Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government

Event Details

Status:: Completed
Event Date:: Tuesday, May 13, 2025
Start Time:: 1:00 PM
Location:: B-1 and Virtual
Event Description: Home Rules, District and Regional Government legislation

The public is invited to participate in this hybrid hearing, which will be live streamed on the General Court website, https://malegislature.gov. Hearings will be recorded and posted publicly on the Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government page which is accessible at [https://malegislature.gov/Committees/Detail/J10].

Those wishing to testify remotely must pre-register by clicking on this link (the registration deadline has expired). All those wishing to testify in person may sign up on the day of the hearing but are encouraged to sign up ahead of time using the link above. Once registered, those planning to testify remotely will receive an email with a Microsoft Teams link and instructions prior to the start of the hearing.

Written testimony may be submitted via email to geoff.richelew@mahouse.gov or physically mailed to the committee:

Rep. Jack Patrick Lewis, House Chair

Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government

Massachusetts State House

Attn: Geoff Richelew

24 Beacon Street, Room 450

Boston, MA 02133

The committee respectfully asks that individuals use only one method to submit testimony. Please address your comments to both House Chair Lewis and Senate Chair Rebecca Rausch.

At the discretion of the chairs and per committee rules, written testimony received by the committee will be made publicly available by request. 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.

Please note that all matters on the agenda that were filed in the House will be subject to the reporting procedures in House Rule 27.

This hearing will be chaired by House Chair Jack Patrick Lewis. 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: Geoff Richelew at (geoff.richelew@mahouse.gov). House Chair Lewis' office can also be reached via telephone: (617) 722-2582.
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Item Name	Start Time	Duration	Webcast
Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government - 5-13-2025	5/13/2025 1:00 PM	01:23:49

Home Rules, District and Regional Government 1:00pm - 2:30pm

Bill	Bill Title	Sponsor
H.2244	An Act relative to making the charter of the city of Chicopee gender neutral	Shirley B. Arriaga
H.2250	An Act dissolving the Whately Water District	Natalie M. Blais
H.2251	An Act establishing a special fund for the festival of the hills receipts for the town of Conway	Natalie M. Blais
H.2258	An Act relative to the Cotuit Fire District	Kip A. Diggs
H.2259	An Act authorizing the Cotuit Fire District to raise and appropriate money for the Historical Society of Santuit and Cotuit	Kip A. Diggs
H.2262	An Act authorizing the town of Southborough to issue pension obligation bonds or notes	Kate Donaghue
H.2268 A	An Act Bridgewater town charter article II, legislative branch section 2-13(a) annual stipend	Dennis C. Gallagher
H.2269	An Act Bridgewater town charter article IV, town manager "temporary absence"	Dennis C. Gallagher
H.2270	An Act authorizing the town of Avon to appoint a town clerk	William C. Galvin
H.2273	An Act authorizing the town of Sudbury to establish a fee for checkout bags	Carmine Lawrence Gentile
H.2275	An Act authorizing the city of Revere to pay a certain sum of money to Denise Mattera (Condelli), widow of School Committeeman Anthony Mattera	Jessica Ann Giannino
H.2310	An Act authorizing the Wellfleet selectboard to lease property to the Wellfleet food pantry, inc	Hadley Luddy
H.2313	An Act relative to the Regional Commissions on the Status of Women	Joan Meschino
S.1464	An Act relative to the Regional Commissions on the Status of Women	Patrick M. O'Connor
H.2314	An Act establishing the Dukes County Sheriff’s regional lockup fund	Thomas W. Moakley
H.2320	An Act relative to the position of treasurer-collector in the town of Berkley	Norman J. Orrall
H.2321	An Act authorizing the city of Watertown to publish digital legal notices	Steven Owens
H.2335	An Act extending residency requirements for members of the regular police or fire departments and fire alarm division of the city of Newton	Greg Schwartz
H.2341	An Act relative to the charter of the town of Acushnet	Mark D. Sylvia
H.2349	An Act requiring automatic external defibrillators in Norfolk County public buildings	Marcus S. Vaughn
S.1473	An Act requiring automatic external defibrillators in Norfolk County public buildings	Michael F. Rush
H.2351	An Act authorizing the Barnstable County and the town of Bourne to convey land and certain interests in land in the town of Bourne	David T. Vieira
H.2357	An Act amending the charter of the town of Sandwich	Steven George Xiarhos
S.25	An Act amending the charter of the town of Sandwich	Dylan A. Fernandes
H.3898	An Act to amend the town of Natick home rule charter	David Paul Linsky
H.3911	An Act revising the charter of the town of Millis, as amended	James C. Arena-DeRosa
H.3912	An Act increasing the membership of the board of health of the town of Marblehead from three members to five	Jennifer Balinsky Armini
H.3913	An Act amending the charter of the town of Seekonk	Steven S. Howitt
S.20	An Act amending the charter of the town of Seekonk	Kelly A. Dooner
H.3952	An Act authorizing Dartmouth Fire District No. 1 to appoint the position of Treasurer	Christopher M. Markey
H.3953	An Act in the town of Hanson local licenses and permits; denial, revocation or suspension for failure to comply with conditions of approval	Kenneth P. Sweezey
H.3977	An Act providing for alternate members of the conservation commission of the town of Becket	Leigh Davis
H.4030	An Act relative to the organization and governance structure of the town of Rochester	Mark D. Sylvia
S.21	An Act to amend the Nantucket Planning and Economic Development Commission	Julian Cyr
S.23	An Act enabling the appointment of alternates to the Swampscott Conservation Commission	Brendan P. Crighton
S.24	An Act amending the charter of the town of Sandwich	Dylan A. Fernandes
S.1425	An Act further regulating the amendment of a conservation restriction in the town of Hanson	Michael D. Brady
S.1431	An Act providing for indigenous representation on the Martha’s Vineyard Commission	Julian Cyr
S.1435	An Act authorizing Barnstable County to establish an energy revolving loan fund	Julian Cyr
S.1436	An Act amending the charter of the city of Everett	Sal N. DiDomenico
S.1445	An Act regulating certain insurance benefits for elected officials in the town of Blackstone	Ryan C. Fattman
S.1446	An Act relative to the residency requirement for the town manager of the town of Tewksbury	Barry R. Finegold
S.1450	An Act relative to the issuance of revenue bonds for the construction and reconstruction of telecommunications facilities by the city of Quincy	John F. Keenan
S.1453	An Act to study establishment of, and definition of, a Middlesex Regional Commission	Jason M. Lewis
S.1463	An Act authorizing the county of Plymouth to issue pension obligation bonds or notes	Patrick M. O'Connor
S.2505	An Act relative to the dissolution of the Holmes Park Water District	Peter J. Durant
S.2507	An Act establishing the Gloucester Fisheries Commission	Bruce E. Tarr

