Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Advanced Information Technology, the Internet and Cybersecurity

Event Details

Status:

Completed

Event Date:

Wednesday, April 9, 2025

Start Time:

1:00 PM

Location:

A-1 and Virtual

Event Description

Bills concerning data use and data privacy and cybersecurity

On Wednesday, April 9, 2025, the Joint Committee on Advanced Information Technology, the Internet and Cybersecurity is conducting a hybrid public hearing on bills related to data use and data privacy and cybersecurity. The hearing is scheduled to last from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM. Individuals who wish to testify may sign up by completing THIS FORM.

Individuals planning to testify virtually must sign up no later than 5:00 PM on Monday, April 7. The Committee will take signups to testify on the day of the hearing, but to ensure the Committee can hear from as many individuals as possible, we ask that you please sign up in advance. Oral testimony will be limited to 3 minutes, but longer statements will be accepted by written testimony until Monday, April 14 at 5:00 PM.

Please be advised that the schedule and agenda are subject to change at the agreement of the Chairs.

All matters filed in the House that are listed above are required to be reported on by June 8, 2025, subject to extensions consistent with House Rule 27.

The public is invited to participate in this hybrid hearing, which will be livestreamed on the General Court website, https://malegislature.gov/.

WRITTEN TESTIMONY : Written testimony may be submitted to the Joint Committee on Advanced Information Technology, the Internet, and Cybersecurity by emailing House Chair Tricia Farley-Bouvier at Tricia.Farley-Bouvier@mahouse.gov and Senate Chair Michael Moore at Michael.Moore@masenate.gov . Please use the subject line “AITIC Written Testimony (Bill #)”. Written testimony will be accepted until Monday, April 14 at 5:00 PM

Written testimony may be physically mailed to the House Chair:

Chair Tricia Farley-Bouvier

Joint Committee on Advanced Information Technology, the Internet and Cybersecurity

ATTN: Claire Ronan

24 Beacon St. Room 274

Boston, MA 02133

Note: At the discretion of the Chairs, written testimony received by the Committee will be made publicly available. The committee may limit availability or redact testimony.

For in-person and remote testimony please include:

Name;

Organization you represent;

Whether on behalf of yourself or an organization;

Mailing address;

Email address;

Telephone number;

In-person or remote testimony;

Bills testifying on;

Whether support or oppose.

Individuals who wish to testify may sign up by completing THIS FORM.

For those testifying remotely, you will receive a Microsoft Teams link with more information prior to the start of the hearing.

This hearing will be chaired by Chair Farley-Bouvier. Please be advised that the schedule and agenda are subject to change at the discretion of the chairs. If you have any questions about this hearing please feel free to reach out to the committee staff via email at claire.ronan@mahouse.gov and mark.zglobicki@masenate.gov

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Item Name	Start Time	Duration	Webcast
Joint Committee on Advanced Information Technology, the Internet and Cybersecurity - 4-9-2025	4/9/2025 1:00 PM	05:50:16

Bills concerning data use and data privacy and cybersecurity 1:00pm - 5:00pm

Bill	Bill Title	Sponsor
H.73	An Act relative to filing slander against anonymous parties on the internet	Tackey Chan
H.78	An Act establishing the Massachusetts consumer data privacy act	Tricia Farley-Bouvier
H.80	An Act establishing the Comprehensive Massachusetts Consumer Data Privacy Act	Kate Hogan
H.86	An Act to protect location privacy	Kate Lipper-Garabedian
H.93	An Act relative to protecting sensitive information from security breaches	Tram T. Nguyen
H.96	An Act to provide accountability in the use of biometric recognition technology and comprehensive enforcement	David M. Rogers
H.98	An Act relative to internet privacy rights for children	David M. Rogers
H.99	An Act relative to surveillance pricing in grocery stores	Lindsay N. Sabadosa
H.103	An Act to establish the Massachusetts neural data privacy protection act	Andres X. Vargas
H.104	An Act establishing the Massachusetts Data Privacy Act	Andres X. Vargas
S.29	An Act to establish the Massachusetts Data Privacy Act	Cynthia Stone Creem
S.33	An Act establishing the Comprehensive Massachusetts Consumer Data Privacy Act	William J. Driscoll, Jr.
S.36	An Act to provide accountability in the use of biometric recognition technology and comprehensive enforcement	Dylan A. Fernandes
S.43 C	An Act to protect personal biometric data	Mark C. Montigny
S.45	An Act establishing the Massachusetts Data Privacy Act	Michael O. Moore
S.47	An Act relative to surveillance pricing in grocery stores	Michael O. Moore
S.49	An Act relative to cybersecurity and artificial intelligence	Michael O. Moore
S.39	An Act protecting sensitive personal information from breaches and other cybersecurity incidents	Barry R. Finegold
S.197 C	An Act to protect safety and privacy by stopping the sale of location data	Cynthia Stone Creem

Present (11)

Tricia Farley-Bouvier (HOU)

Christopher Richard Flanagan (HOU)

John R. Gaskey (HOU)

James K. Hawkins (HOU)

Marc T. Lombardo (HOU)

Joan Meschino (HOU)

Thomas W. Moakley (HOU)

Steven J. Ouellette (HOU)

Steven Owens (HOU)

Orlando Ramos (HOU)

Tommy Vitolo (HOU)

	Document
	H96 Summary
	H98 Summary
	H. 73 Summary
	H99 Summary
	H78 Summary
	H80 Summary
	H86 Summary
	H. 93 Summary
	H103 Summary
	H104 Summary

Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Advanced Information Technology, the Internet and Cybersecurity

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