diff --git a/.github/hooks/commit-msg b/.github/hooks/commit-msg
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Define the regular expression for Jira ticket numbers
+REGEX="MAT-[0-9]+\s.*"
+
+# Extract the commit message
+MESSAGE=$(cat "$1")
+
+# Check if the message contains a valid Jira ticket number
+if [[ ! $MESSAGE =~ $REGEX ]]; then
+  echo "ERROR: Commit message must contain a valid Jira ticket number (e.g., ABC-123)"
+  echo "Please follow the format: <Jira ticket number>: <commit message>"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# Allow the commit if the check passes
+exit 0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/commit_message_validation.yml b/.github/workflows/commit_message_validation.yml
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+name: validate git commit messages
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ main, develop ]
+
+jobs:
+  commit_message_validation:
+    name: validate git commit messages
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          ref: '${{ github.event.pull_request.base.ref }}'
+
+      - name: Execute message validation
+        run: |
+          # Checkout branch
+          git checkout -q ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }}
+          # Set variables
+          BASE_BRANCH=${{ github.event.pull_request.base.ref }}
+          msg_regex='MAT-[0-9]+\s.*'
+          # This list permits some commits
+          commit_static_permit_list="(^Merge pull request \#)|(^Merge remote-tracking\s.*)|(^Merge branch)|(^Revert \")"
+          # Initialize invalidCommit as false, will be set to true by any invalid commits
+          invalidCommit=false
+          CURRENT_BRANCH=$(git branch | grep ^\* | cut -d "*" -f 2 | cut -d " " -f 2)
+          # Find hash of commit most common ancestor, e.g. where branch began
+          BRANCH_MERGE_BASE=$(git merge-base ${BASE_BRANCH} ${CURRENT_BRANCH})
+          # Find all commits since common ancestor
+          BRANCH_COMMITS=$(git rev-list ${BRANCH_MERGE_BASE}..HEAD)
+          # Check every commit message since ancestor for regex match
+          for commit in $BRANCH_COMMITS; do
+            # Check if ticket in static permit-list for non-Jira commit_sha
+            if $(git log --max-count=1 --format=%B $commit | grep -iqE "$commit_static_permit_list"); then
+              : #If commit matches regex, commit is valid, do nothing
+            elif git log --max-count=1 --format=%B $commit | tr '[a-z]' '[A-Z]' | grep -iqE "$msg_regex"; then
+              : #If commit matches regex, commit is valid, do nothing
+            else
+              # If commit doesn't match regex, commit isn't valid, print commit info
+              echo "************"
+              printf "Invalid commit message: \"%s\" and hash: %s\n" "$(git log --max-count=1 --format=%B $commit)" "$commit"
+              echo "************"
+              # Set this variable to trigger rejection if any commit fails regex
+              invalidCommit=true
+            fi
+          done
+
+          # If any commit are invalid, print reject message
+          if [ "$invalidCommit" == true ]; then
+            echo "Your push was rejected because at least one commit message on this branch is invalid"
+            echo "Please fix the commit message(s) and push again."
+            echo "https://help.github.com/en/articles/changing-a-commit-message"
+            echo "************"
+            exit 1
+          elif [ "$invalidCommit" == false ]; then
+            echo "************"
+            echo "All commits are valid"
+            echo "************"
+            exit 0
+          fi
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