Present (11)

Jack Patrick Lewis (HOU)

Michael S. Chaisson (HOU)

Mike Connolly (HOU)

Carmine Lawrence Gentile (HOU)

Homar Gómez (HOU)

Kristin E. Kassner (HOU)

Samantha Montaño (HOU)

Norman J. Orrall (HOU)

Lindsay N. Sabadosa (HOU)

Joshua Tarsky (HOU)

Richard G. Wells, Jr. (HOU)

	Document
	H.2244 Summary_Arriaga and Oliveira_Chicopee charter gender neutral
	H.2250 Summary_Blais-Mark-dissolving the Whately Water District
	H.2251 Summary_Blais-Mark_Conway special fund for Festival of the Hills
	H.2258 Summary_Diggs_Cotuit Fire District
	H.2259 Summary_Diggs_Cotuit Fire District raise money for Historical Society
	H.2268 Summary_Gallagher_Bridgewater charter_annual stipend for council
	H.2269 Summary_Gallagher_Bridgewater charter_Town Mgr temp absence
	H.2270 Summary_Galvin-Brady_Avon appoint town clerk
	H.2273 Summary_Gentile-Sudbury fee for checkout bags
	H.2275 Summary_Giannino and Turco_Authorizing Revere to pay sum of money to widow of School Committeeman
	H.2310 Summary_Luddy and Cyr_Wellfleet Selectboard land lease to Wellfleet Food Pantry
	H.2313-S.1464_summary_Meschino-O'Connor-regional commissions on the status of women
	H.2314 Summary_Moakley_Establishing the Dukes County Sheriffs regional lockup fund
	H.2320 Summary_Orrall-Dooner_Berkley treasurer-collector
	H.2321 Summary_Owens-Lawn_Watertown digital legal notices
	H.2335 Summary_Schwartz_Expanding residency limits for Newton fire and police
	H.2341 Summary_Sylvia-Montigny_Acushnet amend town charter
	H.2349-S.1473 Summary_Vaughn-Rush_Requiring AEDs in Norfolk County public buildings
	H.2351 Summary_Vieira_Authorizing Barnstable County and the town of Bourne to convey certain land and interests in Bourne
	H.2357-S.25 Summary_Xiarhos-Fernandes_Amending the charter of Sandwich
	H.3898 Summary_Linsky_Natick amend town charter
	H.3911 Summary_Arena DeRosa and Vaughn-Millis charter revision
	H.3912 Summary_Armini-Crighton_Marblehead board of health 3 to 5 members
	H.3913-S.20 Summary_Howitt-Dooner_Seekonk amend town charter
	H.3952 Summary_Markey_Dartmouth Fire District 1 appoint treasurer
	H.3953 Summary_Sweezey_Hanson Local Licenses and Permits
	H.3977 Summary_Davis-Mark_Becket-Alternate members conservation commission
	H.4030 Summary_Sylvia-Rodrigues_Rochester organization and governance
	H.2262 Summary_Donaghue-Southborough issue pension obligation bonds

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