Scope and Content: The Joint Committee on Education, Arts, and Humanities (Joint Committee on Education to 1988), a standing committee of the Massachusetts General Court, considers all matters concerning education, and other matters referred.  Legislative files are compiled to document legislation considered by the committee.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by year, thereunder by chamber, and then by bill number
Notes: Beginning in 1995, bills are for two-year sessions
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Scope and Content: The Joint Committee on Election Laws considers all matters concerning elections, election laws, and other matters referred.  It drafts, reviews, and holds hearings on proposed legislation.  Legislative files are compiled to document legislation considered by the committee.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by year, thereunder by chamber/bill number
Notes: 1987 files contain annual report only
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Scope and Content: The Joint Committee on Federal Financial Assistance, a standing committee of the General Court, considers all matters concerning receipt of aid from the federal government, joint resolutions relative to memorializing the Congress of the United States or other federal agencies or officials, and other matters referred.  It drafts, reviews, and holds hearings on proposed legislation.  Legislative files are compiled to document legislation considered by the committee.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by year, thereunder by chamber, and then by bill number
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Scope and Content: The Joint Committee on Government Regulations, a standing committee of the General Court, considers all matters concerning public utilities, gambling, registration of various trades or professions, issuance of licenses for sale of alcoholic beverages, and other matters referred.  It drafts, reviews, and holds hearings on proposed legislation.  Legislative files are compiled to document legislation considered by the committee.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by year, thereunder by subject and then by chamber/bill number
Notes: Files for 1988-1992, 1994 only. For other years, see Committee files ((M-Ar)1821) from which 1988-1989 were transferred
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Scope and Content: The Joint Committee on Housing and Urban Development, a standing committee of the General Court, considers all matters concerning housing and urban renewal, subdivision control, condominium laws, the Metropolitan District Commission, and other matters referred.  Legislative files are compiled to document legislation considered by the committee.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by year, thereunder by chamber, and then by bill number
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Scope and Content: The Joint Committee on Human Services and Elderly Affairs, a standing committee of the General Court, considers all matters concerning public welfare, children, the elderly, the handicapped, mental health, drug rehabilitation and control, veterans benefits, alcoholism, the correction system (including administration, prisoners’ rights, furloughs, work release, probation, rehabilitation, and parole), other social service programs, and other matters referred.  It drafts, reviews, and holds hearings on proposed legislation.  Legislative files are compiled to document legislation considered by the committee.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by year(s); thereunder by subject or bill
Notes: Box 1: 1989. Box 2: 1989-1990. Box 3: 1989-1992. Box 4: 1992-1994
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Scope and Content: The Joint Committee on Insurance, a standing committee of the General Court, considers all matters pertaining to insurance, insurance companies, and other matters referred.  It drafts, reviews, and holds hearings on proposed legislation.  Legislative files are compiled to document legislation considered by the committee.
Arrangement: In two subseries: (1) Bill files, 1978, 1983-1998 (2) Annual reports, 1975-1994. Arranged within each subseries chronologically by year (biennially from 1995/1996); arranged thereunder by chamber/bill no
Notes: Incomplete
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Scope and Content: The Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security (until 2005: Joint Committee on Public Safety), a standing committee of the Massachusetts General Court,  considers all matters concerning laws relating to shipping or otherwise transporting energy sources, the safety of the public, including civil defense, firearms and gun control, fire laws, motor vehicle laws, motor vehicle safety belts (including school buses), the correction system including administration, prisoners’ rights, furloughs, work release, probation, rehabilitation, homeland or Commonwealth security matters, other matters related to federal affairs, including, but not limited to, the prevention of terrorist attacks, the reduction of the vulnerability to terrorism; the minimizing of the damage and recovery from possible attacks that may occur, and the coordination of homeland security related activities of the Commonwealth with those of the Federal Government, including certain confidential and guarded information and other matters referred. It drafts, reviews, and holds hearings on proposed legislation.  Legislative files are compiled to document legislation considered by the committee.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by year/session, thereunder by chamber, and then by bill number
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Scope and Content: The Joint Committee on Public Service, a standing committee of the General Court, considers all matters concerning salaries, civil service, and retirement of public employees (including retirement of but excluding salaries of members of the judiciary); collective bargaining for state employees and other public employees; and other matters referred.  Legislative files are compiled to document legislation considered by the committee.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by year (biennially from 1997-1998), thereunder by chamber, and then by bill number
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Scope and Content: The Joint Standing Committee on Roads and Canals considered proposed legislation for extending and improving a canal from Northampton to Northfield and for generally improving navigability in the Connecticut River Valley.  Consideration of these bills culminated, following committee report 1827 H 45, in the passage of St 1827, c 128 (1828), which authorized the Hampshire and Hampden Canal Company to construct and maintain a canal from Northampton to the northern border of the Commonwealth.  Legislative files are documents referred to or created by the committee during these considerations.
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