Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Agriculture and Fisheries

Event Details

Status:

Completed

Event Date:

Tuesday, September 16, 2025

Start Time:

10:00 AM

Location:

B-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/J45/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, September 14^th. 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 House Chair:

CHAIR NATALIE M. BLAIS

JOINT COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES

ATTN: JACOB KAMINSKY

24 BEACON ST ROOM 473F

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.

All matters filed in the House that are listed are required to be reported on by November 15, 2025, subject to extensions consistent with House Rule 27.

This hearing will be chaired by House Chair Natalie Blais. 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: Jacob.Kaminsky@mahouse.gov. Chair Blais’ office can be reached via telephone: (617) 722-2210.

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Item Name	Start Time	Duration	Webcast
Joint Committee on Agriculture and Fisheries - 9-16-2025	9/16/2025 10:00 AM	02:53:21

Agriculture and Fisheries 10:00am - 1:00pm

Bill	Bill Title	Sponsor
H.109	An Act protecting our soil and farms from PFAS contamination	James C. Arena-DeRosa
H.112	An Act fostering agricultural resilience in Massachusetts	Natalie M. Blais
H.121	An Act relative to urban farmland	Patricia A. Duffy
H.126	An Act establishing community fridges to address food insecurity	Homar Gómez
H.129	An Act relative to the healthy incentives program	Bradley H. Jones, Jr.
H.136	An Act prohibiting the use and sale of toxic sludge	Steven Owens
H.138	An Act relative to the definition of livestock	Adam J. Scanlon
H.141	An Act prohibiting the purchase of farm land by foreign governments	Marcus S. Vaughn
H.1058	An Act relative to a cranberry water use transfer program	Mark D. Sylvia
H.1059	An Act relative to fisheries conservation gear grant program	Jeffrey Rosario Turco
H.2319	An Act to protect animal health	James J. O'Day
H.4106	An Act establishing a farm-to-institution pilot program	Leigh Davis
H.4430	An Act promoting agriculture resilience and sustainability	Kate Hogan
H.4437	An Act relative to the regulation of nutrient management and fertilizer in the town of Nantucket	Thomas W. Moakley
S.55	An Act fostering agricultural resilience in Massachusetts	Joanne M. Comerford
S.56	An Act protecting our soil and farms from PFAS contamination	Joanne M. Comerford
S.61	An Act relative to urban farmland	Adam Gómez
S.62	An Act establishing community fridges to address food insecurity	Adam Gómez
S.71	An Act relative to the use of food security infrastructure grants	Bruce E. Tarr

	Document
	Hearing 3 All House Bill Summaries
	H4437 An Act relative to the regulation of nutrient management and fertilizer in the town of Nantucket
	H4430 An Act promoting agriculture resilience and sustainability
	H4106 An Act establishing a farm-to-institution pilot program
	H2319 An Act to protect animal health
	H1059 An Act relative to fisheries conservation gear grant program
	H1058 An Act relative to a cranberry water use transfer program
	H141 An Act prohibiting the purchase of farm land by foreign governments
	H138 An Act relative to the definition of livestock
	H136 An Act prohibiting the use and sale of toxic sludge
	H129 An Act relative to the healthy incentives program
	H126 An Act establishing community fridges to address food insecurity
	H121 An Act relative to urban farmland
	H112 An Act fostering agricultural resilience in Massachusetts
	H109 An Act protecting our soil and farms from PFAS contamination

Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Agriculture and Fisheries

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