Committee
Massachusetts Joint Agriculture Committee
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committee members
James Arena-Derosa (D)
Chair
Natalie Blais (D)
Ranking Member
Nick Boldyga (R)
Vice Chair
Jo Comerford (D)
Ranking Member
Ryan Fattman (R)
Kim Ferguson (R)
Chair
Dylan Fernandes (D)
Chris Flanagan (D)
Homar Gomez (D)
Robyn Kennedy (D)
Joan Lovely (D)
Hadley Luddy (D)
Jake Oliveira (D)
Steven Ouellette (D)
Vice Chair
Aaron Saunders (D)
Dan Sena (D)
Jon Zlotnik (D)
| Bill | Bill Name | Progress | Referral Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| H108 | To protect Massachusetts pollinators | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H109 | Protecting our soil and farms from PFAS contamination | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H110 | Relative to lobstering closure mitigation | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H111 | Promoting equity in agriculture | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H112 | Fostering agricultural resilience in Massachusetts | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H113 | Resolve to make America healthy again | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H114 | To promote economic opportunities for cottage food entrepreneurs | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H115 | To create the department of marine fisheries resources | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H116 | Relative to the Massachusetts Food Policy Council | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H117 | Relative to hemp and hemp products in the Commonwealth | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H118 | Resolve providing for an investigation by a special commission relative to the strengths and sustainability of the Commonwealth’s emergency food network | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H119 | To address the impact of climate change on farms and fisheries | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H120 | Supporting the Commonwealth’s food system | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H121 | Relative to urban farmland | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H122 | Relative to the preservation of existing pet cemeteries | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H123 | Relative to reimbursement of the marine recreational fisheries development fund | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H124 | Relative to improving pesticide protections for Massachusetts schoolchildren | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H125 | Establishing healthy soil performance guidelines | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H126 | Establishing community fridges to address food insecurity | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H127 | Prohibiting the aquaculture of any species of octopus for the purpose of human consumption | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H128 | Relative to establishing a food justice frontline | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H129 | Relative to the healthy incentives program | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H130 | Relative to membership updates for the Massachusetts Food Policy Council | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H131 | To open the Massachusetts lobster fishery | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H132 | Relative to food justice with jobs | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H133 | Promoting dairy farms | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H134 | Relative to agricultural crop and property destruction | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H135 | Protecting the viability of farms in the Commonwealth | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H136 | Prohibiting the use and sale of toxic sludge | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H137 | Clarifying the definition of agriculture | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H138 | Relative to the definition of livestock | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H139 | Relative to rodeos | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H140 | To promote economic opportunities for cottage food entrepreneurs | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H141 | Prohibiting the purchase of farm land by foreign governments | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H142 | Establishing healthy soil performance guidelines | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| H3981 | Relative to establishing a pilot program to support high impact fisheries | In Committee | 04/03/2025 |
| H4106 | Establishing a farm-to-institution pilot program | In Committee | 05/12/2025 |
| S52 | Relative to membership updates for the Massachusetts Food Policy Council | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S53 | Resolve promoting equity in agriculture | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S54 | Regulating the sale of hemp products to protect public health | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S55 | Fostering agricultural resilience in Massachusetts | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S56 | Protecting our soil and farms from PFAS contamination | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S57 | Establishing the official marine invertebrate of the Commonwealth | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S58 | To promote conservation through oyster shell recycling | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S59 | Relative to farming in the town of Sutton | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S60 | To address the impact of climate change on farms and fisheries | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S61 | Relative to urban farmland | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S62 | Establishing community fridges to address food insecurity | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S63 | Relative to establishing a food justice frontline | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S64 | Relative to improving pesticide protections for Massachusetts schoolchildren | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S65 | Establishing healthy soil performance guidelines | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S66 | Relative to a municipality’s right of first refusal of agricultural and recreational land | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S67 | To reimburse the George L. Darey Inland Fisheries and Game Fund | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S68 | Relative to lobstering closure mitigation | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S69 | To promote economic opportunities for cottage food entrepreneurs | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S70 | Clarifying the definition of agriculture | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S71 | Relative to the use of food security infrastructure grants | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S72 | Relative to fees for certain commercial fishing permits | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S73 | Relative to the Department of Fish and Game | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| S74 | Relative to reimbursement of the Marine Recreational Fisheries Development Fund | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |