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SUMMARY:Joint Committee on Health Care Financing Hearing
DESCRIPTION:The Joint Committee on Health Care Financing will hold a hearing on bills listed here\, including the below bill filed by Senator Comerford. \n\n\n\nBILL\nBILL TITLE\nSPONSOR\n\n\n\n\nS.750\nAn Act improving access to dental care in the Commonwealth\nJo Comerford\n\n\n\nWe 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 Health Care Financing Co-Chairs Senator Cindy Friedman and Representative John Lawn\, Jr. \nPersons seeking to provide testimony must pre-register via this Google form no later than Thursday\, July 15 at 4:00 p.m. Individuals who register to testify at the hearing will be afforded 3 minutes to speak. \nWritten testimony may also be submitted to the Joint Committee on Health Care Financing via e-mail to the House and Senate Chairs at John.Lawn@mahouse.gov and Cindy.Friedman@masenate.gov as well as the Committee Director Committee Director at timothy.oneill@mahouse.gov. Please also copy Senator Comerford (jo.comerford@masenate.gov). \nYou can watch a livestream of the hearing here.
URL:https://senatorjocomerford.org/event/joint-committee-on-health-care-financing-hearing-4/
LOCATION:Virtual hearing
CATEGORIES:Bill Hearing
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210720T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210720T133000
DTSTAMP:20260429T101948
CREATED:20210708T190123Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210715T202023Z
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SUMMARY:Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight Hearing
DESCRIPTION:The Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight will hold a hearing on the bills listed here\, including the below bill filed by Senator Comerford. \n\n\n\nBill\nBill Title\nSponsor\n\n\n\n\nS.2030\nAn Act establishing a jail and prison construction moratorium\nJo Comerford\n\n\n\nWe invite you to submit testimony and/or testify on bills you care about. Testimony on bills in this hearing should be addressed to Committee Co-Chairs Senator Mark Pacheco and Representative Antonio Cabral. \nTo register to testify\, please provide the contact information requested in this form by 4:00 p.m. on Friday\, July 16\, 2021. Once registered\, you will receive further instruction on how to participate virtually. \nWritten testimony can be submitted via email to Jamie Howell-Walton at jamie.howell-walton@mahouse.gov or Mary Wasylyk at mary.wasylyk@masenate.gov and please copy Senator Comerford (jo.comerford@masenate.gov) when submitting testimony. The deadline for written testimony is Friday\, August 6 at 5:00 p.m. \nA livestream of this hearing will be available on the legislature’s website.
URL:https://senatorjocomerford.org/event/joint-committee-on-state-administration-and-regulatory-oversight-hearing-6/
LOCATION:Virtual hearing
CATEGORIES:Bill Hearing
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210719T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210719T150000
DTSTAMP:20260429T101948
CREATED:20210617T183155Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210722T132302Z
UID:8344-1626699600-1626706800@senatorjocomerford.org
SUMMARY:Joint Committee on Mental Health\, Substance Use and Recovery Hearing
DESCRIPTION:The Joint Committee on Mental Health\, Substance Use and Recovery will hold a bill hearing on bills relative to creating resiliency in mental health and behavioral health care systems. (To view the full list of bills being heard\, visit the hearing page.) \nWe 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 Mental Health\, Substance Use and Recovery Co-Chairs Senator Julian Cyr and Representative Adrian Madaro. \nThose who wish to testify\, submit written testimony\, or both may sign up and/or submit written testimony by completing this form no later than 5:00 p.m. on Thursday\, July 15. The Committee will provide a link to join the public hearing to those who sign up to testify. The Google Form will close at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday\, July 15. \nWritten testimony will be accepted through Friday\, August 20 at 5:00 p.m. To submit written testimony after the Google Form closes\, you need to first create an account for MyLegislature by following these instructions. If you already have a MyLegislature account\, click here. \nThe hearing can be viewed via the live stream under the Hearings & Events section of the legislative website.
URL:https://senatorjocomerford.org/event/joint-committee-on-mental-health-substance-use-and-recovery-hearing-13/
LOCATION:Virtual hearing
CATEGORIES:Bill Hearing
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210713T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210713T130000
DTSTAMP:20260429T101948
CREATED:20210702T141232Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210708T141513Z
UID:8510-1626170400-1626181200@senatorjocomerford.org
SUMMARY:Joint Committee on Higher Education Hearing
DESCRIPTION:The Joint Committee on Higher Education will will hold a hearing bills related to institutions of higher education (bills listed here). \nWe invite you to submit testimony and/or testify on bills you care about. Testimony on bills in this hearing should be addressed to Committee Co-Chairs Senator Anne Gobi and Representative David Rogers. \nThe public is invited to testify in this virtual hearing. The Chairs will limit testimony to 3 minutes per speaker. To register to testify\, please complete and submit this form by Friday\, July 9\, at 5:00 p.m. Once registered\, you will receive further instructions on how to participate the day prior to the hearing. \nWritten testimony may be submitted to the Committee via email to Rosalind Jordan (rosalind.jordan@mahouse.gov) and Yael Langer (yael.langer@masenate.gov)\, and please copy Senator Comerford (jo.comerford@masenate.gov).
URL:https://senatorjocomerford.org/event/joint-committee-on-higher-education-hearing-9/
LOCATION:Virtual hearing
CATEGORIES:Bill Hearing
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210712T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210712T140000
DTSTAMP:20260429T101948
CREATED:20210630T154318Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210630T154750Z
UID:8494-1626084000-1626098400@senatorjocomerford.org
SUMMARY:Joint Committee on Public Health Hearing
DESCRIPTION:The Joint Committee on Public Health will hold a hearing on matters relating to vaccines (bills listed here). \nWe invite you to submit testimony and/or testify on bills you care about. Testimony on bills in this hearing should be addressed to Committee Co-Chairs Senator Jo Comerford and Representative Marjorie Decker. Those who wish to testify\, submit written testimony\, or both\, may sign up and/or submit written testimony by completing and submitting this form. \nFor those who have signed up to testify\, the committee will provide a link to join the public hearing. Persons planning to testify must sign up no later than 5:00 p.m. on Thursday\, July 8. Those who plan to submit only written testimony may do so after the sign up deadline. \nThose who do not plan to testify but want to watch the public hearing may view the live stream under the Hearings & Events section of the legislative website.
URL:https://senatorjocomerford.org/event/joint-committee-on-public-health-hearing-22/
LOCATION:Virtual hearing
CATEGORIES:Bill Hearing
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210706T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210706T170000
DTSTAMP:20260429T101948
CREATED:20210624T143359Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210624T144244Z
UID:8424-1625572800-1625590800@senatorjocomerford.org
SUMMARY:Joint Committee on Education Hearing
DESCRIPTION:The Joint Committee on Education will will hold a virtual hearing on the bills listed here\, including the below bill sponsored by Senator Comerford. \n\n\n\nBILL\nBILL TITLE\nSPONSOR\n\n\n\n\nS.295\nAn Act establishing a Special Education Funding Reform Commission\nJo Comerford\n\n\n\nWe invite you to submit testimony and/or testify on bills you care about. Testimony on bills in this hearing should be addressed to Committee Co-Chairs Senator Jason Lewis and Representative Alice Peisch. \nTo sign up to offer live remote testimony\, please fill out this form by 12:00 p.m. Thursday\, July 1. Registration is required for oral testimony and late registrants will not be accepted. Once registered\, you will receive further instructions via email. Testimony will be limited to 3 minutes. \nWritten testimony can be emailed to House Chair Alice Peisch at Alice.Peisch@mahouse.gov and Senate Chair Jason Lewis at Jason.Lewis@masenate.gov\, and please copy Sen. Comerford (jo.comerford@masenate.gov). When sending written testimony\, the subject line should read “Education Committee Testimony\, [Bill Number]”. \nThis hearing will be conducted via Microsoft Teams and livestreamed on the Legislature’s website. This hearing will be recorded and archived. By registering to submit testimony\, you agree to release to the public all information you have included. All written and oral testimony submitted to the Committee is public information provided upon request. The Committee will make reasonable efforts to ensure the email address or other contact information provided will not be published. Do not include any information you do not intend to make public\, such as medical or other personally identifiable information. \nBills will not be heard in the order in which they appear here; rather\, they will be heard in an order determined by the Chairs.
URL:https://senatorjocomerford.org/event/joint-committee-on-education-hearing-12/
LOCATION:Virtual hearing
CATEGORIES:Bill Hearing
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210628T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210628T143000
DTSTAMP:20260429T101948
CREATED:20210615T144234Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210617T184645Z
UID:8327-1624885200-1624890600@senatorjocomerford.org
SUMMARY:Joint Committee on Mental Health\, Substance Use and Recovery Hearing
DESCRIPTION:The Joint Committee on Mental Health\, Substance Use and Recovery will hold a bill hearing on bills related to inpatient facilities\, involuntary commitments\, and carceral health care. (To view the full list of bills being heard\, visit the hearing page.) \nWe 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 Mental Health\, Substance Use and Recovery Co-Chairs Senator Julian Cyr and Representative Adrian Madaro. \nThose who wish to testify\, submit written testimony\, or both may sign up and/or submit written testimony by completing this form no later than 5:00 p.m. on Thursday\, June 24. The Committee will provide a link to join the public hearing to those who sign up to testify. The Google Form will close at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday\, June 24. \nWritten testimony will be accepted through Wednesday\, July 28 at 5:00 p.m. To submit written testimony after the Google Form closes\, you need to first create an account for MyLegislature by following these instructions. If you already have a MyLegislature account\, click here. \nThe hearing can be viewed via the live stream under the Hearings & Events section of the legislative website.
URL:https://senatorjocomerford.org/event/joint-committee-on-mental-health-substance-use-and-recovery-hearing-12/
LOCATION:Virtual hearing
CATEGORIES:Bill Hearing
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210624T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210624T160000
DTSTAMP:20260429T101948
CREATED:20210610T145159Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210720T170600Z
UID:8261-1624543200-1624550400@senatorjocomerford.org
SUMMARY:Joint Committee on Transportation Hearing
DESCRIPTION:The Joint Committee on Transportation will hold a hearing on bills regarding aviation\, privacy\, and gender identification (bills listed here)\, including the below bill filed by Senator Comerford. \n\n\n\nBill\nBill Title\nSponsor\n\n\n\n\nS.2282\nAn Act relative to gender identity on Massachusetts identification\nJo Comerford\n\n\n\nWe invite you to submit written testimony and/or testify on bills you care about. Testimony on bills in this hearing should be addressed to Committee Co-Chairs Senator Joseph Boncore and Representative William Straus. \nTo testify live at the virtual hearing\, please complete and submit this form. \nWritten testimony can be emailed to Kirsten.Centrella@mahouse.gov and please copy Senator Comerford (Jo.Comerford@masenate.gov).
