Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources

Event Details

Status:

Completed

Event Date:

Tuesday, April 8, 2025

Start Time:

1:00 PM

Location:

A-1 and Virtual

Event Description

The Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources will hold a hybrid public hearing to solicit written and oral testimony in-person on bills before the committee. 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 7, 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/. Hearings will be recorded and posted publicly on the Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources’ page https://malegislature.gov/Committees/Detail/J21/Hearings. At the discretion of the Chairs and per committee rules, written testimony received by the committee will be made publicly available. The committee may limit availability or redact testimony that includes sensitive personal information, information about minors, or information that may jeopardize the health, wellness or safety of the testifier or others.

Written testimony can be submitted via email at jointcommittee.environment@malegislature.gov or physically mailed to the House Chair:

Chair Christine Barber

Joint Committee On Environment And Natural Resources

ATTN: Jacob Newman

24 Beacon St. Room 167

Boston, MA 02133

In-person oral testimony and remote testimony sign-up via email Jacob Newman at Jacob.Newman@mahouse.gov.

For in-person and remote testimony please include:

1. Name;

2. Organization you represent;

3. Whether on behalf of yourself or an organization;

4. Mailing address;

5. Email address;

6. Telephone number;

7. In-person or remote testimony;

8. Bills testifying on;

9. Whether support or oppose.

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 House Chair Christine Barber. If you have any questions regarding the hearing, legislation, format of the hearing or reasonable accommodations required to ensure people with disabilities can participate fully in the committee process, please email: Jacob Newman with Chair Barber, at Jacob.Newman@mahouse.gov and Madelein McCormick with Chair Rausch, at Madelein.McCormick@masenate.gov. House Chair Barber’s office can be reached via telephone: (617) 722-2230.

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Item Name	Start Time	Duration	Webcast
Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources - 4-8-2025	4/8/2025 1:00 PM	00:46:21

ENR Hearing No. 1 1:00pm - 2:30pm

Bill	Bill Title	Sponsor
H.899	An Act dedicating certain park and field space in the South Boston section of the city of Boston	David Biele
H.905	An Act expanding pleasure boat access to Boston Harbor	Tackey Chan
H.906	An Act authorizing and directing the director of the Division of Waterways to dredge the harbor area surrounding Houghs Neck in the city of Quincy	Tackey Chan
H.956	An Act providing for the ownership and maintenance of the Town Line Brook and Linden Brook culverts and dams	Jessica Ann Giannino
H.984	An Act relative to water flow in the Central Plymouth County Water District	Kathleen R. LaNatra
H.994	An Act regulating the application of fertilizer used in the town of Orleans	Hadley Luddy
H.1002	An Act relative to the Douglas State Forest Maintenance Trust Fund	Joseph D. McKenna
H.1007	An Act to provide for housing within the Manuel F. Correllus State Forest	Thomas W. Moakley
H.1008	An Act creating the Manuel F. Correllus State Forest Trust Fund	Thomas W. Moakley
H.1061	An Act to establish a study of Kingsbury Pond in the town of Norfolk	Marcus S. Vaughn
H.1069	An Act establishing memorial markers in the towns of Milton and Canton in memory of certain law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty	Richard G. Wells, Jr.
H.1063	An Act relative to the environmental protection of Joint Base Cape Cod	David T. Vieira
H.1073	An Act relative to wastewater treatment and disposal in the town of Sandwich	Steven George Xiarhos
S.545	An Act relative to Admiral David G. Farragut Park	Nick Collins
S.564	An Act designating a certain promenade in the town of Clinton as the Honorable Harold P. Naughton, Jr. Promenade	John J. Cronin
S.574	An Act establishing memorial markers in the towns of Milton and Canton in memory of certain law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty	William J. Driscoll, Jr.
S.575	An Act providing transparency for the Blue Hills Reservation Trust Fund	William J. Driscoll, Jr.
S.582	An Act relative to the Ware river watershed advisory committee	Peter J. Durant
S.584	An Act modernizing the governance of Port Authority parks in East Boston	Lydia Edwards
S.592	An Act relative to the Douglas State Forest Maintenance Trust Fund	Ryan C. Fattman
S.620	An Act providing for the ownership and maintenance of the Town Line Brook and Linden Brook culverts and dams	Jason M. Lewis
S.623	An Act to update the Middlesex Fells Reservation Fund	Jason M. Lewis
S.657	An Act relative to Stony Brook Reservation	Michael F. Rush
S.663	An Act relative to the Salisbury Beach Preservation Trust Fund	Bruce E. Tarr

Present (9)

Christine P. Barber (HOU)

Jennifer Balinsky Armini (HOU)

Simon Cataldo (HOU)

John R. Gaskey (HOU)

Tara T. Hong (HOU)

Kristin E. Kassner (HOU)

Margaret R. Scarsdale (HOU)

Kenneth P. Sweezey (HOU)

Mark D. Sylvia (HOU)

Absent (2)

Dawne Shand (HOU) *

Jonathan D. Zlotnik (HOU) *

	Document
	H899 Bill Summary
	H905 Bill Summary
	H906 Bill Summary
	H956 Bill Summary
	H984 Bill Summary
	H994 Bill Summary
	H1002 Bill Summary
	H1007 Bill Summary
	H1008 Bill Summary
	H1061 Bill Summary
	H1063 Bill Summary
	H1069 Bill Summary
	H1073 Bill Summary

Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources

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