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3/31/25, 11:00 AM - Budget Hearing: Ways & Means, TBA, Barnstable

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Date/Time: 3/31/25 11:00 AM
Location: TBA, Barnstable
Committee: Joint Committee on Ways & Means (JWM)
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Joint Committee on Ways and Means Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Hearing

Chairs:

Senator Brendan Crighton
Representative Kip Diggs
 

Participants will be:

  • Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs
  • Department of Agriculture
  • Department of Conservation and Recreation
  • Department of Environmental Protection
  • Department of Energy Resources
  • Department of Public Utilities
  • Department of Fish and Game
  • MassDOT
  • Mass. Aeronautics Commission
  • Registry of Motor Vehicles

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