Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Revenue

Event Details

Status:: Completed
Event Date:: Friday, October 17, 2025
Start Time:: 10:00 AM
Location:: A-2 and Virtual
Event Description: Transportation, Telecommunications & Utilities

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 Revenue page, https://malegislature.gov/Committees/Detail/J26/Hearings.

WRITTEN TESTIMONY SUBMISSION

Submitting Testimony for Senate Bills:
Email: JointCommittee.Revenue@malegislature.gov

Mailing Address:
Chair James Eldridge
Joint Committee on Revenue
ATTN: David Emer
24 Beacon St, Room 511-C
Boston, MA 02133

Submitting Testimony for House Bills:
Email: Anestis.Kalaitzidis@mahouse.gov

Mailing Address:
Chair Adrian Madaro
Joint Committee on Revenue
ATTN: Anestis Kalaitzidis
24 Beacon St, Room 34
Boston, Boston MA

All written testimony received by the committee will be made publicly available. At the discretion of the Chairs and per committee rules, limitations and redactions shall exist for sharing testimony that includes sensitive personal information or information that may jeopardize the health, wellness or safety of the testifier or others.

For House bills, the deadline to submit written testimony is 53 days from the date of the hearing. For Senate bills the deadline to submit written testimony is November 7, 2025. This will ensure that the committee has time to review all testimony before the deadline to act on the bills being considered.

IN-PERSON ORAL TESTIMONY AND REMOTE TESTIMONY SIGN-UP

In-person oral testimony and remote testimony sign-up via this link. For those testifying remotely, you will receive a Microsoft Teams link with more information prior to the start of the hearing. This hearing will be chaired by Senate Chair Jamie Eldridge.

The deadline to sign up to testify is the day before the hearing at 12:00 PM.

REPORTING DEADLINE

All Senate matters being heard shall be acted upon no later than December 3, 2025 subject to extensions pursuant to Joint Rule 10.

All House matters being heard shall be acted upon no later than 60 days from the date of the hearing subject to extensions pursuant to House Rule 27

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 also make a request by email to: Carl Richardson at carl.richardson@mass.gov.

You may contact committee staff with any questions at (617) 722-1120 or (617) 722-2320.
If you have Accessibility needs, click here.

Item Name	Start Time	Duration	Webcast
Joint Committee on Revenue - 10-17-2025	10/17/2025 10:00 AM	00:21:33

Transportation, Telecommunications & Utilities 10:00am - 10:30am

Bill	Bill Title	Sponsor
H.3007	An Act relative to the exemption of the sales or use tax for leased motor vehicles	James Arciero
H.3013	An Act establishing a tax credit for users of public waterway transportation	Bruce J. Ayers
H.3033	An Act relative to the fuel tax	Nicholas A. Boldyga
H.3045	An Act relative to the bundled cell phone taxation	Michael S. Chaisson
H.3050	An Act relative to regional ballot initiatives	Michelle L. Ciccolo
H.3053	An Act providing for a local option transportation excise tax on large employers	Michelle L. Ciccolo
H.3054	An Act to establish a local option municipal excise tax on unused utility corridors	Michelle L. Ciccolo
H.3080	An Act relative to embarkation fees	Kip A. Diggs
H.3097	An Act relative to the bundled cell phone taxation	Paul K. Frost
H.3098	An Act relative to home heating oil deductions	Paul K. Frost
H.3117	An Act to support disaster response and broadband infrastructure affordability	Richard M. Haggerty
H.3119	An Act relative to taxation of equipment used to provide broadband communication services	Richard M. Haggerty
H.3133	An Act relative to a sewage line tax credit	Steven S. Howitt
H.3142	An Act relative to exempting small businesses from the telecommunications tax	Bradley H. Jones, Jr.
H.3143	An Act relative to exempting municipalities from the gas tax	Bradley H. Jones, Jr.
H.3171	An Act to exempt municipalities from the gas tax	Marc T. Lombardo
H.3184	An Act implementing a home water filtration tax credit	Joseph D. McKenna
H.3227	An Act relative to bundled cellular telephone transactions	John H. Rogers
H.3230	An Act advancing renewable heating solutions for the Commonwealth	Jeffrey N. Roy
H.3233	An Act to replace the motor vehicle excise tax with a gas tax adjustment	Lindsay N. Sabadosa
H.3273	An Act relative to vehicle excise tax	Tommy Vitolo
H.3274	An Act establishing a local option gas tax	Tommy Vitolo
H.3275	An Act relative to excise tax on motor vehicles	Thomas P. Walsh
H.4080	An Act to adjust the airplane fuel taxes to support mode shift	Michelle L. Ciccolo
H.4082	An Act relative to a refundable Title 5 septic tax credit	David T. Vieira
H.4083	An Act relative to the replacement of the Bourne Bridge	David T. Vieira
S.1924	An Act increasing the excise tax rate for jet fuel	Michael J. Barrett
S.1926	An Act exempting residential electric vehicle chargers from the sales tax	Michael J. Barrett
S.1941	An Act establishing a highway use tax for heavy trucks	Cynthia Stone Creem
S.1951	An Act relative to embarkation fees	Julian Cyr
S.1965	An Act to support disaster response and broadband infrastructure affordability	William J. Driscoll, Jr.
S.1991	An Act providing for motor vehicle fuel tax relief for the Commonwealth	Ryan C. Fattman
S.1996	An Act relative to taxation of equipment used to provide broadband communication services	Paul R. Feeney
S.1998	An Act advancing renewable heating solutions for the Commonwealth	Paul R. Feeney
S.2038	An Act to increase the commuter tax deduction to reflect rising costs	Mark C. Montigny
S.2049	An Act establishing a tax exemption for municipalities paying for gas	Patrick M. O'Connor
S.2062	An Act relative to the taxation of natural gas infrastructure	Patrick M. O'Connor
S.2063	An Act relative to the taxation of above ground conduits, wires, and pipes used in the transportation of natural gas	Patrick M. O'Connor
S.2079	An Act establishing a commuter tax credit	Bruce E. Tarr
S.2092	An Act relative to excise tax collections of electric motor vehicles	Bruce E. Tarr

Present (10)

James B. Eldridge (SEN)

Adrian C. Madaro (HOU)

Paul J. Donato (HOU)

Ryan C. Fattman (SEN)

Homar Gómez (HOU)

Patricia D. Jehlen (SEN)

Francisco E. Paulino (HOU)

Bridget Plouffe (HOU)

Rebecca L. Rausch (SEN)

Richard G. Wells, Jr. (HOU)

Absent (5)

Nicholas A. Boldyga (HOU) *

Kristin E. Kassner (HOU) *

David Paul Linsky (HOU) *

Marc T. Lombardo (HOU) *

Edward R. Philips (HOU) *

Hearing Conflicts (2)

Michael D. Brady (SEN)
*Technical difficulty

John F. Keenan (SEN)
*Medical emergency

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