URL:https://senatorjocomerford.org/event/joint-committee-on-transportation-hearing-7/
LOCATION:Virtual hearing
CATEGORIES:Bill Hearing
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210623T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210623T160000
DTSTAMP:20260429T101948
CREATED:20210601T131219Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210601T132304Z
UID:8180-1624456800-1624464000@senatorjocomerford.org
SUMMARY:Joint Committee on Transportation Hearing
DESCRIPTION:The Joint Committee on Transportation will hold a hearing on work and family mobility bills (bills listed here). \nWe invite you to submit written testimony and/or testify on bills you care about. Testimony on bills in this hearing should be addressed to Committee Co-Chairs Senator Joseph Boncore and Representative William Straus. \nTo testify live at the virtual hearing\, please complete and submit this form no later than Wednesday\, June 23 at 4:00 p.m. \nWritten testimony can be emailed to Kirsten.Centrella@mahouse.gov and please copy Senator Comerford (Jo.Comerford@masenate.gov). Written testimony will be accepted until Wednesday\, June 23 at 5:00 p.m.
URL:https://senatorjocomerford.org/event/joint-committee-on-transportation-hearing-6/
LOCATION:Virtual hearing
CATEGORIES:Bill Hearing
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210623T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210623T160000
DTSTAMP:20260429T101948
CREATED:20210616T164121Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210623T164405Z
UID:8391-1624453200-1624464000@senatorjocomerford.org
SUMMARY:Joint Committee on Public Service Hearing
DESCRIPTION:The Joint Committee on Public Service will hold a hearing (bills listed here)\, including the below home rule petition for Deerfield. \n\n\n\nBill\nBill Title\nSponsor\n\n\n\n\nH.3799\nAn Act authorizing the town of Deerfield to continue the employment of police department members Robert Warger\, Joseph Mieczkowski\, and Raymond Burniske\nNatalie M. Blais\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe invite you to submit written testimony and/or testify on bills you care about. Testimony on bills in this hearing should be addressed to Committee Co-Chairs Senator Michael Brady and Representative Kenneth Gordon. \nTo testify\, please pre-register via this form by Monday\, June 21\, at 1:00 p.m. Further instruction on how to participate will be provided following registration. Members of the public may also view a livestream or recording of this hearing on this webpage or malegislature.gov. Per committee rules\, the Chair may limit testimony to three minutes per individual. \n \nWritten testimony may be submitted to the Committee either through the registration form or via email to Michael.Brady@masenate.gov and Kenneth.Gordon@mahouse.gov and please copy Senator Comerford (Jo.Comerford@masenate.gov).
URL:https://senatorjocomerford.org/event/joint-committee-on-public-service-hearing-7/
LOCATION:Virtual hearing
CATEGORIES:Bill Hearing
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210623T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210623T140000
DTSTAMP:20260429T101948
CREATED:20210618T204426Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210623T161804Z
UID:8365-1624442400-1624456800@senatorjocomerford.org
SUMMARY:Joint Committee on the Election Laws Hearing
DESCRIPTION:The Joint Committee on the Election Laws will hold a hearing on bills listed here\, including the home rule petitions for Amherst and Northampton listed below. \n\n\n\nBill\nBill Title\nSponsor\n\n\n\n\nH.777\nAn Act relative to the implementation of elements of the charter for the city known as the town of Amherst\nMindy Domb\n\n\nH.830\nAn Act amending the special act charter of the city of Northampton to allow residents sixteen years or age or older to vote in preliminary and city\nLindsay N. Sabadosa\n\n\nH.831 \nAn Act amending the special act charter of the city of Northampton to allow for early mail-in ballots\nLindsay N. Sabadosa\n\n\nH.832\nAn Act amending the special act charter of the city of Northampton to allow resident non-citizens to vote in preliminary and city elections\nLindsay N. Sabadosa\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe invite you to submit written testimony and/or testify on bills you care about. Testimony on bills in this hearing should be addressed to Committee Co-Chairs Senator Barry Finegold and Representative Daniel Ryan. \nIndividuals who wish to testify\, may sign up through the following link. For individuals who have signed up to testify\, the committee will provide a link to join the public hearing. Individuals planning to testify must sign up no later than 5:00 p.m. on Monday\, June 21\, 2021. Oral testimony will be limited to 3 minutes\, but longer statements will be accepted by written testimony until Friday\, June 25 at 3:00p.m. \nPlease submit all written testimony to michaela.gaziano@masenate.gov and sean.getchell@mahouse.gov and please copy Senator Comerford (Jo.Comerford@masenate.gov). \nThose who do not plan to testify but want to watch the public hearing may view the live stream under the Hearings & Events section of the Massachusetts legislature’s website. \n 
URL:https://senatorjocomerford.org/event/joint-committee-on-the-election-laws-hearing-3/
LOCATION:Virtual hearing
CATEGORIES:Bill Hearing
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210622T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210622T170000
DTSTAMP:20260429T101948
CREATED:20210617T162108Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210617T162352Z
UID:8342-1624366800-1624381200@senatorjocomerford.org
SUMMARY:Joint Committee on Environment\, Natural Resources and Agriculture Hearing
DESCRIPTION:The Joint Committee on Environment\, Natural Resources and Agriculture will hold a virtual public hearing on the bills listed here. \nWe invite you to submit testimony and/or testify on bills you care about. Testimony on bills in this hearing should be addressed to Committee Co-Chairs Senator Rebecca Rausch and Representative Carolyn Dykema. \nFolks seeking to provide oral testimony must pre-register via this form. The deadline to pre-register is 5:00 p.m. on Thursday\, June 17. 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. \nWritten testimony may be submitted to the Joint Committee on Environment\, Natural Resources and Agriculture by email to JointCommittee.Environment@malegislature.gov. Written testimony will be accepted through Tuesday\, June 22\, 2021 at 11:59 p.m. \nThose who do not plan to testify but want to watch the public hearing may view the live stream by clicking here.
