Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Agriculture and Fisheries

Event Details

Status:

Completed

Event Date:

Wednesday, July 9, 2025

Start Time:

1:00 PM

Location:

A-1 and Virtual

Event Description

Joint Committee on Agriculture and Fisheries Public Hearing

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 Agriculture and Fisheries page: https://malegislature.gov/Committees/Detail/J38/Hearings

The Chair will limit testimony to three minutes per individual and reserves the right to call public officials out of turn. To register to testify virtually, you must provide contact information on this linked form by 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, July 7th. Once registered, you will receive further instructions on how to participate. All those wishing to testify in person may sign up at the hearing but are encouraged to sign up ahead of time at the link above.

For those testifying remotely, you will receive a Microsoft Teams link with more information prior to the start of the hearing.

Written testimony can be submitted via email at jointcmte-Agriculture@malegislature.gov or physically mailed to the Senate Chair:

CHAIR DYLAN A. FERNANDES

JOINT COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE

ATTN: SKYLER NASH

24 BEACON ST ROOM 519

BOSTON MA 02133

At the discretion of the Chairs, 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.

This hearing will be chaired by Senate Chair Dylan A. Fernandes. 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: phoebe.flynn@masenate.gov. Senate Chair Fernandes’ office can be reached via telephone: (617) 722-1330.

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Item Name	Start Time	Duration	Webcast
Joint Committee on Agriculture and Fisheries - 7-9-2025	7/9/2025 1:00 PM	01:20:47

Land Use, Sustainable Agriculture & Fisheries 1:00pm - 5:00pm

Bill	Bill Title	Sponsor
S.54	An Act regulating the sale of hemp products to protect public health	Joanne M. Comerford
S.63	An Act relative to establishing a food justice frontline	Patricia D. Jehlen
S.64	An Act relative to improving pesticide protections for Massachusetts schoolchildren	Jason M. Lewis
S.66	An Act relative to a municipality’s right of first refusal of agricultural and recreational land	Michael O. Moore
S.69	An Act to promote economic opportunities for cottage food entrepreneurs	Jacob R. Oliveira
H.108	An Act to protect Massachusetts pollinators	James C. Arena-DeRosa
H.140	An Act to promote economic opportunities for cottage food entrepreneurs	Erika Uyterhoeven
S.73	An Act relative to the Department of Fish and Game	Bruce E. Tarr
S.72	An Act relative to fees for certain commercial fishing permits	Bruce E. Tarr
H.114	An Act to promote economic opportunities for cottage food entrepreneurs	Nicholas A. Boldyga
S.68	An Act relative to lobstering closure mitigation	Patrick M. O'Connor
H.110	An Act relative to lobstering closure mitigation	Jennifer Balinsky Armini
H.124	An Act relative to improving pesticide protections for Massachusetts schoolchildren	Carmine Lawrence Gentile
H.128	An Act relative to establishing a food justice frontline	Vanna Howard
S.58	An Act to promote conservation through oyster shell recycling	Julian Cyr
H.117	An Act relative to hemp and hemp products in the Commonwealth	Mark J. Cusack
H.122	An Act relative to the preservation of existing pet cemeteries	Rodney M. Elliott
H.3981	An Act relative to establishing a pilot program to support high impact fisheries	Kip A. Diggs
H.132	An Act relative to food justice with jobs	Adrian C. Madaro

	Document
	Hearing 2 All House Bill Summaries
	H108 An Act to protect Massachusetts pollinators
	H110 An Act relative to lobstering closure mitigation
	H114 An Act to promote economic opportunities for cottage food entrepreneurs
	H117 An Act relative to hemp and hemp products in the Commonwealth
	H122 An Act relative to the preservation of existing pet cemeteries
	H124 An Act relative to improving pesticide protections for Massachusetts schoolchildren
	H128 An Act relative to establishing a food justice frontline
	H132 An Act relative to food justice with jobs
	H140 An Act to promote economic opportunities for cottage food entrepreneurs
	H3981 An Act relative to establishing a pilot program to support high impact fisheries

Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Agriculture and Fisheries

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