Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Massachusetts House Bill H3314 Compare Versions

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2	2	HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4249 FILED ON: 1/17/2025
3	3	HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3314
4	4	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
5	5	_________________
6	6	PRESENTED BY:
7	7	Marjorie C. Decker
8	8	_________________
9	9	To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
10	10	Court assembled:
11	11	The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
12	12	An Act relative to financial transparency.
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14	14	PETITION OF:
15	15	NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Marjorie C. Decker25th Middlesex1/17/2025 1 of 2
16	16	HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4249 FILED ON: 1/17/2025
17	17	HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3314
18	18	By Representative Decker of Cambridge, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3314) of
19	19	Marjorie C. Decker relative to financial disclosures by certain public officials and employees.
20	20	State Administration and Regulatory Oversight.
21	21	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
22	22	_______________
23	23	In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
24	24	(2025-2026)
25	25	_______________
26	26	An Act relative to financial transparency.
27	27	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
28	28	of the same, as follows:
29	29	1 Section 1. Section 1 of chapter 268B of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022
30	30	2Official Edition, is hereby amended in the definition of “Amount”, by striking out “greater than
31	31	3$1,000 but not more than $5,000; greater than $5,000 but not more than $10,000; greater than
32	32	4$10,000 but not more than $20,000; greater than $20,000 but not more than $40,000; greater than
33	33	5$40,000 but not more than $60,000; greater than $60,000 but not more than $100,000; greater
34	34	6than $100,000” and inserting in place thereof the following words “rounded to the nearest
35	35	7$10,000, or to the nearest $1,000 if less than $10,000”
36	36	8 Section 2. Section 3 of said chapter 268B of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022
37	37	9Official Edition, is hereby amended by replacing subsection (d) with the following words:- make
38	38	10statements and reports filed with the commission available for public inspection via download
39	39	11online for free or for in person public inspection and copying during regular office hours upon
40	40	12the written request of any individual, at a charge not to exceed the actual administrative and 2 of 2
41	41	13material costs required in reproducing said statements and reports; provided, however, that the
42	42	14commission may make statements and reports filed with the commission available by electronic
43	43	15mail in a read-only format upon the written request of any individual that delivers the request by
44	44	16electronic mail; provided, however, that the commission shall be authorized, in its discretion, to
45	45	17exempt from public disclosure those portions of a statement of financial interest filed pursuant to
46	46	18section five which contain the home address of the filer; and provided, further, that the
47	47	19commission shall not notify the person whose statement has been examined.
48	48	20 Section 3. Subsection (g) of section 5 of said chapter 268B of the General Laws, as
49	49	21appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the words “fair market
50	50	22value of greater than one thousand dollars”, and inserting in place thereof the following words:-
51	51	23aggregate fair market value, with the value of an investment considered the sum of individual
52	52	24units owned, of greater than one thousand dollars.