Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies

Event Details

Status:

Completed

Event Date:

Thursday, November 13, 2025

Start Time:

11:00 AM

Location:

A-2 and Virtual

Event Description

Gaming and Miscellaneous Matters

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

*All House matters listed above are required to be reported on by December 17, 2025, subject to extensions consistent with House Rule 27.

Instructions for How to Register for Virtual or In-Person Testimony/Submission of Written Testimony

Remote Testimony Registration: To testify remotely, please fill out this form. For remote testimony, the deadline to register to testify is 4:00 PM on Tuesday, November 11, 2025. Those registered to testify will receive further instruction on joining the hearing remotely via email prior to the start of the hearing.

In-Person Testimony Registration: For in-person testimony, individuals may fill out this form ahead of the 4:00 PM deadline on Tuesday, November 11, 2025 or sign up in person at the time of the hearing. Those signing up the day of the hearing will be asked to fill out a registration form outside of the hearing room.

Legislators and Public Official Testimony: Legislators and public officials are required to register to testify at this hearing. The presiding Chair, at their discretion, may take legislators and public officials out of turn.

Oral Testimony: Each individual registered to testify shall have 3 minutes to speak. Individuals offering testimony on multiple bills must do so within this 3 minute time frame. The presiding Chair, may further limit the time for testimony.

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Order of Testimony: The presiding Chair, at their discretion, will determine the order of testimony during the course of the hearing.

Written Testimony: Individuals wishing to provide written testimony only do not need to complete a form. The deadline to submit written testimony is Thursday, November 20, 2025 at 5:00PM. For House bills, electronic written testimony may be submitted to Halle Mahoney at halle.mahoney@mahouse.gov. For Senate bills, electronic written testimony may be submitted to Zach Crowley at zach.crowley@masenate.gov.

Written testimony may also be physically mailed to the House and Senate Chairs at the below addresses.

Chair Carole Fiola

Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies

Attn: Halle Mahoney

24 Beacon Street Room 236

Boston, MA 02133

Chair Barry Finegold

Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies

Attn: Zach Crowley

24 Beacon Street Room 109-D

Boston, MA 02133

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 or redact testimony that includes sensitive personal information or information that may jeopardize the health, wellness or safety of the testifier or others.

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Item Name	Start Time	Duration	Webcast
Joint Committee On Economic Development And Emerging Technologies - 11-13-2025	11/13/2025 11:00 AM	02:33:28

Gaming and Miscellaneous Matters 11:00am - 1:00pm

Bill	Bill Title	Sponsor
H.4431	An Act relative to internet gaming	David K. Muradian, Jr.
H.4238	An Act relative to fraternal organizations conducting bazaars	Bruce J. Ayers
H.4037	An Act relative to problem gambling	Adam J. Scanlon
H.496	An Act protecting the Commonwealth’s gaming industry	Jeffrey N. Roy
H.488	An Act relative to the Community Preservation Trust Fund	Bradley H. Jones, Jr.
H.483	An Act relative to non-outcome based or performance based wagers	Paul K. Frost
H.481	An Act to encourage capital investment in retail sports wagering facilities	Daniel Cahill
H.480	An Act relative to supporting veterans organizations	Michelle L. Badger
S.308	An Act protecting the Commonwealth’s gaming industry	Rebecca L. Rausch
S.302	An Act addressing economic, health and social harms caused by sports betting	John F. Keenan
S.301	An Act advancing the economic development of the commonwealth through comprehensive data privacy	Barry R. Finegold
S.298	An Act to allow peer-to-peer cardrooms	Paul R. Feeney
S.294	An Act to encourage capital investment in retail sports wagering facilities	Michael D. Brady

Present (11)

Carole A. Fiola (HOU)

Manny Cruz (HOU)

Rodney M. Elliott (HOU)

Jessica Ann Giannino (HOU)

Christopher Hendricks (HOU)

Michael P. Kushmerek (HOU)

William F. MacGregor (HOU)

Adam J. Scanlon (HOU)

Greg Schwartz (HOU)

Kenneth P. Sweezey (HOU)

Marcus S. Vaughn (HOU)

Absent (2)

Michael J. Soter (HOU) *

Jonathan D. Zlotnik (HOU) *

	Document
	H.4037_Summary_Scanlon_Relative to problem gambling
	H.0480_Summary_Badger and LaNatra_Relative to veterans organizations
	H.0481_Summary_Cahill_Capital Investment in Retail Sports Wagering Facilities
	H.0483_Summary_Frost_Relative to non-outcome based or performance based wagers
	H.0488_Summary_Jones_Relative to the Community Preservation Trust Fund
	H.0496_Summary_Roy_An Act protecting the Commonwealth's Gaming Industry
	H.4431_Summary_Muradian_Relative to Internet Gaming
	H.4238_Summary_Ayers_An Act relative to fraternal organizations conducting bazaars

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