Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources

Event Details

Status:

Completed

Event Date:

Wednesday, July 1, 2026

Start Time:

10:00 AM

Location:

B-1 and Virtual

Event Description

Late files

The Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources will hold a hybrid public hearing to accept written and oral testimony on the below-listed legislation. This hearing will be chaired by Senate Chair Becca Rausch. Please be advised that the docket is subject to change by agreement of the Chairs.

Persons seeking to provide oral testimony, whether in person or remotely, should pre-register by 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, June 30, 2026, using this online form: https://forms.office.com/g/bcWx8V5p85. Persons seeking to testify remotely must pre-register by the stated deadline; further instructions on how to participate will be provided after registration. Oral testimony is limited to 2 minutes per person. Oral testimony from panels is limited to 8 minutes total, to be distributed at the discretion of the panelists. Individuals and panels may testify only once, and testimony may cover multiple bills; all testimony must be completed within the stated time limits. The Chairs may reduce the testimony time limits at their discretion.

Written testimony does not require pre-registration and may be submitted via email to: JointCommittee.Environment@malegislature.gov. Written testimony should be submitted not later than two (2) weeks following the hearing date.

All above-listed matters filed in the House are required to be reported on 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/. Hearings will be recorded and posted publicly on the Committee page: https://malegislature.gov/Committees/Detail/J21/Hearings.

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.

The Committee strongly prefers that written testimony be submitted by email, as specified above. If email submission is not possible, written testimony may be submitted in hard copy to:

Senator Becca Rausch, Senate Chair

Representative Christine Barber, House Chair

Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources

State House Room 215

Boston, MA 02133

Questions regarding the hearing, legislation, or reasonable accommodations to ensure people with disabilities can participate fully in the committee process may be directed to Clay Spivey with Chair Rausch at Clayton.Spivey@masenate.gov or 617-722-1555, or Jacob Newman with Chair Barber at Jacob.Newman@mahouse.gov.

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Videos
Item Name	Start Time	Duration	Webcast
Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources - 7-1-2026.mp4	7/1/2026 10:00 AM	01:49:11

Late files 10:00am - 12:00pm

Hearing Agenda
Bill	Bill Title	Sponsor
H.5432	An Act to restrict the use of second generation anticoagulant rodenticides in Newbury	Kristin E. Kassner
H.5433	An Act regulating the use of fertilizer in the town of Wellfleet	Hadley Luddy
H.5446	An Act to authorize the town of Topsfield to prohibit or restrict the application of second generation anticoagulant rodenticides	Kristin E. Kassner
H.5475	An Act authorizing the city of Holyoke to prohibit use of SGARs	Patricia A. Duffy
H.5483	An Act allowing the town of Williamstown to ban second generation anticoagulant rodenticides (SGARs)	John Barrett, III
H.5484	An Act to prohibit the application of fertilizer in the town of Eastham	Hadley Luddy
S.3093	An Act authorizing the town of Andover to prohibit the use of anticoagulant rodenticides by commercial pesticide applicators	Barry R. Finegold
S.3110	An Act designating the Marion Stoddart riverwalk	John J. Cronin
S.3117	An Act to authorize the town of North Andover to ban SGARs and FGARS	Bruce E. Tarr
H.5363	An Act modernizing the lease authorization for East Mountain State Forest	Leigh Davis
H.5137	An Act to protecting Avian rights and restricting ongoing trade	Shirley B. Arriaga
H.5247	An Act authorizing the town of Maynard to prohibit or restrict the application of second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides	Kate Hogan
S.3137	An Act providing for improved public access and climate resiliency on the Mystic River and increasing the utilization of the designated port area	Sal N. DiDomenico

Present (12)

Christine P. Barber (HOU)

Rebecca L. Rausch (SEN)

Simon Cataldo (HOU)

Tara T. Hong (HOU)

Vanna Howard (SEN)

Kristin E. Kassner (HOU)

Michael O. Moore (SEN)

Michael F. Rush (SEN)

Margaret R. Scarsdale (HOU)

Dawne Shand (HOU)

Kenneth P. Sweezey (HOU)

Mark D. Sylvia (HOU)

Absent (5)

Jennifer Balinsky Armini (HOU)
*

Dylan A. Fernandes (SEN)
*

John R. Gaskey (HOU)
*

Bruce E. Tarr (SEN)
*

Jonathan D. Zlotnik (HOU)
*

Documents
	Document
	H5432 Bill Summary.docx
	H5433 Bill Summary.docx
	H5446 Bill Summary.docx
	H5475 Bill Summary.docx
	H5483 Bill Summary.docx
	H5484 Bill Summary.docx
	H5363 Bill Summary.docx
	H5137 Bill Summary.docx
	H5247 Bill Summary.docx

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