URL:https://senatorjocomerford.org/event/joint-committee-on-environment-natural-resources-and-agriculture-hearing-9/
LOCATION:Virtual hearing
CATEGORIES:Bill Hearing
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210622T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210622T150000
DTSTAMP:20260429T101948
CREATED:20210615T161831Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210623T163414Z
UID:8378-1624359600-1624374000@senatorjocomerford.org
SUMMARY:Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government Hearing
DESCRIPTION:The Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government will hold a hearing on bills related to local matters (bills listed here)\, including a home rule petition for South Hadley listed below. \n\n\n\nBill\nBill Title\nSponsor\n\n\n\n\nH.2144\nAn Act authorizing the Hampshire County Regional Housing Authority to convey a certain parcel of land in the town of South Hadley to the South Hadley Housing Authority\nDaniel R. Carey\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe 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 Municipalities and Regional Government Co-Chairs Senator John Cronin and Representative Lori Ehrlich. \nWritten electronic testimony is preferred and may be submitted via email to municipalitiescommitteema@gmail.com and please copy Sen. Comerford (Jo.Comerford@masenate.gov). Please include the bill number and “Testimony” in the subject line of the email. \nPlease be advised that the hearing will be recorded\, and the recording shall be provided to the Legislative Information Services. In addition\, the hearing will be livestreamed via YouTube. The livestream will be on the MRG YouTube Channel when the hearing commences. \n\n\nAdvance registration to present oral testimony is required. Those wishing to register should fill out this form by Monday\, June 21 at 11:00 a.m. If you wish to testify on a panel\, please indicate that on the Google Form. Once registered\, you will receive further instructions on joining the hearing via email. Please note that oral testimony will be limited to 3 minutes. \n\n\n\nPlease be advised that the schedule and agenda are subject to change at the discretion of the Chairs.
URL:https://senatorjocomerford.org/event/joint-committee-on-municipalities-and-regional-government-hearing-3/
LOCATION:Virtual hearing
CATEGORIES:Bill Hearing
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210622T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210622T140000
DTSTAMP:20260429T101948
CREATED:20210602T154610Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210630T154531Z
UID:8205-1624356000-1624370400@senatorjocomerford.org
SUMMARY:Joint Committee on Public Health Hearing
DESCRIPTION:The Joint Committee on Public Health will hold a hearing on matters relating to environmental health (bills listed here)\, including the following bills sponsored by Senator Comerford: \n\n\n\nBill\nBill Title\nSponsor\n\n\n\n\nS.1382\nAn Act for healthy and green public schools\nJo Comerford\n\n\nS.1387\nAn Act restricting toxic PFAS chemicals in consumer products to protect our health\nJo Comerford\n\n\n\nWe invite you to submit testimony and/or testify on bills you care about. Testimony on bills in this hearing should be addressed to Committee Co-Chairs Senator Jo Comerford and Representative Marjorie Decker. Those who wish to testify\, submit written testimony\, or both\, may sign up and/or submit written testimony by completing and submitting this form. \nFor those who have signed up to testify\, the committee will provide a link to join the public hearing. Persons planning to testify must sign up no later than 5:00 p.m. on Thursday\, June 17. \nThose who do not plan to testify but want to watch the public hearing may view the live stream under the Hearings & Events section of the legislative website.
URL:https://senatorjocomerford.org/event/joint-committee-on-public-health-hearing-21/
LOCATION:Virtual hearing
CATEGORIES:Bill Hearing
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210621T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210621T150000
DTSTAMP:20260429T101948
CREATED:20210615T144540Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210722T132134Z
UID:8326-1624280400-1624287600@senatorjocomerford.org
SUMMARY:Joint Committee on Mental Health\, Substance Use and Recovery Hearing
DESCRIPTION:The Joint Committee on Mental Health\, Substance Use and Recovery will hold a bill hearing on bills relative to equity and parity in mental and behavioral health care systems. (To view the full list of bills being heard\, visit the hearing page.) \nWe 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 Mental Health\, Substance Use and Recovery Co-Chairs Senator Julian Cyr and Representative Adrian Madaro. \nThose who wish to testify\, submit written testimony\, or both may sign up and/or submit written testimony by completing this form no later than 5:00 p.m. on Friday\, June 18. The Committee will provide a link to join the public hearing to those who sign up to testify. The Google Form will close at 5:00 p.m. on Friday\, June 18. \nWritten testimony will be accepted through Wednesday\, July 21 at 5:00 p.m. To submit written testimony after the Google Form closes\, you need to first create an account for MyLegislature by following these instructions. If you already have a MyLegislature account\, click here. \nThe hearing can be viewed via the live stream under the Hearings & Events section of the legislative website.
