Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Tourism, Arts and Cultural Development

Event Details

Status:

Completed

Event Date:

Tuesday, October 21, 2025

Start Time:

1:00 PM

Location:

B-2 and Virtual

Event Description

Arts, Culture, and Tourism Related Matters

Please be advised that the Joint Committee on Tourism, Arts and Cultural Development will hold a hybrid public hearing on Tuesday, October 21st starting at 1pm in Room B-2 on the matters listed below. Instructions for providing oral and written testimony are below.

IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL TESTIMONY: For both in-person and virtual testimony, you must fill out the following form: https://forms.office.com/g/icT01dDphe?origin=lprLink .

WRITTEN TESTIMONY: Written testimony may be submitted to the Joint Committee on Tourism, Arts and Cultural Development by emailing the Committee’s House Research Director and the Senate Chair’s Staff at JointCommittee.Tourism&CulturalDevelopment@malegislature.gov. Please use the subject line “Written Testimony – TACD 10/21/25”.

DEADLINE TO PRE-REGISTER: For both in-person and virtual testimony, the deadline to register to testify is 1pm Monday, October 20th, 2025. Individuals registered for virtual testimony will receive an email the day before the hearing with a link to join the hearing on Microsoft Teams. Individuals who miss the deadline to pre-register for testimony may appear on the day of the hearing and sign up to speak in person on forms provided by committee staff. Time permitting, when all pre-registered individuals have been called to testify the Chairs will then call any individuals who sign up in-person on the day of the hearing.

LEGISLATOR AND PUBLIC OFFICIAL TESTIMONY: Due to the technical requirements of conducting hybrid hearings, legislators and public officials are also requested to pre-register to testify. The Chairs may take legislators and public officials out of turn.

TIME LIMIT & PARTICIPATING AS A PANEL: Each individual registered to testify shall be afforded 3 minutes to speak. Individuals offering testimony on multiple bills must do so within the 3-minute time limit. The Chairs, at their discretion, may further limit the time for testimony. Individuals who wish to participate as part of a panel must fill out the pre-registration form separately and completely and then email the Senate Staff. The Chairs will permit either fully in-person panels or fully virtual panels only. Questions related to the registration of panels should be directed to the Senate Staff at Gabrielle.Hanson@masenate.gov.

DEADLINE TO REQUEST ADA ACCOMODATIONS: ADA accommodations shall be provided upon request. The services are provided by staff from the appropriate state agencies. Agency policies require 3 business days to process any request for services. Therefore, the deadline to submit a request for ADA accommodations is 1pm Thursday, October 16th, 2025. Requests for services should be made by email to the Senate Staff at Gabrielle.Hanson@masenate.gov. Please note, closed captioning will be enabled for this hearing.

Please be advised that the schedule and agenda are subject to change at the agreement of the Chairs. The Chairs, at their discretion, will determine the order of testimony. It is the responsibility of the individuals registered to testify to be prepared to speak when called upon by the Chairs. If an individual is called by the Chairs and that person is not logged into the Teams platform, the Chairs will move on and call the next individual or panel.

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.

All matters filed in the House that are listed above are required to be reported on by December 20, 2025, subject to extensions consistent with House Rule 27.

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Item Name	Start Time	Duration	Webcast
Joint Committee on Tourism, Arts and Cultural Development - 10-21-2025	10/21/2025 1:00 PM	01:19:40

Arts, Culture, and Tourism Related Matters 1:00pm - 5:00pm

Bill	Bill Title	Sponsor
H.3586	An Act relative to procurement services for artists	David Biele
H.3587	An Act to grow and maintain space in cities and towns for the creative economy	Daniel Cahill
H.3588	An Act relative to tourism and visitation marketing and promotion grants	Manny Cruz
H.3589	An Act establishing a choreographer laureate of the commonwealth	Leigh Davis
H.3590	An Act relative to the position of poet laureate for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts	Mindy Domb
H.3592	An Act establishing a program for local art and community engagement	Mary S. Keefe
H.3593	An Act relative to the position of poet laureate for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts	Hadley Luddy
H.3597	An Act to protect Native American heritage	David M. Rogers
H.3600	An Act relative to waiving costs related to the tourism trust fund	Thomas P. Walsh
H.3601	An Act to authorize the acquisition of land, the development and construction of an underground railroad, civil rights and black heritage museum and cultural center in Springfield	Bud L. Williams
H.3602	An Act creating a commission establishing a Massachusetts Caribbean American Cultural Center	Christopher J. Worrell
S.2327	Resolve increasing representation of all Massachusetts residents in the state house art collection	Joanne M. Comerford
S.2329	Resolve establishing a commission on artistic representation in the People’s House	Julian Cyr
S.2331	An Act defining agritourism	Edward J. Kennedy
S.2332	An Act establishing a program for local art and community engagement	Robyn K. Kennedy
S.2333	An Act relative to regional tourism councils	Joan B. Lovely
S.2334	An Act to grow and maintain space in cities and towns for the creative economy	Liz Miranda
S.2335	An Act to protect Native American heritage	Liz Miranda
S.2336	Resolve relative to State House restoration and management commission	Jacob R. Oliveira
S.2337	An Act establishing a choreographer laureate of the commonwealth	Rebecca L. Rausch
S.2338	An Act honoring Mary McGrory	Michael F. Rush
H.3596	An Act related to local and regional cultural council membership	Steven J. Ouellette
H.3599	An Act relative to certain easements	David T. Vieira

Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Tourism, Arts and Cultural Development

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