Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security

Event Details

Status:

Completed

Event Date:

Wednesday, October 15, 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 matters relating to public safety and corrections.

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: SCHUYLER HOGAN

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 fill out this form with the following information by Monday, October 13 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; and  

9. Whether you support or oppose: 

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

Please be advised that this hearing will begin with virtual testimony from currently incarcerated individuals for approximately an hour and forty-five minutes. Therefore, elected officials and other participants who wish to testify should anticipate a longer waiting period before their turn.

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 Schuyler Hogan Schuyler.Hogan@mahouse.gov. Chair Cahill’s office can be reached via telephone: (617) 722-2020  

All House matters above are required to be reported on by December 14 2025, subject to extensions consistent with House Rule 27. 

Bills to be heard:

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Item Name	Start Time	Duration	Webcast
Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security - 10-15-2025	10/15/2025 1:00 PM	05:04:32

Public Safety and Corrections 1:00pm - 6:20pm

Bill	Bill Title	Sponsor
H.2564	An Act relative to emergency hazard health duty	James Arciero
H.2576	An Act to establish a prepaid wireless E911 surcharge	Michael S. Chaisson
H.2591	An Act to build restorative family and community connection	Marjorie C. Decker
H.2608	An Act relative to human rights and improved outcomes for incarcerated people	Brandy Fluker-Reid
H.2629	An Act relative to critical incident intervention by emergency service providers	James K. Hawkins
H.2636	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.2661	An Act to improve public health and safety standards in communities around aging nuclear power plants and high-level nuclear waste dump sites	Hadley Luddy
H.2662	An Act relative to critical incident intervention by emergency service providers	William F. MacGregor
H.2666	An Act relative to preserving the ancient privileges of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts	Paul McMurtry
H.2669	An Act expanding hoisting examination opportunities for foreign language speakers	Rita A. Mendes
H.2693	An Act relative to elder and medical parole	Lindsay N. Sabadosa
H.2734	An Act to repeal pay-to-stay fees	Christopher J. Worrell
S.1651	An Act relative to human rights and improved outcomes for incarcerated people	Cynthia Stone Creem
S.1720	An Act to build restorative family and community connection	Liz Miranda
S.1722	An Act relative to elder and medical parole	Liz Miranda
S.1725	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	Liz Miranda
S.1728	An Act to reform parole supervision in the interest of justice	Liz Miranda
S.1756	An Act to repeal pay-to-stay fees	Pavel M. Payano

Present (18)

Daniel Cahill (HOU)

John J. Cronin (SEN)

Michelle L. Ciccolo (HOU)

William J. Driscoll, Jr. (SEN)

Peter J. Durant (SEN)

Rodney M. Elliott (HOU)

Dylan A. Fernandes (SEN)

Homar Gómez (HOU)

David Paul Linsky (HOU)

Bridget Plouffe (HOU)

Amy Mah Sangiolo (HOU)

Alan Silvia (HOU)

Kenneth P. Sweezey (HOU)

Marcus S. Vaughn (HOU)

John C. Velis (SEN)

Richard G. Wells, Jr. (HOU)

Christopher J. Worrell (HOU)

Steven George Xiarhos (HOU)

Absent (2)

James B. Eldridge (SEN) *

Michael O. Moore (SEN) *

	Document
	H2564
	H2576
	H2591
	H2608
	H2629
	H2636
	H2661
	H2662
	H2666
	H2669
	H2693
	H2734
	S.1651
	S.1720
	S.1722
	S.1725
	S.1728
	S.1756

Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security

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