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4/8/25, 1:00 PM - Committee Hearing: Environment & Natural Resources, State House Room A-1 & Virtual

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Date/Time: 4/8/25 1:00 PM
Location: State House Room A-1 & Virtual
Committee: Joint Committee on Environment & Natural Resources (JEN)
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The Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources will hold a hybrid public hearing to solicit written and oral testimony in-person on bills before the committee. Please be advised that the schedule and agenda are subject to change at the agreement of the Chairs. All matters filed in the House that are listed above are required to be reported on by June 7, 2025, subject to extensions 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 Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources’ 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.
 

Written testimony can be submitted via email at jointcommittee.environment@malegislature.gov or physically mailed to the House Chair: 

Chair Christine Barber

Joint Committee On Environment And Natural Resources

ATTN: Jacob Newman

24 Beacon St. Room 167

Boston, MA 02133 

In-person oral testimony and remote testimony sign-up via email Jacob Newman at Jacob.Newman@mahouse.gov.  

For in-person and remote testimony please include:

            1. Name;

2. Organization you represent;

3. Whether on behalf of yourself or an organization;

4. Mailing address;

5. Email address;

6. Telephone number;

7. In-person or remote testimony;

8. Bills testifying on;

9. Whether support or oppose.

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

 This hearing will be chaired by House Chair Christine Barber. 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: Jacob Newman with Chair Barber, at Jacob.Newman@mahouse.gov and Madelein McCormick with Chair Rausch, at Madelein.McCormick@masenate.gov. House Chair Barber’s office can be reached via telephone: (617) 722-2230.


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