Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight

Event Details

Status:: Completed
Event Date:: Wednesday, November 5, 2025
Start Time:: 10:30 AM
Location:: Original Location A-2 and Virtual
New Location B-2 and Virtual
Event Description: The committee will accept testimony on matters relating to finance, ethics, lobbying, labor, land, and honorary designations.

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 matters filed in the House that are listed above are required to be reported on by January 4, 2025, subject to extensions consistent with 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 Monday, November 3.

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

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.

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: 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 the relevant bill is 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. all oral and written testimony may be publicly available. Any person submitting written testimony may request such testimony remain private and said testimony will not be made publicly available.

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 at nicole.janeiro@mahouse.gov or riley.nichols@masenate.gov
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Item Name	Start Time	Duration	Webcast
Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight - 11-5-2025	11/5/2025 10:30 AM	02:20:12

Matters relating to finance, ethics, lobbying, labor, land, and honorary designations. 10:30am - 1:00pm

Bill	Bill Title	Sponsor
H.17	An Act creating the Office of the Inspector General Recovery Fund	Office of the Inspector General
H.40	An Act relative to the 401(k) CORE Plan	Office of the State Treasurer
H.3314	An Act relative to financial transparency	Marjorie C. Decker
H.3319	An Act relative to municipal lobbying	Kate Donaghue
H.3332	An Act relative to the 401(k) CORE program	Ann-Margaret Ferrante
H.3354	An Act relative to CPCS reimbursement	Steven S. Howitt
H.3360	An Act relating to fair pay and safe workplaces	Daniel J. Hunt
H.3386	An Act relative to educational collaboratives	Christopher M. Markey
H.3389	An Act to waive chargebacks on state grants, federal grant awards, federal subgrants and subsidies for the Regional Emergency Communication Center on Martha's Vineyard	Thomas W. Moakley
H.3394	An Act providing for the observance of election worker appreciation day	David K. Muradian, Jr.
H.3416	Resolutions urging Congress to pass legislation establishing a national infrastructure bank	Danillo A. Sena
H.3428	An Act enhancing the effectiveness of nonprofits’ core mission work through full cost funding	Andres X. Vargas
H.3429	An Act establishing a Massachusetts Baby Bonds program	Andres X. Vargas
H.4625	An Act establishing Lobular Breast Cancer Awareness Day	Michelle L. Badger
H.4648	An Act relative to the purchase or lease of certain property known as Fenn Farm in the town of Stockbridge	Leigh Davis
S.2103	An Act clarifying lobbying law violations	Michael D. Brady
S.2109	An Act to close travel loophole in the state conflict of interest law, and to provide for greater transparency and accountability regarding travel gifts	Nick Collins
S.2136	An Act relative to convicted lobbyists and legislative agents	Ryan C. Fattman
S.2139	An Act relative to unpaid student loans	Ryan C. Fattman
S.2146	An Act establishing a Massachusetts Baby Bonds program	Paul R. Feeney
S.2154	An Act relative to drowsy driving awareness	Patricia D. Jehlen
S.2166	An Act relative to the 401(k) CORE plan	Joan B. Lovely
S.2193	An Act relative to educational collaboratives	Jacob R. Oliveira
S.2200	An Act limiting the impact of student loans to help staff succeed	Jacob R. Oliveira
S.2203	An Act enhancing the effectiveness of nonprofits’ core mission work through full cost funding	Pavel M. Payano
S.2209	An Act protecting against discrimination in lobbying	Rebecca L. Rausch
S.2211	An Act closing a loophole in lobbying law	Rebecca L. Rausch
S.2221	An Act relative to zero-based budgeting and budget transparency	Bruce E. Tarr
S.2657	An Act authorizing the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, acting by and through its Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance, to grant permanent easements over certain land in the town of Milton for highway purposes	William J. Driscoll, Jr.
S.2666	An Act establishing Lobular Breast Cancer Awareness Day	Rebecca L. Rausch

Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight

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