Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government

Event Details

Status:

Completed

Event Date:

Tuesday, June 24, 2025

Start Time:

1:00 PM

Location:

B-1 and Virtual

Event Description

Home rule petitions, local governance, municipal finance

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. 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 jointcommittee.municipalities&regionalgovernment@malegislature.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	6/24/2025 1:00 PM	02:39:17

Home rule petitions, local governance, municipal finance 1:00pm - 5:00pm

Bill	Bill Title	Sponsor
H.2246	An Act to hold property owners accountable for recurring public nuisance	Bruce J. Ayers
H.2249	An Act protecting neighboring communities from deleterious construction	Bruce J. Ayers
H.2252	An Act to establish a commission to study the distribution of unrestricted local aid	Antonio F. D. Cabral
H.2257	An Act enhancing municipal bonding efficacy	Michael S. Day
H.2260	An Act relative to firefighter residency	Kip A. Diggs
S.1449	An Act relative to firefighter residency	John F. Keenan
H.2263	An Act relative to public hearing notification for variances from the terms of the applicable zoning ordinance or by-law	Michelle M. DuBois
H.2264	An Act relative to free parking for veterans	Rodney M. Elliott
H.2271	An Act relative to non-criminal dispositions of municipal bylaws and acts of nature	William C. Galvin
H.2277	An Act authorizing cities and towns to establish reduced maximum tow rates during certain declared emergencies	Carlos González
H.2287	An Act relative to snow removal fines	Daniel J. Hunt
H.2293	An Act requiring municipal spending reports on the use of opioid settlement funds	Bradley H. Jones, Jr.
H.2303	An Act relative to special education reserve funds	Kathleen R. LaNatra
S.1469	An Act relative to special education reserve funds	Jacob R. Oliveira
H.2304	An Act relative to a regional school assessment reserve fund	Kathleen R. LaNatra
S.1468	An Act relative to a regional school assessment reserve fund	Jacob R. Oliveira
H.2306	An Act to promote responsive city government	David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf
H.2307	An Act authorizing local control of waste collection hours of operation	Jay D. Livingstone
S.1442	An Act authorizing local control of waste collection hours of operation	Lydia Edwards
H.2311	An Act relative to establishing a commission to study municipal licenses.	Paul McMurtry
H.2318	An Act providing for municipal meeting postponement due to inclement weather	Tram T. Nguyen
H.2334	An Act providing state grants for municipal sustainability directors	Margaret R. Scarsdale
S.1444	An Act providing state grants for municipal sustainability directors	James B. Eldridge
H.2352	An Act relative to parking permit fees	Tommy Vitolo
H.2358	An Act permitting municipal expenditures for the maintenance of private roads	Steven George Xiarhos
H.3897	An Act authorizing the city of Quincy to enter into a lease extension to Quarry Hills Associates, Limited Partnership	Bruce J. Ayers
H.4149 A	An Act relative to the charter in the city of Lynn	Daniel Cahill
H.4153	An Act establishing a charter for the city of Somerville	Christine P. Barber
H.4154	An Act relative to the town of Richmond Free Public Library	Leigh Davis
H.4156	An Act establishing a charter for the city of Cambridge	Marjorie C. Decker
H.4157	An Act further regulating procurements by the city of Cambridge	Marjorie C. Decker
H.4158	An Act expanding the select board of the town of Weston	Alice Hanlon Peisch
H.4167	An Act authorizing the town of Acton to establish a minimum charge for a checkout bag	Danillo A. Sena
H.4168	An Act authorizing the town of Acton to increase the residency limit for members of its police and fire departments	Danillo A. Sena
H.4173	An Act amending the special legislation establishing the Acton Memorial Library	Danillo A. Sena
H.4174	An Act relative to the Ayer Library	Danillo A. Sena
H.4175	An Act relative to the charter of the town of Provincetown	Hadley Luddy
H.4176	An Act relative to the charter of the town of Provincetown	Hadley Luddy
H.4192	An Act relative to the election and composition of the conservation commission within the town of Southwick	Nicholas A. Boldyga
H.4205	An Act authorizing the city of Watertown to lease property at 124 Watertown street, Watertown (former Parker school)	Steven Owens
S.1423	An Act to generate revenue to expand transit options	Michael J. Barrett
S.1451	An Act providing for reserve funds for school districts	Edward J. Kennedy
S.1454	An Act relative to PEG access and cable related funds	Joan B. Lovely
S.1470	An Act relative to the creation of a municipal licensing commission	Pavel M. Payano
S.1475	An Act to provide clarifications to Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 83	Bruce E. Tarr
S.1476	An Act to provide clarification to Massachusetts General Laws chapter 80	Bruce E. Tarr
S.2527	An Act amending the town charter of Wareham	Kelly A. Dooner
S.2528	An Act authorizing the town of Marblehead to amend chapter 37 of the acts of 2004: Parking violations in the town of Marblehead	Brendan P. Crighton

