{"AmendmentNumber":"9","ParentBillNumber":"S3200","Bill":null,"Sponsor":{"Id":"JFK0","Name":"John F. Keenan","Type":1,"Details":"https://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/194/LegislativeMembers/JFK0","ResponseDate":"2026-07-24T17:00:05.537"},"Category":null,"Action":null,"RollCall":[],"Title":"Legislative Records Presumed Public","Branch":"Senate","RedraftNumber":null,"IsFurther":false,"GeneralCourtNumber":194,"Text":"Mr. Keenan moves that the proposed new text be amended in section 7, by striking subsection (e)(5), and inserting in place thereof the following subsection:- \"(5) A requester aggrieved by a final determination of the legislative records access officer may petition the supreme judicial court for review of such determination, and the court shall have the original and exclusive jurisdiction to determine whether the withholding of a requested legislative record is in conformity with this section. In any action filed by a requestor pursuant to this section:\r\n(i) the court shall, when feasible, expedite the proceeding;\r\n(ii) the court shall determine the propriety of the determination of the legislative records access officer de novo; and\r\n(iii) a presumption shall exist that each legislative record sought is public and the burden shall be on the legislative records access officer to prove, by a preponderance of the evidence, that such legislative record or portion of the legislative record may be withheld in accordance with this section.\".\r\n"}