Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Community Development and Small Businesses

Event Details

Status:

Upcoming

Event Date:

Thursday, May 7, 2026

Start Time:

1:00 PM

Location:

A-2 and Virtual

Event Description

Community Development

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

JOINT COMMITTEE ON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL BUSINESSES

STATE HOUSE, BOSTON 02133

Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Businesses

Rep. Andres X. Vargas	Sen. Adam Gómez
House Chair	Senate Chair

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

Date of Hearing: Thursday, May 7th, 2026

Time: 1:00 PM-3:00 PM

Location: A-2 and Virtual

The Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Businesses will be holding a hybrid public hearing on Thursday, May 7th, 2026 at 1:00 P.M. in Hearing Room A2.  Individuals who wish to testify in-person or virtually may register to do so by filling out this form by 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 6th, 2026.

Testimony is limited to three minutes per person. You will receive a Teams invitation and further instructions on how to participate virtually before the hearing. Written testimony can be submitted via email to Nik Orellana at Nikolas.Orellana@mahouse.gov. When submitting written testimony, please send it as an attachment and use the following document title format:  

Bill# - Your Organization’s Name – Support/Oppose 

At the discretion of the Chairs, written testimony received by the committee will be made publicly available. The committee may 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.

This hearing will be chaired by Chair Vargas. 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: Nik Orellana at Nikolas.Orellana@mahouse.gov

Bill No.	Sponsor	Title
H5187	Lipper-Garabedian, Kate (HOU)	An Act creating the engaging neighborhoods, organizations, unions, governments and households fund
S3022	DiDomenico, Sal N. (SEN)	An Act creating the engaging neighborhoods, organizations, unions, governments and households fund

Please be advised that the schedule and agenda are subject to change at the discretion of the chair per committee rules. You may contact committee staff with any questions at Nikolas.Orellana@mahouse.gov.

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Community Development 1:00pm - 3:00pm

Bill	Bill Title	Sponsor
H.5187	An Act creating the engaging neighborhoods, organizations, unions, governments and households fund	Kate Lipper-Garabedian
S.3022	An Act creating the engaging neighborhoods, organizations, unions, governments and households fund ("The ENOUGH Act")	Sal N. DiDomenico

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Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Community Development and Small Businesses

Community Development 1:00pm - 3:00pm

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