URL:https://senatorjocomerford.org/event/joint-committee-on-mental-health-substance-use-and-recovery-hearing-11/
LOCATION:Virtual hearing
CATEGORIES:Bill Hearing
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210616T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210616T170000
DTSTAMP:20260429T101948
CREATED:20210610T183736Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210617T184609Z
UID:8274-1623848400-1623862800@senatorjocomerford.org
SUMMARY:Joint Committee on Mental Health\, Substance Use and Recovery Hearing
DESCRIPTION:The Joint Committee on Mental Health\, Substance Use and Recovery will hold a bill hearing\, including the below bill sponsored by Senator Comerford. (To view the full list of bills being heard\, visit the hearing page.) \n\n\n\nBill\nBill Title\nSponsor\n\n\n\n\nS.1266\nAn Act supporting student mental health\nJo Comerford\n\n\n\nWe 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 Mental Health\, Substance Use and Recovery Co-Chairs Senator Julian Cyr and Representative Adrian Madaro. \nThose who wish to testify\, submit written testimony\, or both may sign up and/or submit written testimony by completing this form no later than 5:00 p.m. on Monday\, June 14. The Committee will provide a link to join the public hearing to those who sign up to testify. The Google Form will close at 5:00 p.m. on Monday\, June 14. \nWritten testimony will be accepted through Saturday\, July 17 at 5:00 p.m. To submit written testimony after the Google Form closes\, you need to first create an account for MyLegislature by following these instructions. If you already have a MyLegislature account\, click here. \nThe hearing can be viewed via the live stream under the Hearings & Events section of the legislative website.
URL:https://senatorjocomerford.org/event/joint-committee-on-mental-health-substance-use-and-recovery-hearing-10/
LOCATION:Virtual hearing
CATEGORIES:Bill Hearing
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210615T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210615T130000
DTSTAMP:20260429T101948
CREATED:20210604T204754Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210604T213055Z
UID:8255-1623751200-1623762000@senatorjocomerford.org
SUMMARY:Joint Committee on Children\, Families and Persons with Disabilities Hearing
DESCRIPTION:The Joint Committee on Children\, Families and Persons with Disabilities will hold a bill hearing\, including the below bills sponsored by Senator Comerford. (To view the full list of bills being heard\, visit the hearing page.) \n\n\n\nBill\nBill Title\nSponsor\n\n\n\n\nS.87\nAn Act establishing a Foster Parents’ Bill of Rights\nJo Comerford\n\n\nS.88\nAn Act establishing the Massachusetts foster care review office\nJo Comerford\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe 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 Children\, Families and Persons with Disabilities Co-Chairs Senator Adam Gomez and Representative Michael Finn. \nPlease submit written testimony to jointcommittee.children&families@malegislature.gov. \nIf you’d like to provide oral testimony\, please email jointcommittee.children&families@malegislature.gov to register in advance and provide the following information by 5:00 p.m. on Friday June 11: \n\nFull Name\nAddress\nPhone Number\nOrganization (if applicable)\nBill you would like to speak on\nBill Position (Support or Oppose)\n\nPlease be advised that the schedule and agenda are subject to change at the discretion of the Chairs per committee rules.
URL:https://senatorjocomerford.org/event/joint-committee-on-children-families-and-persons-with-disabilities-hearing-8/
LOCATION:Virtual hearing
CATEGORIES:Bill Hearing
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210611T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210611T150000
DTSTAMP:20260429T101948
CREATED:20210607T151032Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211112T145059Z
UID:8264-1623405600-1623423600@senatorjocomerford.org
SUMMARY:Joint Committee on Education Hearing
DESCRIPTION:The Joint Committee on Education will will hold a virtual hearing on the bills listed here\, including the below bill sponsored by Senator Comerford. \n\n\n\nBILL\nBILL TITLE\nSPONSOR\n\n\n\n\nS.296\nAn Act promoting equity in school building assistance and ensuring best practice incentives are available for all school building projects\nJo Comerford\n\n\n\nWe invite you to submit testimony and/or testify on bills you care about. Testimony on bills in this hearing should be addressed to Committee Co-Chairs Senator Jason Lewis and Representative Alice Peisch. \nThis hearing will be conducted via Microsoft Teams. To sign up to offer live remote testimony\, please fill out this form by 3:00 p.m. Thursday\, June 10. Once registered\, you will receive further instructions via email. Testimony will be limited to 3 minutes. \nWritten testimony can be emailed to House Chair Alice Peisch at Alice.Peisch@mahouse.gov and Senate Chair Jason Lewis at Jason.Lewis@masenate.gov. When sending written testimony\, the subject line should read “Education Committee Testimony\, [Bill Number]”.
URL:https://senatorjocomerford.org/event/joint-committee-on-education-hearing-11/
LOCATION:Virtual hearing
CATEGORIES:Bill Hearing
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210609T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210609T120000
DTSTAMP:20260429T101948
CREATED:20210602T142216Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210602T142216Z
UID:8201-1623232800-1623240000@senatorjocomerford.org
SUMMARY:Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight Hearing
DESCRIPTION:The Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight will hold a hearing on the bills listed here\, including the below bill filed by Senator Comerford. \n\n\n\nBill\nBill Title\nSponsor\n\n\n\n\nS.2028\nAn Act establishing the official dinosaur of the commonwealth\nJo Comerford\n\n\n\nWe invite you to submit testimony and/or testify on bills you care about. Testimony on bills in this hearing should be addressed to Committee Co-Chairs Senator Mark Pacheco and Representative Antonio Cabral. \nTo register to testify\, please provide the contact information requested in this form by 4:00 p.m. on Friday\, June 4\, 2021. Once registered\, you will receive further instruction on how to participate virtually. \nWritten testimony can be submitted via email to Jamie Howell-Walton at jamie.howell-walton@mahouse.gov or Mary Wasylyk at mary.wasylyk@masenate.gov and please copy Senator Comerford (jo.comerford@masenate.gov) when submitting testimony. The deadline for written testimony is Friday\, June 11 at 5:00 p.m. \nA livestream of this hearing will be available on the legislature’s website.
