Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure

Event Details

Status:

Completed

Event Date:

Monday, June 23, 2025

Start Time:

10:00 AM

Location:

A-1 and Virtual

Event Description

Racing and Gaming; Lottery; Late-filed Matters; and Local Alcohol Petitions

The public is invited to participate in this hybrid hearing, which will be live-streamed and recorded for viewing on the “Hearings & Events” page of the General Court’s website.

Written testimony is encouraged in lieu of or in addition to oral testimony; and may be submitted via email to JointCommittee.ConsumerProtection&ProfessionalLicensure@malegislature.gov or mailed to the Chairs:

Senator Pavel Payano
Senate Chair
Joint Committee on Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure
24 Beacon Street, Room 413-B
Boston, MA 02133

Representative Tackey Chan
House Chair
Joint Committee on Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure
24 Beacon Street, Room 42
Boston, MA 02133

Please include the bill number and “TESTIMONY” in the subject line of the email. The Committee will accept written testimony on any bill up until such is acted on. Registration is not required to submit written testimony.

Registration to present oral testimony, both remotely and in-person, is required. To register, please provide your contact information into this FORM not later than Friday, June 20th at 5 pm. If providing testimony remotely, you will receive an invitation to the hearing with instructions via email after the registration deadline closes. The Committee may accept in-person oral testimony on the day of without prior registration. Please note that there is a time limit of 3-minutes per person for all oral testimony.

Testimony submitted to the Committee will be made publicly available. By submission, you agree to release to the public all information you have included unless you clearly advise the Committee otherwise in writing.  The Committee will make reasonable efforts to ensure the email address or other personal sensitive information provided will not be published.  Nevertheless, the Committee advises that you do not include any information you do not intend to make public, such as medical or other sensitive information.

Please be advised that the schedule and agenda are subject to change at the discretion of the chairs.  Further, the Committee may schedule an executive session to coincide with this hearing, and Committee members would expect to be provided any further advanced notice and materials to review.

Pursuant to House Rule 27, the Committee shall make a final report on all House filed bills heard on this date not later than August 22, 2025 (with a possible 30 additional calendar days thereafter).

This public hearing will be chaired by Chair Chan. Do not hesitate to contact Tom Mahoney (Thomas.Mahoney@masenate.gov) with any inquiries regarding Senate filed matters or Marissa Dakin (Marissa.Dakin@mahouse.gov) with any inquiries regarding House filed matters.

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Item Name	Start Time	Duration	Webcast
Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure - 6-23-2025	6/23/2025 10:00 AM	01:15:19

Racing and Gaming; Lottery; Late-filed Matters; and Local Alcohol Petitions 10:00am - 1:00pm

Bill	Bill Title	Sponsor
H.331	An Act relative to certain hospitality venues	Daniel Cahill
S.239	An Act relative to certain hospitality venues	Paul R. Feeney
H.332	An Act regulating internet gaming	Daniel Cahill
S.235	An Act regulating internet gaming	Paul R. Feeney
H.341	An Act extending live and simulcasted horse racing in the Commonwealth	Tackey Chan
S.238	An Act extending live and simulcast horse racing in the Commonwealth	Paul R. Feeney
H.356	An Act concerning horse racing and simulcasting within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts	Leigh Davis
H.3906	An Act authorizing the town of Somerset to grant additional licenses for the sale of alcoholic beverages to be drunk off the premises	Justin Thurber
H.395	An Act regulating lottery funding	Steven S. Howitt
H.399	An Act authorizing the town of Swansea to grant additional alcoholic beverage licenses	Steven S. Howitt
H.4058	An Act relative to HVAC safety accountability and public transparency	Manny Cruz
H.409	An Act relative to the race horse development fund	Bradley H. Jones, Jr.
H.4155	An Act relative to adding four additional liquor licenses to the town West Springfield	Michael J. Finn
H.4159	An Act relative to cardholder surcharges	Colleen M. Garry
H.4195	An Act relative to discrimination against cash buyers	Colleen M. Garry
H.430	An Act modernizing charitable organization fundraising opportunities	William F. MacGregor
S.193	An Act modernizing charitable organization fundraising opportunities	Nick Collins
H.432	An Act extending simulcasting and horse racing authorization	Adrian C. Madaro
H.434	An Act relative to apportionment of lottery revenues	John J. Mahoney
S.234	An Act to revitalize agriculture, conditioning and simulcasting	Paul R. Feeney
S.240	An Act establishing a standardized problem gambling disclaimer and helpline	Paul R. Feeney
S.241	An Act relative to problem gambling and the public health trust fund	Paul R. Feeney
S.260	An Act to protect the privacy of lottery winners	Mark C. Montigny
S.273	An Act to reduce lottery littering	Patrick M. O'Connor
S.280	An Act to protect horses	Jacob R. Oliveira

Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure

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