FY19 Public Hearings

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Source: *updated regularly: http://www.jeffreysanchez.org/joint-committee-on-ways-means-fy19-budget-hearings/

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The Joint Committee on Way & Means is holding a series of public hearings on the Fiscal Year 2019 budget. Below is a calendar. Click each event for more information including the co-chairs and list of agencies testifying. Please note dates and details are subject to change.

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Revised 2/22/2018

*All hearings begin at 10:00am unless otherwise noted*

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February 6 - Administration and Finance, Constitutional Officers, Inspector General, EOTSS

• Location: Massachusetts State House Gardner Auditorium 24 Beacon St. Boston, MA 02133

• House Chair: Chairman Jeffrey Sánchez

• Senate Chair: Chairwoman Karen Spilka

• Agencies: Administration and Finance, Constitutional Officers, Inspector General, EOTSS

 

February 13 - Public Safety

• Location: Seven Hills Foundation 81 Hope Avenue Worcester, MA 01603

• House Chair: Representative Mary S. Keefe

• Senate Chair: Senator Michael Moore

• Agencies:

  • Executive Office of Public Safety

  • District Attorneys

  • Sheriffs

  • Judiciary

  • Ethics

  • Office of Campaign Finance

  • Committee for Public Counsel Services

  • Mass. Legal Assistance Corporation

  • Mass. Commission Against Discrimination

  • Victim and Witness Assistance

  • Disabled Persons Protection Commission

 

February 26 - Environment and Energy, Transportation

• Location: UMass Amherst Old Chapel Amherst, MA

• House Chair: Representative Stephen Kulik

• Senate Chair: Senator Jamie Eldridge

• Agencies:

  • Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs

  • Dept. of Agriculture

  • Dept. of Conservation and Recreation

  • Dept. of Environmental Protection

  • Dept. of Energy Resources

  • Dept. of Public Utilities

  • Dept. of Fish and Game

  • Mass. Dept. of Transportation

  • Mass. Aeronautics Commission

  • Registry of Motor Vehicles

  • Merit Rating Board

 

March 2 - Health and Human Services I

• Location: Auditorium in Media Arts Center (Building 1) Roxbury Community College Boston, MA

• House Chair: Representative Elizabeth A. Malia

• Senate Chair: Senator Sonia Chang Diaz

• Agencies:

  • Executive Office of Health and Human Services

  • Office of Medicaid

  • Dept. of Public Health

  • Dept. of Mental Health

  • Dept. of Developmental Services

  • Health Policy Commission

  • Center for Health Information and Analysis

  • Elder Affairs

  • Dept. of Youth Services

 

March 12 - Health and Human Services II

• Location: The Connector Room Berkshire Community College Pittsfield, MA

• House Chair: Representative Tricia Farley-Bouvier

• Senate Chair: Senator Adam Hinds

• Agencies:

  • Dept. of Children and Families

  • Dept. of Transitional Assistance

  • Mass. Rehab Commission

  • Mass. Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

  • Mass. Commission for the Blind

  • Office of Refugees

  • Veterans Affairs

  • Soldiers Homes

 

March 13 - Economic Development, Housing, Labor

• Location: Everett High School Library 100 Elm Street Everett

• House Chair: Representative Joseph McGonagle

• Senate Chair: Senator Sal DiDomenico

• Agencies:

  • Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation

  • Dept. of Business Development

  • Dept. of Housing and Community Development

  • Labor and Workforce Development,

  • Libraries, Cultural Council

  • Dept. of Labor

  • Dept. of Workforce Development

  • Workforce Investment Board

  • Board of Library Commissioners

  • Mass. Cultural Council

  • Commission on the Status of Women

  • Cannibis Control Commission

 

March 16 - Public Hearing

• Location: Massachusetts State House Gardner Auditorium 24 Beacon St. Boston, MA 02133

• House Chair: Representative Elizabeth A. Malia

• Senate Chair: Senator Patricia Jehlen

• Hearing open to the public for testimony.

 

March 19 - Education and Local Aid

• Location: Wiggin Auditorium Peabody City Hall 24 Lowell Street Peabody, MA

• House Chair: Representative Thomas Walsh

• Senate Chair: Senator Joan Lovely

• Agencies:

  • Dept. of Early Education and Care

  • Dept. Elementary and Secondary Education

  • Dept. Of Higher Education

  • Local Aid