Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security

Event Details

Status:

Completed

Event Date:

Thursday, June 26, 2025

Start Time:

1:00 PM

Location:

A-2 and Virtual

Event Description

The Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security will hold a hybrid public hearing to solicit written and oral testimony in-person and remotely on the following bills:

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 August 26, 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 Public Safety and Homeland Security page Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security.

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

Written testimony can be submitted via email at JointCmte-PublicSafety@malegislature.gov or physically mailed to the House Chair:

CHAIR DANIEL CAHILL

JOINT COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY

ATTN: DESTINY IHENACHO

24 BEACON ST ROOM 527A

BOSTON MA 02133

IN-PERSON/VIRTUAL TESTIMONY REGISTRATION: Legislators, public officials, and the public must register to provide oral testimony. To register to testify virtually or in-person, please email Destiny Ihenacho (destiny.ihenacho@mahouse.gov) with the following information by Monday, June 23 at 5:00 PM:

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 Daniel Cahill. 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: Destiny Ihenacho destiny.ihenacho@mahouse.gov House Chair Cahill office can be reached via telephone: (617) 722-2020

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Item Name	Start Time	Duration	Webcast
Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security - 6-26-2025	6/26/2025 1:00 PM	00:59:02

Corrections 1:00pm - 5:00pm

Bill	Bill Title	Sponsor
H.4049	An Act relative to saving lives through awareness and enactment	Russell E. Holmes
H.4123	An Act relative to the distribution of opioid antagonists at correctional facilities	Kate Donaghue
H.4124	An Act relative to role-playing games in correctional facilities	Jack Patrick Lewis
H.4125	An Act to improve food safety and quality in Department of Correction facilities	Erika Uyterhoeven
H.2583	An Act concerning the Massachusetts probation service	Michael S. Day
H.2604	An Act to ensure access to medical parole	Mindy Domb
H.2605	An Act regarding consistent care for addiction rooted in evidence	Mindy Domb
H.2606	An Act to save lives by distributing Narcan to individuals at risk for an opioid overdose	Mindy Domb
H.2612	An Act relative to health insurance and incarcerated individuals	Paul K. Frost
H.2614	An Act relative to medical parole	William C. Galvin
H.2635	An Act creating an independent correctional oversight office to facilitate the recommendations of the Special Legislative Commission on Structural Racism in Correctional Facilities of the Commonwealth	Russell E. Holmes
H.2638	An Act to reform parole	Russell E. Holmes
H.2656	An Act to promote rehabilitation including guaranteed health, treatment, and safety for incarcerated LGBTQI+ People	Jack Patrick Lewis
H.2658	An Act to provide reproductive health care to incarcerated individuals	Jay D. Livingstone
H.2659	An Act to remove medical and health service fees for incarcerated people	Jay D. Livingstone
H.2685	An Act to improve transparency and accountability in correctional facilities	David M. Rogers
H.2694	An Act to promote equitable access to parole	Lindsay N. Sabadosa
H.2703	An Act to ensure compliance with the anti-shackling law for pregnant incarcerated women	Priscila S. Sousa
H.2704	An Act relative to the postpartum treatment of women in correctional facilities	Priscila S. Sousa
H.2705	An Act relative to health education in women's correctional institutions	Priscila S. Sousa
H.2706	An Act relative to postsecondary education in correctional facilities	Priscila S. Sousa
H.2707	An Act relative to furthering the success of opiate intervention programs	Alyson M. Sullivan-Almeida
S.1639	An Act protecting inmate safety and the expenditure of state funds	Michael J. Barrett
S.1643	An Act relative to access to community corrections	William N. Brownsberger
H.2722	An Act relative to a fresh start	Andres X. Vargas
S.1645	An Act to codify the Suffolk County Sheriff’s authority to provide pre-arraignment care of arrestees	Nick Collins
H.2736	An Act relative to the security of exercise equipment and free weights in correctional institutions	Steven George Xiarhos
H.2721	An Act to establish privileged contact with members of the general court	Erika Uyterhoeven
H.2609	An Act relative to successful transition and re-entry to tomorrow for incarcerated persons	Brandy Fluker-Reid
S.1654	An Act relative to postsecondary education in correctional facilities	Brendan P. Crighton
S.1660	An Act to promote rehabilitation including guaranteed health, treatment, and safety for incarcerated LGBTQI+ People	Julian Cyr
S.1661	An Act relative to successful transition and re-entry to tomorrow for incarcerated persons	Sal N. DiDomenico
S.1689	An Act eliminating no cost calls for violent incarcerated individuals	Ryan C. Fattman
S.1702	Resolve to establish a commission to study expanding sentencing jurisdiction in Houses of Correction	Dylan A. Fernandes
S.1705	An Act concerning the Massachusetts Probation Service	Patricia D. Jehlen
S.1707	An Act to ensure access to medical parole	Patricia D. Jehlen
S.1709	An Act to save lives by distributing narcan to individuals at risk for an overdose	John F. Keenan
S.1711	An Act regarding consistent care for addiction rooted in evidence	John F. Keenan
S.1721	An Act to ensure educational rights are upheld for incarcerated youth	Liz Miranda
S.1726	An Act relative to incarcerated persons councils	Liz Miranda
S.1753	An Act strengthening synthetic drug laws in correctional facilities	Patrick M. O'Connor
S.1754	An Act relative to a fresh start	Pavel M. Payano
S.1756	An Act to repeal pay-to-stay fees	Pavel M. Payano
S.1757	An Act to remove medical and health service fees for incarcerated people	Pavel M. Payano
S.1762	An Act relative to the security of exercise equipment and free weights in correctional institutions	Michael F. Rush
S.1781	An Act concerning the arrest without a warrant of persons on probation	John C. Velis
S.1715	An Act relative to turning on red signals	Robyn K. Kennedy
S.1716	An Act regulating illegal exhaust systems for motor vehicles	Jason M. Lewis
S.1733	An Act building a more accessible Massachusetts	Michael O. Moore
S.1755	An Act relative to Massachusetts policy and procedures for missing and abducted children	Pavel M. Payano
S.1766	An Act to support police recruitment and retention	Bruce E. Tarr
S.1767	An Act relative to the expansion of the state DNA database	Bruce E. Tarr
S.1769	An Act prohibiting soliciting acts of terrorism	Bruce E. Tarr
S.1780	An Act relative to the creation of the Massachusetts Public Safety Building Authority	Bruce E. Tarr
S.1784	An Act relative to construction zone speed control systems	John C. Velis

	Document
	H2583
	H2604
	H2605
	H2606
	H2614
	H2656
	H2658
	H2659
	H2685
	H2694
	H2703
	H2705
	H2706
	H2722
	H2736
	H4049
	H4123
	H4124
	S..1711
	S.1639
	S.1661
	S.1689
	S.1698
	S.1702
	S.1715
	S.1731
	H2609
	H2612
	H2635
	H2638
	H2704
	H2707
	H2721
	H4125

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