Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight

Event Details

Status:

Completed

Event Date:

Tuesday, October 14, 2025

Start Time:

1:00 PM

Location:

B-2 and Virtual

Event Description

Matters concerning land, state agency and open meeting law.

Please be advised that the schedule and agenda are subject to change at the discretion of the chairs. Further, the Chairs may schedule an executive session to coincide with this hearing. Per Committee Rules, Joint Committee members will be given any advance notice and materials to review. 

All House matters listed above shall be reported on by December 12, 2025, subject to extensions pursuant to House Rule 27.

ORAL TESTIMONY REGISTRATION: 

Please be advised that legislators, appointed officials, and the public must register to provide oral testimony.

In-Person/Virtual: If you plan to testify in-person or virtually, please fill out the form at this link before the registration deadline: 4:00 PM on Friday, October 10, 2025.

Please note that you may also register in person on the day of the hearing; a table with a sign-up form will be available outside the hearing room.

Those registered to testify will receive further instruction on how to participate remotely via email prior to the start of the hearing.

Panels: In the registration form linked above, please indicate if you wish to testify as part of a panel and include the names of those you plan to testify with when registering. All panelists testifying will need to register individually via the registration form.

WRITTEN TESTIMONY SUBMISSIONS: Written testimony can be submitted via email to Nicole Janeiro at nicole.janeiro@mahouse.gov and Riley Nichols at riley.nichols@masenate.gov. We kindly ask that you indicate your position (support, oppose, or request for amendment) along with the bill number(s) in the subject line of testimony submission emails. Alternatively, testimony can be physically mailed to either the House or Senate Chair: 

Chair Antonio F.D. Cabral 

Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight 

ATTN: Nicole Janeiro 

24 Beacon St, Suite 466 

Boston, MA 02133 

Chair Nick Collins 

Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight 

ATTN: Riley Nichols 

24 Beacon St, Room 511-A 

Boston, MA 02133 

Written testimony is encouraged and will continue to be accepted after the hearing until relevant bills are acted upon. 

Please note that oral and written testimony submitted to the committee may be made publicly available, subject to the discretion of the Chairs and in accordance with committee rules. The committee may limit or redact testimony that includes sensitive personal information or information that may jeopardize the health, wellness or safety of the testifier or others.

LIVESTREAM: A livestream of this hearing will be available on the General Court website, https://malegislature.gov/

The hearing will be recorded and posted publicly on the Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight webpage at the following link: https://malegislature.gov/Committees/Detail/J25/Hearings

ACCESSIBILITY ACCOMMODATIONS:

The Committee will work to coordinate reasonable accommodations required to ensure that people with disabilities are able to participate fully in the hearing process. Requests for accessibility accommodations, such as assistive listening devices and systems, sign language interpreting services, closed captioning and transcription services, will be provided upon request. Requests for services should be submitted by completing the state house accessibility form, https://malegislature.gov/StateHouse/AccessibilityForm/.

You may contact committee staff with any questions by emailing Nicole Janeiro at nicole.janeiro@mahouse.gov or Riley Nichols at riley.nichols@masenate.gov.

If you have Accessibility needs, click here.

Item Name	Start Time	Duration	Webcast
Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight - 10-14-2025	10/14/2025 1:00 PM	03:40:42

