HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3929        FILED ON: 1/20/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3033

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Sean Garballey and Mindy Domb

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act relating to public access to historical records.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Sean Garballey

23rd Middlesex

1/20/2023

Mindy Domb

3rd Hampshire

1/20/2023

Michael J. Finn

6th Hampden

1/26/2023

Ruth B. Balser

12th Middlesex

1/26/2023

Lindsay N. Sabadosa

1st Hampshire

1/26/2023

Steven Owens

29th Middlesex

1/26/2023

Josh S. Cutler

6th Plymouth

1/26/2023

Kay Khan

11th Middlesex

1/27/2023

Steven Ultrino

33rd Middlesex

1/30/2023

Christine P. Barber

34th Middlesex

1/30/2023

Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.

12th Hampden

2/2/2023

Antonio F. D. Cabral

13th Bristol

2/2/2023

Hannah Kane

11th Worcester

2/6/2023

Thomas M. Stanley

9th Middlesex

2/6/2023

Joanne M. Comerford

Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester

2/8/2023

Brian M. Ashe

2nd Hampden

2/13/2023

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

2/13/2023

Brian W. Murray

10th Worcester

2/17/2023

Kevin G. Honan

17th Suffolk

3/19/2023

Adrian C. Madaro

1st Suffolk

5/18/2023

David Allen Robertson

19th Middlesex

6/5/2023

Jacob R. Oliveira

Hampden, Hampshire and Worcester

7/27/2023


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3929        FILED ON: 1/20/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3033

By Representatives Garballey of Arlington and Domb of Amherst, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3033) of Sean Garballey, Mindy Domb and others for legislation to further regulate public access to historical records.  State Administration and Regulatory Oversight.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)

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An Act relating to public access to historical records.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1. Section 7 of Chapter 66 of the General Laws, is hereby amended by inserting at the end thereto the following sentence: All records in the custody of the state secretary shall be open to public inspection and available for copying after the expiration of seventy-five years from creation of the record.