Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Community Development and Small Businesses

Event Details

Status:

Rescheduled

Event Date:

Tuesday, September 23, 2025 Thursday, October 9, 2025

Start Time:

1:00 PM

Location:

B-1 and Virtual
A-1 and Virtual

Event Description

Hearing 4

The Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Businesses will be holding a hybrid public hearing on Thursday, October 9th, 2025 at 1:00 P.M. in Hearing Room A1.  

Individuals who wish to testify in-person or virtually may register to do so by filling out this form by 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 8th, 2025.

Testimony is limited to three minutes per person. You will receive a Teams invitation and further instructions on how to participate virtually before the hearing.

Written testimony can be submitted via email to Madeleine Holden at Madeleine.Holden@masenate.gov. When submitting written testimony, please send it as an attachment and use the following document title format:  

Bill# - Your Organization’s Name – Support/Oppose 

At the discretion of the Chairs, written testimony received by the committee will be made publicly available. The committee may 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 Chair Gómez. 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: Madeleine Holden at Madeleine.Holden@masenate.gov  

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Item Name	Start Time	Duration	Webcast
Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Businesses - 10-9-2025	10/9/2025 1:00 PM	01:10:49

Hearing 4 1:00pm - 2:15pm

Bill	Bill Title	Sponsor
S.185	An Act to promote school centered neighborhood development	Pavel M. Payano
H.298	An Act to promote school centered neighborhood development	Antonio F. D. Cabral
H.2302	An Act to expand designation of priority development sites	Kristin E. Kassner

Present (16)

Adam Gómez (SEN)

Andres X. Vargas (HOU)

Brian M. Ashe (HOU)

Michael S. Chaisson (HOU)

Nick Collins (SEN)

Kate Donaghue (HOU)

Kelly A. Dooner (SEN)

Christopher Hendricks (HOU)

Tara T. Hong (HOU)

Vanna Howard (HOU)

Patrick Joseph Kearney (HOU)

John F. Keenan (SEN)

Joan B. Lovely (SEN)

John H. Rogers (HOU)

Justin Thurber (HOU)

Jonathan D. Zlotnik (HOU)

Absent (1)

Michael D. Brady (SEN)
*Unable to attend as meeting conflicts with another meeting In which he is the Vice Chair

Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Community Development and Small Businesses

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