URL:https://senatorjocomerford.org/event/joint-committee-on-state-administration-and-regulatory-oversight-hearing-5/
LOCATION:Virtual hearing
CATEGORIES:Bill Hearing
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210608T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210608T170000
DTSTAMP:20260429T101948
CREATED:20210602T132619Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210602T133122Z
UID:8196-1623157200-1623171600@senatorjocomerford.org
SUMMARY:Joint Committee on Environment\, Natural Resources and Agriculture Hearing
DESCRIPTION:The Joint Committee on Environment\, Natural Resources and Agriculture will hold a virtual public hearing on the bills listed here. \nWe invite you to submit testimony and/or testify on bills you care about. Testimony on bills in this hearing should be addressed to Committee Co-Chairs Senator Rebecca Rausch and Representative Carolyn Dykema. \nFolks seeking to provide oral testimony must pre-register via this form. The deadline to pre-register is 5:00 p.m. on Thursday\, June 3. 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. \nWritten testimony may be submitted to the Joint Committee on Environment\, Natural Resources and Agriculture by email to JointCommittee.Environment@malegislature.gov. Written testimony will be accepted through Tuesday\, June 8\, 2021 at 11:59 p.m. \nThose who do not plan to testify but want to watch the public hearing may view the live stream by clicking here.
URL:https://senatorjocomerford.org/event/joint-committee-on-environment-natural-resources-and-agriculture-hearing-8/
LOCATION:Virtual hearing
CATEGORIES:Bill Hearing
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210608T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210608T150000
DTSTAMP:20260429T101948
CREATED:20210603T162925Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210623T163325Z
UID:8381-1623150000-1623164400@senatorjocomerford.org
SUMMARY:Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government Hearing
DESCRIPTION:The Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government will hold a hearing on bills related to local matters (bills listed here)\, including home rule petitions for Greenfield and Northampton listed below. \n\n\n\nBill\nBill Title\nSponsor\n\n\n\n\nH.2189\nAn Act authorizing the city of Greenfield to lease a certain parcel of land\nPaul W. Mark\n\n\nH.2202\nAn Act amending the special act charter of the city of Northampton\nLindsay N. Sabadosa\n\n\n\nWe 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 Municipalities and Regional Government Co-Chairs Senator John Cronin and Representative Lori Ehrlich. \nWritten electronic testimony is preferred and may be submitted via email to municipalitiescommitteema@gmail.com and please copy Sen. Comerford (Jo.Comerford@masenate.gov). Please include the bill number and “Testimony” in the subject line of the email. \nPlease be advised that the hearing will be recorded\, and the recording shall be provided to the Legislative Information Services. In addition\, the hearing will be livestreamed via YouTube. The livestream will be on the MRG YouTube Channel when the hearing commences. \n\n\nRegistration to present oral testimony is required. To register\, please fill out your contact information in this form by Friday\, June 4 at 5:00 p.m. If you wish to testify on a panel\, please indicate that on the Google Torm. Once registered\, you will receive further instructions on joining the hearing via email. Please note that oral testimony will be limited to 3 minutes. \n\n\n\nPlease be advised that the schedule and agenda are subject to change at the discretion of the Chairs.
URL:https://senatorjocomerford.org/event/joint-committee-on-municipalities-and-regional-government-hearing-4/
LOCATION:Virtual hearing
CATEGORIES:Bill Hearing
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210608T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210608T130000
DTSTAMP:20260429T101948
CREATED:20210602T133440Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210603T135338Z
UID:8144-1623146400-1623157200@senatorjocomerford.org
SUMMARY:Joint Committee on Higher Education Hearing
DESCRIPTION:The Joint Committee on Higher Education will will hold a hearing on student aid bills (bills listed here)\, including the below bill sponsored by Senator Comerford. \n\n\n\nBill\nBill Title\nSponsor\n\n\n\n\nS.826\nAn Act expanding access to higher education tuition and fee waivers for adopted foster children\nJo Comerford\n\n\n\nWe invite you to submit testimony and/or testify on bills you care about. Testimony on bills in this hearing should be addressed to Committee Co-Chairs Senator Anne Gobi and Representative David Rogers. \nThe public is invited to testify in this virtual hearing. The Chairs will limit testimony to 3 minutes per speaker. To register to testify\, please complete and submit this form by Friday\, June 4\, at 5:00 p.m. Once registered\, you will receive further instructions on how to participate the day prior to the hearing. \nWritten testimony may be submitted to the Committee via email to Rosalind Jordan (rosalind.jordan@mahouse.gov) and Yael Langer (yael.langer@masenate.gov)\, and please copy Senator Comerford (jo.comerford@masenate.gov).
