g

If testifying virtually, you will receive further instructions on how to join the hearing after registering. The deadline to register for virtual testimony is Monday, September 18th, at 12:00 PM.

Any questions can be emailed to grace.picariello@mahouse.gov.
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Item Name	Start Time	Duration	Webcast
Joint Committee on Veterans and Federal Affairs - 9-19-2023	9/19/2023 2:00 PM	00:51:50

Bill	Bill Title	Sponsor
H.3498	An Act relative to recognition of the "Honor and Remember" flag in the Commonwealth	Carole A. Fiola
S.2357	An Act relative to recognition of the "Honor and Remember" flag in the Commonwealth	John C. Velis
H.3490	An Act recognizing Gold Star Families	Peter Capano
S.2309	An Act to honor our veterans who serve as emergency responders	Michael D. Brady
H.3505	Resolve relative to recognition for the Naval Armed Guard Service	Patricia A. Haddad
H.3484	Resolutions memorializing the Congress of the United States to declare the city of Quincy as the most patriotic city in America	Bruce J. Ayers
H.3510	An Act establishing a Vietnam War commemoration fund	Bradley H. Jones, Jr.
H.3504	An Act relative to correcting the definition of active duty in the interstate compact on educational opportunity for military children	Kenneth I. Gordon
H.3512	An Act amending the definition of veteran	Patrick Joseph Kearney
S.2316	An Act defining "Gold Star families"	Sal N. DiDomenico
H.3540	An Act relative to the United States Space Force and military childcare innovation, learning, and development	Thomas M. Stanley
S.2361	An Act relative to military childcare, innovation, learning and development	John C. Velis
H.3835	An Act relative to the definition of a Veteran in the Commonwealth	Jeffrey Rosario Turco