Bill > H2753

This bill proposes to amend Section 18 of Chapter 30A of the General Laws, which defines what constitutes a "Public Body" under the open meeting law, a set of laws designed to ensure that the meetings of government bodies are open to the public. Specifically, the bill seeks to remove the exclusion of "the general court or the committees or recess committees thereof" from the definition of a public body, meaning that the General Court, which refers to the Massachusetts state legislature, and its committees, including those that meet between legislative sessions (recess committees), would now be subject to the open meeting law, requiring their proceedings to be publicly accessible.