URL:https://senatorjocomerford.org/event/joint-committee-on-higher-education-hearing-8/
LOCATION:Virtual hearing
CATEGORIES:Bill Hearing
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210607T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210607T140000
DTSTAMP:20260429T101948
CREATED:20210514T203038Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210630T154539Z
UID:8051-1623060000-1623074400@senatorjocomerford.org
SUMMARY:Joint Committee on Public Health Hearing
DESCRIPTION:The Joint Committee on Public Health will hold a hearing on matters relating to reproductive and women’s health and pharmacy (bills listed here)\, including a bill sponsored by Senator Comerford: \n\n\n\nBill\nBill Title\nSponsor\n\n\n\n\nS.1383\nAn Act to assure informed consent for pelvic examinations of anesthetized or unconscious patients\nJo Comerford\n\n\n\nWe invite you to submit testimony and/or testify on bills you care about. Testimony on bills in this hearing should be addressed to Committee Co-Chairs Senator Jo Comerford and Representative Marjorie Decker. Those who wish to testify\, submit written testimony\, or both\, may sign up and/or submit written testimony by completing and submitting this form. Feel free to email Senator Comerford a copy of your testimony at jo.comerford@masenate.gov. \nFor those who have signed up to testify\, the committee will provide a link to join the public hearing. Persons planning to testify must sign up no later than 5:00 p.m. on Thursday\, June 3\, 2021. \nThose who do not plan to testify but want to watch the public hearing may view the live stream under the Hearings & Events section of the legislative website.
URL:https://senatorjocomerford.org/event/joint-committee-on-public-health-hearing-20/
LOCATION:Virtual hearing
CATEGORIES:Bill Hearing
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210602T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210602T160000
DTSTAMP:20260429T101948
CREATED:20210525T164718Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210623T164950Z
UID:8395-1622638800-1622649600@senatorjocomerford.org
SUMMARY:Joint Committee on Public Service Hearing
DESCRIPTION:The Joint Committee on Public Service will hold a hearing (bills listed here)\, including the below home rule petition for Deerfield. \n\n\n\nBill\nBill Title\nSponsor\n\n\n\n\nS.1673\nAn Act exempting Barbara Killeen from certain requirements of the retired municipal teacher program\nJo Comerford\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe invite you to submit written testimony and/or testify on bills you care about. Testimony on bills in this hearing should be addressed to Committee Co-Chairs Senator Michael Brady and Representative Kenneth Gordon. \nTo testify\, please pre-register via this form by Tuesday\, June 1\, at 10:00 a.m. Further instruction on how to participate will be provided following registration. Members of the public may also view a livestream or recording of this hearing on this webpage or malegislature.gov. Per committee rules\, the Chair may limit testimony to three minutes per individual. \n \nWritten testimony may be submitted to the Committee either through the registration form or via email to Michael.Brady@masenate.gov and Kenneth.Gordon@mahouse.gov and please copy Senator Comerford (Jo.Comerford@masenate.gov).
URL:https://senatorjocomerford.org/event/joint-committee-on-public-service-hearing-8/
LOCATION:Virtual hearing
CATEGORIES:Bill Hearing
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210602T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210602T133000
DTSTAMP:20260429T101948
CREATED:20210525T184737Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210602T141840Z
UID:8081-1622629800-1622640600@senatorjocomerford.org
SUMMARY:Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight Hearing
DESCRIPTION:The Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight will hold a hearing on bills relative to maintaining special State of Emergency provisions (bills listed here). \nWe invite you to submit testimony and/or testify on bills you care about. Testimony on bills in this hearing should be addressed to Committee Co-Chairs Senator Mark Pacheco and Representative Antonio Cabral. \nTo register to testify\, please provide the contact information requested in this form by 4:00 p.m. on Friday\, May 28\, 2021. Once registered\, you will receive further instruction on how to participate virtually. \nWritten testimony can be submitted via email to Jamie Howell-Walton at jamie.howell-walton@mahouse.gov or Mary Wasylyk at mary.wasylyk@masenate.gov and please copy Senator Comerford (jo.comerford@masenate.gov) when submitting testimony. \nA livestream of this hearing will be available on the legislature’s website.
URL:https://senatorjocomerford.org/event/joint-committee-on-state-administration-and-regulatory-oversight-hearing-4/
LOCATION:Virtual hearing
CATEGORIES:Bill Hearing
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210601T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210601T170000
DTSTAMP:20260429T101948
CREATED:20210527T181829Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210805T131727Z
UID:8129-1622505600-1622566800@senatorjocomerford.org
SUMMARY:Senate Committee on Ways and Means Hearing
DESCRIPTION:The Senate Committee on Ways and Means will hold a hearing on the bill listed here\, which would temporarily extend certain measures adopted in the state of emergency \nWritten testimony only will be taken until 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday\, June 1. \nWe invite you to submit testimony on bills you care about. Testimony on bills in this hearing should be addressed to Committee Chairs Michael Rodrigues. Testimony should be submitted electronically to senatecommittee.ways&means@masenate.gov and please feel free to copy Senator Comerford (jo.comerford@masenate.gov) when submitting testimony.
