Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Public Health

Event Details

Status:

Completed

Event Date:

Friday, June 6, 2025

Start Time:

10:00 AM

Location:

Gardner Auditorium and Virtual

Event Description

Joint Committee on Public Health Hearing on Vaccine-related Legislation.

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JOINT COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC HEALTH

STATE HOUSE, BOSTON 02133

Joint Committee on Public Health

Representative Senator

Marjorie C. Decker William Driscoll, Jr.

Room 130, State House Room 507, State House

TEL. (617) 722-2130 TEL. (617) 722-1643

Date of Hearing: June 6^th, 2025

Time: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Location: Gardner Auditorium

The Joint Committee on Public Health will conduct a hybrid public hearing in Gardner Auditorium on June 6^th, 2025, from 10AM to 5 PM. on bills relating to vaccinations.

Individuals testifying should limit their remarks to 3 minutes. All panels should limit their testimony to a total of 6 minutes.

Please be advised that all written testimony submitted will be read by Committee Members and staff and may be made available for public review on the Legislature’s website. The committee may limit availability or redact testimony that includes sensitive personal information or information that may jeopardize the health, wellness, or safety of the testifier or others.

The Committee will accept written and oral testimony in-person and virtually on the following bills:

***INSTRUCTIONS FOR REGISTRATION / TESTIMONY***

LINK TO PRE-REGISTER TO TESTIFY: Persons who wish to testify in person or virtually or submit written testimony may do so by completing this form linked here (https://forms.cloud.microsoft/g/ntgcZRu6MD)

DEADLINE TO PRE-REGISTER: Persons planning to testify virtually must sign up no later than 5:00 p.m. on June 4^th, 2025. Individuals and groups testifying in person are strongly encouraged to register using the form above prior to the deadline. Registration by the deadline is required for those who wish to testify virtually during the live hearing and encouraged for those who wish to testify in person. Persons who do not have a Microsoft Form can submit written testimony to JointCommittee.PublicHealth@malegislature.gov or email matthew.murphy@masenate.gov to register. Please indicate whether you plan to testify in person or virtually. Pre-registration is required for those wishing to participate on a panel. Panels must testify in person. Participants who indicate that they plan to testify virtually will receive an invitation to the hearing with instructions via email after the deadline closes.

SAME DAY SIGN-UP FOR IN-PERSON TESTIMONY ONLY – IF TIME ALLOWS: Individuals who miss the deadline to pre-register for testimony may appear on the day of the hearing and sign-up to speak in person on forms provided by committee staff outside of the hearing room. Time permitting, when all pre-registered individuals have been called to testify, the Chairs will then call any individuals who sign-up on the day of the hearing.

WRITTEN TESTIMONY: If you would like to provide written testimony, please include the bill number in the subject line of the email, as well as your name, address, phone number, and organization, if any, on the submitted testimony. Written testimony is encouraged and will continue to be accepted after the hearing until the relevant bill is acted upon. Such testimony may be submitted via email to JointCommittee.PublicHealth@malegislature.gov. Please include "Public Health Committee Testimony, [Relevant Bill Number]" in the subject line of the email. Those who plan to submit only written testimony may do so before or after the signup deadline. Once again, those submitting written testimony should be aware that all written testimony submitted will be read by committee members and staff and may be made available for public review on the Legislature’s website.

ORDER OF TESTIMONY: The Chairs, at their discretion, will determine the order of testimony during the course of the hearing. It is the responsibility of the individuals registered to testify to be prepared to speak when called upon by the Chairs. In the event that an individual is called by the Chairs and that person is not logged into the Teams platform, the Chairs will move on and call the next individual or panel.

This hearing will be recorded and archived for later viewing. Those who do not plan to testify but want to watch the public hearing may view the livestream under the Hearings & Events section of the legislative website.

If you have any questions, you may email matthew.murphy@masenate.gov and ramla.hagi@mahouse.gov

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Item Name	Start Time	Duration	Webcast
Joint Committee on Public Health - 6-6-2025	6/6/2025 10:00 AM	07:45:57

Vaccines 10:00am - 5:05pm

Bill	Bill Title	Sponsor
H.764	An Act boosting flu prevention for seniors	Marjorie C. Decker
H.2376	An Act to protect medical freedom	Nicholas A. Boldyga
H.2384	An Act relative to provider choice	Mark J. Cusack
H.2431	An Act prohibiting the requirement of a COVID-19 vaccine, mRNA vaccine, or gene-altering procedure	John R. Gaskey
H.2463	An Act relative to proper classification of health care workers during a public health emergency	Sally P. Kerans
H.2541	An Act relative to the protection of medical exemptions for immunizations for school attendance	Michael J. Soter
H.2554	An Act relative to routine childhood immunizations	Andres X. Vargas
S.1514	An Act relative to provider choice	William J. Driscoll, Jr.
S.1557	An Act relative to vaccines and preventing future disease outbreaks	Edward J. Kennedy
S.1618	An Act promoting community immunity	Rebecca L. Rausch

	Document
	H2554 - Votes of House Committee Members
	H2463 - Votes of House Committee Members
	H764 - Votes of House Committee Members

Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Public Health

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