Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Veterans and Federal Affairs

Event Details

Status:

Completed

Event Date:

Thursday, November 13, 2025

Start Time:

1:00 PM

Location:

B-1 and Virtual

Event Description

Federal, Overseas and Late File Legislation

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 Veterans and Federal Affairs page, https://malegislature.gov/Committees/Detail/J31/Hearings.

To register to testify, you must provide contact information through this form by 12:00pm on November 13^th, 2025. The Chairs will limit testimony to three minutes per individual. The Chairs reserve the right to call public officials out of turn.

For those testifying remotely, you will receive a Microsoft Teams link with more information prior to the start of the hearing.

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.

Written testimony can be submitted via email at Kerry.Rugenstein@mahouse.gov or physically mailed to the House Chair:

CHAIR JOSEPH W. MCGONAGLE

JOINT COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AND FEDERAL AFFAIRS

ATTN: KERRY RUGENSTEIN

24 BEACON ST ROOM 171

BOSTON MA 02133

This hearing will be chaired by House Chair Joseph W. McGonagle. If you have any questions regarding the hearing, legislation, format of the hearing or reasonable accommodations required to ensure people with disabilities can participate fully in the committee process, please email Kerry Rugenstein at Kerry.Rugenstein@mahouse.gov. House Chair McGonagle’s office can be reached via telephone: (617) 722-2015.

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Item Name	Start Time	Duration	Webcast
Joint Committee on Veterans and Federal Affairs	11/13/2025 1:00 PM	02:40:59

Federal and Overseas Legislation 1:00pm - 5:00pm

Bill	Bill Title	Sponsor
H.3827	Resolutions urging the Congress of the United States to update the Drug Addiction Treatment Act of 2000 and remove excessive training requirements mandated for obtaining a waiver to prescribe buprenorphine	Bruce J. Ayers
H.3842	Resolutions for a United States constitutional amendment and a limited amendment proposing convention	Carmine Lawrence Gentile
H.3843	Resolutions for an application to Congress for an amendment overturning Citizens United	Carmine Lawrence Gentile
H.3844	Resolutions proclaiming that the Commonwealth of Massachusetts supports admitting Washington, D.C. into the Union as a state of the United States of America	Carmine Lawrence Gentile
H.3845	Resolutions ratifying the proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States for federal regulation of child labor	Carmine Lawrence Gentile
H.3846	An Act in furtherance of the Citizens Commission concerning a Constitutional Amendment to secure government of the people	Carmine Lawrence Gentile
H.3851	Resolutions condemning political oppression and encouraging free and fair elections in Cambodia	Vanna Howard
H.3888	Resolutions calling on Article V of the United States Constitution for the convening of a convention of the states	Steven George Xiarhos
H.4002	An Act relative to expanding benefits for disabled veterans and their families	Kip A. Diggs
H.4479	An Act to rescind all previous calls for a federal constitutional convention	Lindsay N. Sabadosa
H.4692	Resolutions rescinding previous Article V Convention applications	Alice Hanlon Peisch
S.2457	Resolutions enhancing global governance via a strengthened and revised United Nations Charter	Brendan P. Crighton
S.2463	Resolutions for a United States Constitutional Amendment and a limited amendment proposing convention	James B. Eldridge
S.2464	An Act in furtherance of the Citizens Commission concerning a Constitutional Amendment to secure government of the people	James B. Eldridge
S.2472	Resolutions proclaiming that the Commonwealth of Massachusetts supports admitting Washington, D.C. into the Union as a state of the United States of America	Patricia D. Jehlen
S.2474	Resolve memorializing the Massachusetts Delegation, and the United States Congress, on the need for, and support of Syrian War Crimes Procedures	Jason M. Lewis
S.2475	Resolve for memorializing the Massachusetts Delegation, and the United States Congress, on the need for general support of NATO, and public education, regarding this subject	Jason M. Lewis
S.2476	Resolve for memorializing the Massachusetts Delegation, and the United States Congress, on the need for official, and general support of a Federal ERA, and public education, regarding this subject	Jason M. Lewis
S.2684	Resolutions rescinding previous Article V convention applications	Cynthia Stone Creem

Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Veterans and Federal Affairs

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