Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight

Event Details

Status:

Completed

Event Date:

Wednesday, October 29, 2025

Start Time:

10:30 AM

Location:

A-2 and Virtual

Event Description

Matters concerning commissions.

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 form before the registration deadline: 5:00 PM on Monday, October 27, 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.

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.

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Item Name	Start Time	Duration	Webcast
Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight - 10-29-2025 Part 2	10/29/2025 10:30 AM	00:21:25
Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight - 10-29-2025 Part 1	10/29/2025 10:30 AM	01:25:54

Matters concerning commissions. 10:30am - 1:10pm

Bill	Bill Title	Sponsor
H.3437	Resolve establishing a commission on infrastructure resilience	Thomas P. Walsh
H.3433	An Act relative to the Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women	David T. Vieira
H.3398	An Act to promote diversity on public boards and commissions	Tram T. Nguyen
H.3390	An Act adding an indigenous member to the Massachusetts Historical Commission	Thomas W. Moakley
H.3376	An Act relative to the Massachusetts Poland Trade Commission	Michael P. Kushmerek
H.3368	An Act establishing a special commission to investigate and study the feasibility of establishing a municipal building financing authority	Patrick Joseph Kearney
H.3351	An Act promoting the civil rights and inclusion of American Muslims in the Commonwealth	Vanna Howard
H.3310	An Act to study a post-conviction evidence retention facility	Mark J. Cusack
H.3287	An Act to form a special commission to conduct an audit on all abandoned state properties and determine the feasibility of repurposing them into drug addiction treatment facilities	Bruce J. Ayers
S.2226	An Act establishing an emergency assistance shelter system oversight commission to continually evaluate all expenditures related to the system	Bruce E. Tarr
S.2204	An Act promoting equality and respect in the legislature	Rebecca L. Rausch
S.2196	An Act relative to the Massachusetts Poland Trade Commission	Jacob R. Oliveira
S.2191	An Act establishing a special commission to investigate and study the feasibility of establishing a municipal building financing authority	Patrick M. O'Connor
S.2190	An Act establishing a special commission to study the feasibility of incorporating conductive concrete in future public works projects	Patrick M. O'Connor
S.2164	An Act relative to improving boards and commissions	Jason M. Lewis
S.2163	Resolve regarding revitalizing the right of free petition	Jason M. Lewis
S.2160	An Act to ensure gender parity and racial and ethnic diversity on public boards and commissions	Jason M. Lewis
S.2155	An Act establishing a commission on the status of transgender people	Patricia D. Jehlen
S.2149	An Act adding an Indigenous member to the Massachusetts Historical Commission	Dylan A. Fernandes
S.2134	An Act promoting the civil rights and inclusion of American Muslims in the commonwealth	James B. Eldridge
H.3971	An Act directing a study on the feasibility of placing registries of deeds for county governments that have not been abolished under the oversight of the secretary of the Commonwealth	Dennis C. Gallagher

Present (13)

Nick Collins (SEN)

Jennifer Balinsky Armini (HOU)

Hannah Bowen (HOU)

Michael S. Chaisson (HOU)

Leigh Davis (HOU)

Sal N. DiDomenico (SEN)

Peter J. Durant (SEN)

James B. Eldridge (SEN)

Dennis C. Gallagher (HOU)

Carmine Lawrence Gentile (HOU)

Rebecca L. Rausch (SEN)

Estela A. Reyes (HOU)

John C. Velis (SEN)

Absent (4)

Antonio F. D. Cabral (HOU) *

Colleen M. Garry (HOU) *

Hannah Kane (HOU) *

Chynah Tyler (HOU) *

Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight

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