Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Financial Services

Event Details

Status:

Completed

Event Date:

Tuesday, November 4, 2025

Start Time:

10:30 AM

Location:

A-2 and Virtual

Event Description

The Joint Committee on Financial Services will hold a public hearing on the following Civil Workers, Life Insurance, and Workers Compensation matters

*Please be advised that the agenda and docket of bills to be heard may be amended upon agreement of the Chairs no less than 72 hours from the time of such hearing pursuant to Joint Rule 1D.

**All Senate matters above are required to be reported on by December 3, 2025, pursuant to Joint Rule 10.

***All House matters above are required to be reported on by January 3, 2026, 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/.

The hearing will be recorded and archived on the Joint Committee on Financial Services webpage for the duration of the 194th legislative session at, https://malegislature.gov/Committees/Detail/J11/Hearings.

***INSTRUCTIONS FOR REGISTRATION / TESTIMONY***

Persons who wish to testify in person or virtually or submit written testimony may do so by completing this form linked here.

https://forms.office.com/g/5fDnb6wLL7

DEADLINE TO PRE-REGISTER: Persons planning to testify virtually must sign up no later than 11:59 p.m. on November 2, 2025. Individuals and groups testifying in person are strongly encouraged to register using the form above prior to the deadline. Registration by the deadline is required for those who wish to testify virtually during the live hearing and encouraged for those who wish to testify in person. Please indicate whether you plan to testify in person or virtually. A Microsoft Teams invitation to the hearing will be emailed after the registration deadline closes, shortly before the hearing. Please be aware that even those who register to testify in person will be emailed a Teams link to participate virtually as a backup option.

SAME DAY SIGN-UP FOR IN-PERSON TESTIMONY ONLY – IF TIME ALLOWS: 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 outside of the hearing room. Time permitting, when all pre-registered individuals have been called to testify, the Chairs will then call any individuals who signed up on the day of the hearing.

WRITTEN TESTIMONY: If you would like to provide written testimony, please include the bill number in the subject line of the email, as well as your name, address, phone number, and organization, if any, on the submitted testimony. Written testimony is encouraged and will continue to be accepted after the hearing until the relevant bill is acted upon. The Committee requests that written testimony may be submitted to the Joint Committee on Financial Services by emailing jointcmte-financialservices@malegislature.gov Please include "Financial Services Committee Testimony, [Relevant Bill Number]" in the subject line of the email. Those who plan to submit only written testimony may do so before or after the signup deadline.

The most secure method to submit testimony is through The Committee’s email address above. In the alternative, written testimony may be submitted to the Committee at: State House, Joint Committee on Financial Services, Room 254, 24 Beacon Street, Boston, MA. 02133. Please use only one method to submit your testimony and please submit no more than once.

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.

ORDER OF TESTIMONY: The Chairs, at their discretion, will determine the order of testimony during the hearing. It is the responsibility of the individuals registered to testify to be prepared to speak when called upon by the Chairs. In the event that an individual is called by the Chairs and that person is unavailable to testify, the Chairs will move on and call the next individual or panel. The Chairs will limit testimony to 3 minutes per speaker.

If you have any questions, you may email Robin Chan, robin.chan@mahouse.gov from Chair Murphy’s office or Shane Correale, shane.correale@masenate.gov from Chair Feeney’s office.

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Item Name	Start Time	Duration	Webcast
Joint Committee on Financial Services - 11-4-2025	11/4/2025 10:30 AM	02:17:06

Industry Matters 10:30am - 1:30pm

Bill	Bill Title	Sponsor
H.1093	An Act prohibiting certain insurance liens	John Barrett, III
H.1094	An Act relative to notifying broker prior to termination of coverage	Donald R. Berthiaume, Jr.
H.1095	An Act to increase the Medicaid life insurance exemption	Donald R. Berthiaume, Jr.
H.1103	An Act relative to default insurance programs for certain public construction projects	Daniel Cahill
H.1113	An Act regarding public insurance adjusters	Tackey Chan
H.1121	An Act studying property insurance premiums on non-profit organizations	Mark J. Cusack
H.1180	An Act ensuring life insurance coverage while taking Paid Family and Medical Leave	Kenneth I. Gordon
H.1186	An Act relative to pet insurance in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts	Ryan M. Hamilton
H.1209	An Act creating a commission to study unemployment insurance reform	Bradley H. Jones, Jr.
H.1244	An Act providing for prompt health insurance benefits for municipal employees	David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf
H.1336	An Act relative to access to Paid Family and Medical Leave and unemployment insurance for graduate student workers	Erika Uyterhoeven
H.1345	An Act enhancing homebuyer awareness by providing notice to persons purchasing property in a flood zone	Thomas P. Walsh
H.3947	An Act relative to the examination of insurance company mergers	John J. Lawn, Jr.
H.4061	An Act relative to protecting against workers compensation premium fraud	David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf
H.4112	An Act relative to firefighting water supplies and a state cistern program	Kate Hogan
H.4352	An Act relative to travel insurance	Tackey Chan
S.729	An Act relative to notifying broker prior to termination of coverage	Peter J. Durant
S.730	An Act to increase the Medicaid life insurance exemption	Peter J. Durant
S.747	An Act relative to access to paid family and medical leave and unemployment insurance for graduate student workers	Paul R. Feeney
S.753	An Act enhancing homebuyer awareness by providing notice to persons purchasing property in a flood zone	Dylan A. Fernandes
S.755	An Act providing for prompt health insurance benefits for municipal employees	Barry R. Finegold
S.760	An Act allowing for the use of an online tool to change life insurance beneficiaries	Barry R. Finegold
S.795	An Act relative to executive compensation for mutual companies	Mark C. Montigny
S.826	An Act relative to notifying broker prior to termination of coverage	Michael F. Rush
S.838	An Act requiring wireless infrastructure insurance to support electrical, mechanical, and non-ionizing radiation safety	John C. Velis

Present (14)

Paul R. Feeney (SEN)

James M. Murphy (HOU)

David Biele (HOU)

Simon Cataldo (HOU)

Michael S. Chaisson (HOU)

William J. Driscoll, Jr. (SEN)

Ryan M. Hamilton (HOU)

Steven S. Howitt (HOU)

Sally P. Kerans (HOU)

William F. MacGregor (HOU)

Michael O. Moore (SEN)

Jacob R. Oliveira (SEN)

Bruce E. Tarr (SEN)

Christopher J. Worrell (HOU)

Hearing Conflicts (3)

Adam Gómez (SEN)
*Out of country

Kate Lipper-Garabedian (HOU)
*Child care responsibilities

Tram T. Nguyen (HOU)
*District event

Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Financial Services

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