Matters concerning land, state agency and open meeting law. 1:00pm - 5:00pm

Bill	Bill Title	Sponsor
H.6	An Act improving government accountability	Auditor of the Commonwealth
H.47	An Act establishing an Office of Economic Empowerment	Office of the State Treasurer
H.2238	An Act relative to rate fairness for water and sewer ratepayers under the jurisdiction of the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority	Jeffrey Rosario Turco
H.3283	An Act relative to the open meeting law	James Arciero
H.3284	An Act relative to public hiring preference for veterans, peace corps, americorps and commonwealth corps workers	James C. Arena-DeRosa
H.3290	An Act relative to the executive session interview process	Michelle L. Badger
H.3291	An Act transferring Bridgewater State Hospital from the Department of Correction to the Department of Mental Health	Christine P. Barber
H.3299	An Act to modernize participation in public meetings	Antonio F. D. Cabral
H.3302	An Act to establish a Massachusetts children’s cabinet	Antonio F. D. Cabral
H.3303	An Act establishing an office of restorative justice	Simon Cataldo
H.3313	An Act transferring Bridgewater State Hospital from the Department of Corrections to the Department of Mental Health	Marjorie C. Decker
H.3328	An Act relative to virtual meetings of appointed statewide public bodies	Tricia Farley-Bouvier
H.3331	An Act establishing the Executive Office of Food Resources and Security	Ann-Margaret Ferrante
H.3336	An Act relative to MWRA employees	Sean Garballey
H.3342	An Act to modernize municipal meetings, town meetings, and local elections	Danielle W. Gregoire
H.3348	An Act establishing the executive office of structural racism	Russell E. Holmes
H.3349	An Act to return DOC and Parole to Health and Human Services	Russell E. Holmes
H.3365	An Act relative to permitting public corporations to hold remote annual and special meetings	Bradley H. Jones, Jr.
H.3382	An Act promoting governmental efficiency	David Paul Linsky
H.3425	An Act establishing an Office of Economic Empowerment	Steven Ultrino
H.3426	An Act relative to the open meeting law	Erika Uyterhoeven
H.3439	An Act the Commonwealth housing, economic, education and equity in recovery and reconstruction	Bud L. Williams
H.3440	An Act the Commonwealth housing, economic, education and equity in recovery and reconstruction	Bud L. Williams
H.3441	An Act the Commonwealth housing, economic, education and equity in recovery and reconstruction	Bud L. Williams
H.3891	An Act enhancing legislative oversight of regulatory actions in Massachusetts	Nicholas A. Boldyga
H.4028	An Act to return DOC and Parole to Health and Human Services	Russell E. Holmes
H.4351	An Act establishing a Massachusetts Agency of Freedmen Affairs	Brandy Fluker-Reid
H.4483	An Act authorizing the release or exclusion of certain land from conservation restrictions in the town of Deerfield	Natalie M. Blais
S.2124	An Act relative to government efficiency	Julian Cyr
S.2129	An Act relative to remote access for public bodies and town meeting	Peter J. Durant
S.2130	An Act establishing a legislative fiscal office	James B. Eldridge
S.2131	An Act establishing an office of economic empowerment	James B. Eldridge
S.2140	An Act to SAVE tax dollars in the Commonwealth	Ryan C. Fattman
S.2143	An Act to permit enhanced public access to deliberations of public bodies and to permit improved efficiency of public bodies	Paul R. Feeney
S.2159	An Act establishing an office of restorative justice	Robyn K. Kennedy
S.2161	An Act to update disability commission chair requirements	Jason M. Lewis
S.2171	An Act relative to the creation of the office of municipal efficiency and regionalization (OMER)	Paul W. Mark
S.2197	An Act to modernize municipal meetings, town meetings, and local elections	Jacob R. Oliveira
S.2205	An Act updating the Open Meeting Law to support remote participation	Rebecca L. Rausch
S.2206	An Act promoting governmental efficiency	Rebecca L. Rausch
S.2223	An Act establishing the Executive Office of Food Resources and Security	Bruce E. Tarr
S.2225	An Act creating an Inspector General oversight of the Emergency Assistance Shelter system	Bruce E. Tarr

Present (10)

Antonio F. D. Cabral (HOU)

Nick Collins (SEN)

Jennifer Balinsky Armini (HOU)

Hannah Bowen (HOU)

Leigh Davis (HOU)

Dennis C. Gallagher (HOU)

Carmine Lawrence Gentile (HOU)

Rebecca L. Rausch (SEN)

Estela A. Reyes (HOU)

Chynah Tyler (HOU)

Absent (3)

Michael S. Chaisson (HOU) *

Colleen M. Garry (HOU) *

Hannah Kane (HOU) *

Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight

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