{"AmendmentNumber":"18","ParentBillNumber":"S3200","Bill":null,"Sponsor":{"Id":"BET0","Name":"Bruce E. Tarr","Type":1,"Details":"https://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/194/LegislativeMembers/BET0","ResponseDate":"2026-07-28T16:23:47.957"},"Category":null,"Action":null,"RollCall":[],"Title":"Public Records application to the general court","Branch":"Senate","RedraftNumber":1,"IsFurther":false,"GeneralCourtNumber":194,"Text":"Mr. Tarr moves that the proposed new text be amended by striking section 3 in its entirety and inserting in place thereof the following:-\r\n\"SECTION 3. Section 7 of chapter 4 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out, in line 275, as appearing in the 2024 Official Edition, the word “sixty-six” and inserting in place thereof the following words:-\r\n66; provided, however, that public records of the general court shall be subject to disclosure under this chapter and chapter 66; provided further, that the general court may withhold a record, in whole or in part, if disclosure would be inconsistent with Article XXI of the Declaration of Rights of the Constitution of the Commonwealth, or if the record falls within any exemption established in clause twenty-sixth of section 7 of chapter 4.\r\nmoves to further amend by inserting after section _ the following new section:-\r\nSECTION _.Said Clause Twenty-sixth of Section 7 of Chapter 4 is hereby further amended by adding the following two subparagraphs:\r\n(x) communications between a member of the general court, or such member's employee or agent, and a constituent, provided that the communications reasonably relate to a constituent's request for assistance in obtaining government-provided benefits or services or interacting with a state or federal agency;\r\n(y) communications, memoranda, drafts, or other documents relating to developing policy positions of members of the general court, the governor, or the judicial branch, subject to the temporal limitations set forth in section 24 of chapter 66\r\nmoves to further amend by striking lines 49-101 in SECTION 7\r\nmoves to further amend by striking lines 236-240 in their entirety\r\n"}