MA H2740

Bill

Promoting governmental efficiency

Introduced
01/22/2019

In Committee
01/22/2019

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

191st General Court

Bill Summary

Relative to open meeting law violation complaints. State Administration and Regulatory Oversight.

AI Summary

This bill amends the Open Meeting Law in Massachusetts to: 1. Establish a process for individuals to file complaints with public bodies alleging violations of the Open Meeting Law, including requirements for the content and submission of complaints, and the public body's response timeline and remedial actions. 2. Clarify that the Attorney General can review a public body's response to a complaint or order a public body to respond to a complaint. 3. Remove a provision that exempts certain records requests from the public records law if they are not intended for broad dissemination of information about government activity. The bill aims to promote governmental efficiency and transparency by streamlining the process for addressing Open Meeting Law complaints and expanding access to public records.

Committee Categories

Government Affairs

Sponsors (8)

Carolyn Dykema (D), Carmine Gentile (D), Kay Khan (D), Jack Lewis (D), David Linsky (D), Alice Peisch (D), Maria Robinson (D), Jeff Roy (D),

Last Action

Accompanied a new draft, see S2725 (on 06/01/2020)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H2740

(7 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H2740
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H2740.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H2677	Relative to the Open Meeting Law	Accompanied a study order, see H5103	Similar To
H2715	Relative to the opening meeting law	Accompanied a study order, see H5103	Similar To
S1828	Relative to government efficiency	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S1899	Promoting governmental efficiency	Accompanied a new draft, see S2725	Similar To
S1906	Establishing a commission on government accountability, economy, and efficiency	Accompanied a study order, see S2569	Similar To
S2725	Promoting governmental efficiency	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Replaced by
S720	To strengthen the management of the health care connector	Ought NOT to pass (under Joint Rule 10) and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session	Similar To

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