Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Hearing

The Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture will hold a hearing on bills relative to animals, plus miscellaneous bills. To view all bills, please visit the hearing page.

We invite you to submit written testimony and/or testify on bills you care about. Testimony on bills in this hearing should be addressed to Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Co-Chairs Senator Rebecca Rausch and Representative Carolyn Dykema.

Folks seeking to provide oral testimony must pre-register via this form. The deadline to pre-register is 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, December 5. Once registered, you will receive further instructions on how to participate. Please note there is a time limit of 3 minutes per person for oral testimony. Constituents planning to testify are encouraged to alert Sen. Comerford by emailing jo.comerford@masenate.gov.

Written testimony may be submitted to the Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture by email to JointCommittee.Environment@malegislature.gov, and constituents are encouraged to copy Sen. Comerford (jo.comerford@masenate.gov). Pre-registration through the above-linked form is not required for written testimony. There is no formal deadline for written testimony, though a timely submission allows the Committee time to thoroughly review testimony.

Those who do not plan to testify but want to watch the public hearing may view the live stream on the under the Hearings & Events section on the Legislature’s website.

Please contact Shannon Emmett, the Committee’s Research Director, with any questions at: shannon.emmett@mahouse.gov.