Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Revenue

Event Details

Status:: Completed
Event Date:: Tuesday, October 28, 2025
Start Time:: 1:00 PM
Location:: B-2 and Virtual
Event Description: Advertising & Economic Development

Please be advised that the schedule and agenda are subject to change at the agreement of the Chairs.

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

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 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, MA 02133

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

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.

The deadline to submit written testimony for House bills is 53 days from the date of the hearing. The deadline to submit written testimony for Senate bills is November 10, 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 can be done via this form. 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 House Chair Adrian Madaro.

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

REPORTING DEADLINE

All House matters being heard shall be acted upon no later than December 27, 2025 subject to extensions pursuant to House Rule 27.

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

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) 722-2320 or (617) 722-1120.
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Item Name	Start Time	Duration	Webcast
Joint Committee on Revenue	10/28/2025 2:20 PM	01:09:44

Advertising & Economic Development 1:00pm - 5:00pm

Bill	Bill Title	Sponsor
H.3023	An Act relative to exemptions for small charities for tax upon raffle proceeds	Bruce J. Ayers
H.3028	An Act establishing a friends and family rate	David Biele
H.3031	An Act to promote jobs and economic growth in tourism, visitation and hospitality	Natalie M. Blais
H.3038	An Act to establish a downtown vitality fund to strengthen local business districts and main streets	Antonio F. D. Cabral
H.3055	An Act to provide a tax credit for electric landscaping equipment for small yard care businesses	Michelle L. Ciccolo
H.3079	An Act to promote employee ownership	Kip A. Diggs
H.3084	An Act relative to increasing economic development and business opportunity in the design and manufacture of video games through the use of tax credits	Daniel M. Donahue
H.3085	An Act providing incentives to the digital interactive media/entertainment industries	Daniel M. Donahue
H.3089	An Act relative to taxation of digital advertising services	Tricia Farley-Bouvier
H.3090	An Act establishing the Massachusetts Maritime Commercial Development tax credit	Ann-Margaret Ferrante
H.3091	An Act establishing a tax credit for artist work space	Ann-Margaret Ferrante
H.3108	An Act to establish the micro business employee training and workforce development program	Carlos González
H.3111	An Act establishing the micro business fund	Carlos González
H.3118	An Act to establish a digital advertising revenue commission	Richard M. Haggerty
H.3126	An Act establishing a tax for online advertising	Russell E. Holmes
H.3177	An Act allowing peer-to-peer cardrooms	Adrian C. Madaro
H.3207	An Act to modify the revenue requirements for smoking bars	Francisco E. Paulino
H.3217	An Act relative to retail deliveries	Orlando Ramos
H.3224	An Act establishing a tax for online advertising	David M. Rogers
H.3232	An Act relative to supporting local journalism	Lindsay N. Sabadosa
H.3249	An Act relative to creating manufacturing and economic development in the Commonwealth	Michael J. Soter
H.3259	An Act to establish a local community newspaper subscription tax credit	Jeffrey Rosario Turco
H.3263	An Act establishing a tax on local revenues from digital advertising	Erika Uyterhoeven
S.1942	An Act relative to neighborhood stabilization and economic development	Brendan P. Crighton
S.1947	An Act relative to neighborhood stabilization and economic development	John J. Cronin
S.1950	An Act to promote employee ownership	Julian Cyr
S.1952	An Act establishing the rural jobs act	Julian Cyr
S.1958	An Act establishing the micro business employee training and workforce development program	Sal N. DiDomenico
S.2003	An Act to promote jobs and economic growth in tourism, visitation and hospitality	Dylan A. Fernandes
S.2004	An Act relative to taxation of digital advertising services	Dylan A. Fernandes
S.2017	An Act establishing a tax on local revenues from digital advertising	Patricia D. Jehlen
S.2029	An Act relative to the fair taxation of alcoholic beverages	Jason M. Lewis
S.2035	An Act to eliminate the tax deduction for direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical marketing	Jason M. Lewis
S.2042	An Act relative to economic development tax credits	Mark C. Montigny
S.2076	An Act relative to employee recruitment and retention	Bruce E. Tarr

Present (13)

James B. Eldridge (SEN)

Adrian C. Madaro (HOU)

Michael D. Brady (SEN)

Paul J. Donato (HOU)

Ryan C. Fattman (SEN)

Homar Gómez (HOU)

Patricia D. Jehlen (SEN)

Kristin E. Kassner (HOU)

John F. Keenan (SEN)

David Paul Linsky (HOU)

Edward R. Philips (HOU)

Bridget Plouffe (HOU)

Richard G. Wells, Jr. (HOU)

Absent (3)

Nicholas A. Boldyga (HOU) *

Marc T. Lombardo (HOU) *

Francisco E. Paulino (HOU) *

Hearing Conflicts (1)

Rebecca L. Rausch (SEN)
*Another committee hearing

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