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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2231 FILED ON: 1/19/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3082
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Kate Lipper-Garabedian
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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 regarding information governance.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Kate Lipper-Garabedian32nd Middlesex1/19/2023 1 of 2
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2231 FILED ON: 1/19/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3082
By Representative Lipper-Garabedian of Melrose, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
3082) of Kate Lipper-Garabedian for legislation to authorize public agencies and municipalities
to create, implement, maintain, and enforce a comprehensive information governance plan for
public records. State Administration and Regulatory Oversight.
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 3195 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 regarding information governance.
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 7 of Chapter 4 of the General Laws is hereby amended in clause
2twenty-sixth by inserting the following subclause:-
3 (k) protected by the attorney-client privilege, the work product doctrine, or other
4doctrinal protection from disclosure;
5 SECTION 2. Chapter 66 of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding the following
6section:-
7 Section 2. (a) For purposes of this section, the term “information governance
8plan” or “IG plan” shall mean a comprehensive set of protocols for the efficient retention and 2 of 2
9routine disposal of documents and data existing in any format or medium, whether or not said
10documents and data are deemed public records as defined in clause twenty-sixth of section 7 of
11chapter 4.
12 (b) Each agency and municipality subject to the requirements of this chapter with
13regard to public records shall create, implement, maintain, and enforce a comprehensive
14information governance plan, including, at minimum, protocols for: storage, naming, privacy,
15security, routine disposal and methods for halting that disposal when necessary, and appropriate
16sharing of documents and data existing in any format or medium.
17 (c) The IG plan shall comply with the state records retention schedule published
18and maintained by the secretary of the commonwealth.
19 (d) The IG plan shall itself be a public record, provided that any portions thereof
20protected from disclosure by one of the exemptions set forth in clause twenty-sixth of section 7
21of chapter 4 may be redacted prior to production.
22 (e) The Attorney General shall enforce the provisions of this section.