Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development

Event Details

Status:: Completed
Event Date:: Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Start Time:: 11:00 AM
Location:: B-1 and Virtual
Event Description: Constitutional Amendment/Higher Education

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

All House matters above are required to be reported on by June 15, 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 Labor and Workforce Development page Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development.

All written testimony received by the committee will be made publicly available. At the discretion of the Chairs and per committee rules, limitations and redactions shall exist for sharing testimony that includes sensitive personal information or information that may jeopardize the health, wellness or safety of the testifier or others. Any person submitting written testimony may request such testimony remain private and said testimony will not be made publicly available.

Written testimony can be submitted via email at:

Garrett.burns@mahouse.gov or physically mailed to the House Chair:

Chair Paul McMurtry

Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development

ATTN: Garrett Burns Esq.

24 BEACON ST. RM. 472

BOSTON MA 02133

In-person oral testimony and remote testimony sign-up via email to Garrett Burns Esq. at garrett.burns@mahouse.gov. The deadline to sign-up is Tuesday, April 15, 2025 at 2pm.

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 Paul McMurtry. 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: Carl Richardson at (carl.richardson@mass.gov). House Chair McMurtry’s office can be reached via telephone: 617-722-2013
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Item Name	Start Time	Duration	Webcast
Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development - 4-16-2025	4/16/2025 11:00 AM	01:51:41

Agenda

Constitutional Amendment/Higher Education 11:00am - 1:00pm

Bill	Bill Title	Sponsor
H.70	for a Constitutional right to employable skills training	Michael S. Day
H.2185	An Act to provide fair wages to employees of public institutions of higher education	Andres X. Vargas
H.2164	An Act relative to institutions of higher education	Jeffrey N. Roy
S.1369	An Act relative to nonprofit institutions of higher education	Michael F. Rush
S.1365	An Act to provide fair wages to employees of public institutions of higher education	Pavel M. Payano

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Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development

Constitutional Amendment/Higher Education 11:00am - 1:00pm

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