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SENATE DOCKET, NO. 854 FILED ON: 1/14/2025
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2119
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Joanne M. Comerford
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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 providing for transparency and geographic equity in all state grant funding.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Joanne M. ComerfordHampshire, Franklin and WorcesterMindy Domb3rd Hampshire2/10/2025 1 of 2
SENATE DOCKET, NO. 854 FILED ON: 1/14/2025
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2119
By Ms. Comerford, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2119) of Joanne M. Comerford
and Mindy Domb for legislation to provide for transparency and geographic equity in all state
grant funding by updating a public, interactive dashboard with data on all grant awards. State
Administration and Regulatory Oversight.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
(2025-2026)
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An Act providing for transparency and geographic equity in all state grant funding.
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. Chapter 7 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section
24S the following section:-
3 Section 4T.(a) As used in this section, the following words shall, unless the context
4clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings:
5 “Executive agencies”, all departments, commissions, offices, boards, divisions,
6institutions and other agencies within the executive department of the government of the
7commonwealth.
8 “The office”, the executive office for administration and finance.
9 (b) The office shall establish and, on an annual basis or on a more frequent basis as
10determined by the secretary, update a public, interactive dashboard with aggregate and
11disaggregated data on all grant awards made by executive agencies and all quasi-public agencies 2 of 2
12of the commonwealth that fiscal year. Executive agencies and all quasi-public agencies of the
13commonwealth shall furnish the office with all data requested by the office that is needed to
14populate the dashboard. The dashboard shall be hosted on the office’s website and the data shall
15be downloadable by members of the public. Data included in the dashboard shall be sortable by
16different categories to provide for additional analysis, including, but not limited to, analysis of
17geographic equity in state grant funding, and identification of patterns and trends. Said categories
18shall include, but not be limited to: (i) year over year changes in funding for specific grant
19programs; (ii) total and per capita grant awards by municipality; (iii) total and per capita grant
20awards by county; (iv) executive agency or quasi-public agency of the commonwealth
21responsible for administering the grant; (v) grant topic, such as education, agriculture, health, or
22environment; and (vi) total amount of grant funding available for that fiscal year versus total
23amount of grant funding appropriated.
24 (c) The office shall provide an annual report to the house and senate committees on ways
25and means, the joint committee on municipalities and regional government and the clerks of the
26house and the senate, not later than October 31, on geographic equity in all state grant awards.
27The report shall provide an overview of grant funding awards from the past fiscal year,
28including, but not limited to, comprehensive summaries of the information required by clauses i
29to vi, inclusive, of this act, and recommendations for increasing geographic equity in grant
30awards and grant distribution in the next fiscal year. The office shall make the report publicly
31available on its website.
32 SECTION 2. The dashboard referenced in section 1 of this act shall be established and
33hosted on the executive office for administration and finance’s website no later than 1 year after
34the effective date of this act.