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.2246 Summary_Ayers_Accountability for property owners for recurring public nuisance
	H.2249 Summary_Ayers_Protecting neighboring communities from deleterious construction
	H.2252 Summary_Vargas and Cabral_Establish a commission to study the distribution of unrestricted local aid
	H.2257 Summary_RepDay_enhancing municipal bonding efficacy
	H.2260-S.1449 Summary_Diggs-Keenan_relative to firefighter residency
	H.2263 Summary_DuBois_Relative to public hearing notification for variances from the terms of applicable zoning ordinance or by-law
	H.2264 Summary_Elliott_free parking for veterans
	H.2271 Summary_Galvin_by-request_Non-criminal dispositions of municipal bylaws
	H.2277 Summary_Gonzalez_Authorizing cities and towns to establish reduced maximum tow rates during certain declared emergencies
	H.2287 Summary_Hunt_Relative to snow removal fines
	H.2293 Summary_Jones_require spending reports on use of opioid settlement funds
	H.2303-S.1469 Summary_LaNatra-Oliveira_special education reserve funds
	H.2304-S.1468 Summary_LaNatra-Oliveira_Regional school assessment reserve fund
	H.2306 Summary_LeBoeuf_Promote responsive city government
	H.2307-S.1442 Summary__Livingstone-Edwards-local control of waste collection hours
	H.2311 Summary_McMurtry_Commission to study municipal licensing
	H.2318 Summary_Nguyen_Municipal Meeting Postponement due to inclement weather
	H.2334-S.1444 Summary_Scarsdale-Eldridge-municipal sustainability directors
	H.2352 Summary_Vitolo_Relative to parking permit fees
	H.2358 Summary_Xiarhos-by-request_Muni expend for maintenance of private roads
	H.3897_Summary_Ayers_Quincy_Hills_Lease
	H.4149_Summary_Cahill_Lynn_Charter
	H.4153 Summary_Barber_Somerville charter
	H.4154 Summary_Davis-Mark_Richmond public library special fund
	H.4157_Summary_Decker_Cambridge_Procurements
	H.4158 Summary_Peisch_Weston expand select board
	H.4167 Summary_Sena and Cataldo_Authorizing Acton to establish checkout bag fees
	H.4168 Summary_Sena-Cataldo_residency limit for public safety personnel
	H.4173 Summary_Sena-Cataldo_Acton public library
	H.4174 Summary_Sena_Ayer public library act
	H.4175_Summary_Luddy_Provincetown_Charter_Fire_Chief
	H.4176_Summary_Luddy_Provincetown_Charter_Alternates
	H.4192 Summary_Boldyga-Mark_Southwick election and composition of conservation commission
	H.4205_Summary_Owens_Watertown_Parker_School_Lease
	H.4156_Summary_Decker_Cambridge_City_Charter

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