Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources

Event Details

Status:

Completed

Event Date:

Tuesday, October 7, 2025

Start Time:

1:00 PM

Location:

A-2 and Virtual
A-1 and Virtual

Event Description

Parks and Rec, Lands, Plants, Soils, Forestry, Wildlife

The Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources will hold a hybrid public hearing to accept written and oral testimony on the below-listed legislation. This hearing will be chaired by Senate Chair Becca Rausch. Please be advised that the docket is subject to change by agreement of the Chairs.

Persons seeking to provide oral testimony, whether in person or remotely, should pre-register by 10:00 a.m. on Monday, October 6, 2025, using this online form: https://forms.office.com/g/dRX6ArbD9T. Persons seeking to testify remotely must pre-register by the stated deadline; further instructions on how to participate will be provided after registration. Oral testimony is limited to 3 minutes per person. Oral testimony from panels is limited to 8 minutes total, to be distributed at the discretion of the panelists. Individuals and panels may testify only once, and testimony may cover multiple bills; all testimony must be completed within the stated time limits. The Chairs may reduce the testimony time limits at their discretion.

Written testimony does not require pre-registration and may be submitted via email to: JointCommittee.Environment@malegislature.gov. Written testimony should be submitted not later than two (2) weeks following the hearing date.

All above-listed matters filed in the House are required to be reported on by December 6, 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 Committee page: https://malegislature.gov/Committees/Detail/J21/Hearings.

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.

The Committee strongly prefers that written testimony be submitted by email, as specified above. If email submission is not possible, written testimony may be submitted in hard copy to:

Senator Becca Rausch, Senate Chair

Representative Christine Barber, House Chair

Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources

State House Room 215

Boston, MA 02133

Questions regarding the hearing, legislation, or reasonable accommodations to ensure people with disabilities can participate fully in the committee process may be directed to Clay Spivey with Chair Rausch at Clayton.Spivey@masenate.gov or 617-722-1555, or Jacob Newman with Chair Barber at Jacob.Newman@mahouse.gov.

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Item Name	Start Time	Duration	Webcast
Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources - 10-7-2025	10/7/2025 1:00 PM	02:34:17

Parks and Rec, Lands, Plants, Soils, Forestry, Wildlife 1:00pm - 5:00pm

Bill	Bill Title	Sponsor
H.888	An Act relative to recreation on private tidelands	Jennifer Balinsky Armini
H.903	An Act authorizing the establishment of old growth forest reserves	Natalie M. Blais
H.915	An Act expanding access to trails for people of all abilities	Michelle L. Ciccolo
H.921	An Act relative to concurrent jurisdiction on National Park Service properties	Manny Cruz
H.946	An Act preserving public trust rights in land affected by ocean erosion	Sean Garballey
H.952	An Act relative to watershed forest protection	Carmine Lawrence Gentile
H.953	An Act relative to forest protection	Carmine Lawrence Gentile
H.1005	An Act investing in natural and working lands	Joan Meschino
H.1013	An Act establishing the municipal reforestation program	Steven Owens
H.1054	An Act providing parks pass waiver for veterans	Alan Silvia
H.1068	An Act relative to Department of Conservation and Recreation Title IX compliance	Thomas P. Walsh
H.1070	An Act to establish a free snowmobile weekend	Susannah M. Whipps
H.4259	An Act designating the Weider Park tennis courts as the Kim O'Connell tennis courts	Rob Consalvo
S.395	An Act promoting racially and culturally inclusive K-12 curriculum	Jason M. Lewis
S.548	An Act expanding access to trails for people of all abilities	Joanne M. Comerford
S.549	An Act investing in natural and working lands	Joanne M. Comerford
S.553	An Act establishing the Municipal Reforestation Program	Cynthia Stone Creem
S.565	An Act preserving public trust rights in land affected by ocean erosion	Julian Cyr
S.568	An Act relative to recreation on private tidelands	Julian Cyr
S.594	An Act improving veteran access to state parks	Ryan C. Fattman
S.611	Resolve providing for a study of Bittersweet Vine and other invasive species	Edward J. Kennedy
S.632	An Act relative to concurrent jurisdiction on National Park Service properties	Joan B. Lovely
S.633	An Act to establish a free snowmobile weekend	Paul W. Mark
S.656	An Act relative to the re-use of soil for large reclamation projects	Michael F. Rush
S.669	An Act relative to sustaining natural and working lands	Bruce E. Tarr

Present (11)

Christine P. Barber (HOU)

Jennifer Balinsky Armini (HOU)

Simon Cataldo (HOU)

John R. Gaskey (HOU)

Tara T. Hong (HOU)

Kristin E. Kassner (HOU)

Margaret R. Scarsdale (HOU)

Dawne Shand (HOU)

Kenneth P. Sweezey (HOU)

Mark D. Sylvia (HOU)

Jonathan D. Zlotnik (HOU)

	Document
	H888 Bill Summary
	H903 Bill Summary
	H915 Bill Summary
	H921 Bill Summary
	H946 Bill Summary
	H952 Bill Summary
	H953 Bill Summary
	H1005 Bill Summary
	H1013 Bill Summary
	H1054 Bill Summary
	H1068 Bill Summary
	H1070 Bill Summary
	H4259 Bill Summary

Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources

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