URL:https://senatorjocomerford.org/event/senate-committee-on-ways-and-means-hearing/
LOCATION:Virtual hearing
CATEGORIES:Bill Hearing
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210520T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210520T170000
DTSTAMP:20260429T101948
CREATED:20210517T161917Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210517T163220Z
UID:8006-1621512000-1621530000@senatorjocomerford.org
SUMMARY:Joint Committee on Education Hearing
DESCRIPTION:The Joint Committee on Education will will hold a virtual hearing on the bills listed here\, including the below bill sponsored by Senator Comerford. \n\n\n\nBILL\nBILL TITLE\nSPONSOR\n\n\n\n\nS.294\nAn Act prohibiting the use of Native American mascots by public schools in the Commonwealth\nJo Comerford\n\n\n\nWe invite you to submit testimony and/or testify on bills you care about. Testimony on bills in this hearing should be addressed to Committee Co-Chairs Senator Jason Lewis and Representative Alice Peisch. \nThis hearing will be conducted via Microsoft Teams. To sign up to offer live remote testimony\, please fill out this form by 5:00 p.m. Wednesday\, May 19. Once registered\, you will receive further instructions via email. \nWritten testimony can be emailed to to House Chair Alice Peisch at Alice.Peisch@mahouse.gov and Senate Chair Jason Lewis at Jason.Lewis@masenate.gov. When sending written testimony\, the subject line should read “EDUCATION COMMITTEE TESTIMONY” plus the bill number. The following information should also be included in written testimony: \n\nName\nOrganization (if any)\nPhone number
URL:https://senatorjocomerford.org/event/joint-committee-on-education-hearing-10/
LOCATION:Virtual hearing
CATEGORIES:Bill Hearing
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210519T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210519T130000
DTSTAMP:20260429T101948
CREATED:20210507T163527Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210623T164434Z
UID:8387-1621418400-1621429200@senatorjocomerford.org
SUMMARY:Joint Committee on Public Service Hearing
DESCRIPTION:The Joint Committee on Public Service will hold a hearing (bills listed here)\, including the below home rule petitions for Whately. \n\n\n\nBill\nBill Title\nSponsor\n\n\n\n\nH.2563\nAn Act authorizing the town of Whately to continue the employment of fire department member Gary Stone\nNatalie M. Blais\n\n\nH.2564\nAn Act authorizing the town of Whately to continue the employment of fire department member William Smith\nNatalie M. Blais\n\n\n\nWe invite you to submit written testimony and/or testify on bills you care about. Testimony on bills in this hearing should be addressed to Committee Co-Chairs Senator Michael Brady and Representative Kenneth Gordon. \nTo testify\, please pre-register via this form by Friday\, May 14\, at 1:00 p.m. Further instruction on how to participate will be provided following registration. Members of the public may also view a livestream or recording of this hearing on this webpage or malegislature.gov. Per committee rules\, the Chair may limit testimony to three minutes per individual. \n \nWritten testimony may be submitted to the Committee either through the registration form or via email to Michael.Brady@masenate.gov and Kenneth.Gordon@mahouse.gov and please copy Senator Comerford (Jo.Comerford@masenate.gov).
URL:https://senatorjocomerford.org/event/joint-committee-on-public-service-hearing-6/
LOCATION:Virtual hearing
CATEGORIES:Bill Hearing
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210518T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210518T170000
DTSTAMP:20260429T101948
CREATED:20210513T192621Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210602T133222Z
UID:7994-1621342800-1621357200@senatorjocomerford.org
SUMMARY:Joint Committee on Environment\, Natural Resources and Agriculture Hearing
DESCRIPTION:The Joint Committee on Environment\, Natural Resources and Agriculture will hold a virtual public hearing on the bills listed here. \nWe invite you to submit testimony and/or testify on bills you care about. Testimony on bills in this hearing should be addressed to Committee Co-Chairs Senator Rebecca Rausch and Representative Carolyn Dykema. \nFolks seeking to provide oral testimony must pre-register via this form. The deadline to pre-register is 5:00 p.m. on Thursday\, May 13. Once registered\, you will receive further instructions on how to participate. \nWritten testimony may also be submitted to the Joint Committee on Environment\, Natural Resources and Agriculture by email to jointcmte-environment@malegislature.gov. Written testimony will be accepted through Tuesday\, May 18\, 2021 at 11:59 p.m. \nThose who do not plan to testify but want to watch the public hearing may view the live stream by clicking here.
URL:https://senatorjocomerford.org/event/joint-committee-on-environment-natural-resources-and-agriculture-hearing-7/
LOCATION:Virtual hearing
CATEGORIES:Bill Hearing
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210518T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210518T130000
DTSTAMP:20260429T101948
CREATED:20210506T174915Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211022T154843Z
UID:7982-1621332000-1621342800@senatorjocomerford.org
SUMMARY:Joint Committee on Higher Education Hearing
DESCRIPTION:The Joint Committee on Higher Education will will hold a virtual hearing on the bills listed here\, including the below bill sponsored by Senator Comerford. \n  \n\n\n\nBill\nBill Title\nSponsor\n\n\n\n\nS.824\nAn Act committing to higher education the resources to insure a strong and healthy public higher education system\nJo Comerford\n\n\nS.825\nAn Act improving access to affordable higher education\nJo Comerford\n\n\n\nWe invite you to submit testimony and/or testify on bills you care about. Testimony on bills in this hearing should be addressed to Committee Co-Chairs Senator Anne Gobi and Representative David Rogers. \nThe public is invited to testify in this virtual hearing. The Chairs will limit testimony to 3 minutes per speaker. To register to testify\, please complete and submit this form by Friday\, May 14\, at 5:00 p.m. Once registered\, you will receive further instructions on how to participate the day prior to the hearing. \nWritten testimony may be submitted to the Committee via email to Rosalind Jordan (rosalind.jordan@mahouse.gov) and Yael Langer (yael.langer@masenate.gov)\, and feel free to copy Senator Comerford (jo.comerford@masenate.gov).
URL:https://senatorjocomerford.org/event/joint-committee-on-higher-education-hearing-7/
LOCATION:Virtual hearing
CATEGORIES:Bill Hearing
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