Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Financial Services

Event Details

Status:

Completed

Event Date:

Monday, June 22, 2026

Start Time:

10:30 AM

Location:

A-1 and Virtual

Event Description

The Joint Committee on Financial Services will hold a public hearing on the following late-filed matters:

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/Edkwx7aeTG

DEADLINE TO PRE-REGISTER: Persons planning to testify virtually must sign up no later than 2:30 p.m. on June 19th, 2026. 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.

Please be advised that all written testimony submitted will be read by Committee Members and staff and may be made publicly available at the discretion of the Chairs. Do not submit any personal information you do not wish to disclose publicly.

ORDER OF TESTIMONY: The Chairs, at their discretion, will determine the order of testimony during the course of 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 Lisa Pellegrino lisa.pellegrino@mahouse.gov from Chair Murphy’s office or Shane Correale shane.correale@masenate.gov from Chair Feeney’s office.

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Videos
Item Name	Start Time	Duration	Webcast
Joint Committee on Financial Services - 6-22-2026	6/22/2026 10:30 AM	02:28:37

Late File Matters 10:30am - 1:01pm

Hearing Agenda
Bill	Bill Title	Sponsor
S.3091	An Act creating crumbling concrete relief for homeowners	Peter J. Durant
H.5477	An Act expanding the treatment of cleft palate and cleft lip	Steven Ultrino

Present (6)

James M. Murphy (HOU)

David Biele (HOU)

Ryan M. Hamilton (HOU)

Sally P. Kerans (HOU)

William F. MacGregor (HOU)

Christopher J. Worrell (HOU)

Absent (2)

Michael S. Chaisson (HOU)
*
*Changed from Present on 06/22/2026

Steven S. Howitt (HOU)
*Medical emergency
*Changed from Present on 06/22/2026

No Reason Given (3)

Simon Cataldo (HOU)

Kate Lipper-Garabedian (HOU)
*Changed from Present on 06/22/2026
*Changed from Absent on 06/22/2026

Tram T. Nguyen (HOU)

Documents
	Document
	H5477 summary.pdf

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