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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1878 FILED ON: 1/18/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1562
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Daniel J. Hunt
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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 reducing the storage of obsolete papers.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Daniel J. Hunt13th Suffolk1/17/2023 1 of 1
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1878 FILED ON: 1/18/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1562
By Representative Hunt of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1562) of Daniel
J. Hunt relative to reducing the storage of obsolete court papers. The Judiciary.
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 1672 OF 2021-2022.]
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 reducing the storage of obsolete papers.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 SECTION 1. Section 27A of chapter 221 of the General Laws, as amended by section
2124 of chapter 46 of the acts of 2015, is hereby further amended in paragraph (1) by adding at
3the end there of the following:- “The Supreme Judicial Court may by rule or order make
4exceptions to this ten year retention requirement for papers filed in or relating to matters
5involving alleged violations of laws, rules or regulations regarding motor vehicle civil
6infractions, motor vehicle parking, littering, bicycles, pedestrians, municipal dog control, or non-
7criminal dispositions of municipal ordinance or by-law violations, or other non-criminal
8regulatory offenses.”