MA H3135

Bill

MA H3135

Relative to limiting public records requests

Introduced
03/29/2021

In Committee
03/29/2021

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2022

Introduced Session

192nd General Court

Bill Summary

Relative to limiting public records requests. State Administration and Regulatory Oversight.

AI Summary

This bill aims to limit public records requests by clarifying that a request must be for identifiable records, and that a request for all or substantially all records of an agency is not considered a valid request for identifiable records under the state's public records law. The bill specifies that a request for all records regarding a particular topic or containing a specific keyword or name would not be considered a request for all of an agency's records.

Committee Categories

Government Affairs

Sponsors (1)

Shawn Dooley (R)*,

Last Action

Accompanied a study order, see H4969 (on 09/08/2022)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H3135

(9 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H3135
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H3135.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H3110	Further regulating access to public records	No further action taken	Similar To
H3207	Relative to restricted vital records	Amended by substitution of a bill with the same title, see H5355	Similar To
H3239	To apply the public records law to the legislature	Accompanied a study order, see H4969	Similar To
H4969	Study Order	No further action taken	Replaced by
S2009	Relative to facilitating access to public records	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S2034	Relative to increasing transparency in public construction	Accompanied H3112	Similar To
S2048	To apply the public records law to the legislature	Accompanied a study order, see S2681	Similar To
S2107	Expanding the public records law	Accompanied a study order, see S2681	Similar To
S2194	Relative to municipal light plants	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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