Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Massachusetts Senate Bill S2119 Compare Versions

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2	2	SENATE DOCKET, NO. 854 FILED ON: 1/14/2025
3	3	SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2119
4	4	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
5	5	_________________
6	6	PRESENTED BY:
7	7	Joanne M. Comerford
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 providing for transparency and geographic equity in all state grant funding.
13	13	_______________
14	14	PETITION OF:
15	15	NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Joanne M. ComerfordHampshire, Franklin and WorcesterMindy Domb3rd Hampshire2/10/2025 1 of 2
16	16	SENATE DOCKET, NO. 854 FILED ON: 1/14/2025
17	17	SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2119
18	18	By Ms. Comerford, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2119) of Joanne M. Comerford
19	19	and Mindy Domb for legislation to provide for transparency and geographic equity in all state
20	20	grant funding by updating a public, interactive dashboard with data on all grant awards. State
21	21	Administration and Regulatory Oversight.
22	22	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
23	23	_______________
24	24	In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
25	25	(2025-2026)
26	26	_______________
27	27	An Act providing for transparency and geographic equity in all state grant funding.
28	28	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
29	29	of the same, as follows:
30	30	1 SECTION 1. Chapter 7 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section
31	31	24S the following section:-
32	32	3 Section 4T.(a) As used in this section, the following words shall, unless the context
33	33	4clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings:
34	34	5 “Executive agencies”, all departments, commissions, offices, boards, divisions,
35	35	6institutions and other agencies within the executive department of the government of the
36	36	7commonwealth.
37	37	8 “The office”, the executive office for administration and finance.
38	38	9 (b) The office shall establish and, on an annual basis or on a more frequent basis as
39	39	10determined by the secretary, update a public, interactive dashboard with aggregate and
40	40	11disaggregated data on all grant awards made by executive agencies and all quasi-public agencies 2 of 2
41	41	12of the commonwealth that fiscal year. Executive agencies and all quasi-public agencies of the
42	42	13commonwealth shall furnish the office with all data requested by the office that is needed to
43	43	14populate the dashboard. The dashboard shall be hosted on the office’s website and the data shall
44	44	15be downloadable by members of the public. Data included in the dashboard shall be sortable by
45	45	16different categories to provide for additional analysis, including, but not limited to, analysis of
46	46	17geographic equity in state grant funding, and identification of patterns and trends. Said categories
47	47	18shall include, but not be limited to: (i) year over year changes in funding for specific grant
48	48	19programs; (ii) total and per capita grant awards by municipality; (iii) total and per capita grant
49	49	20awards by county; (iv) executive agency or quasi-public agency of the commonwealth
50	50	21responsible for administering the grant; (v) grant topic, such as education, agriculture, health, or
51	51	22environment; and (vi) total amount of grant funding available for that fiscal year versus total
52	52	23amount of grant funding appropriated.
53	53	24 (c) The office shall provide an annual report to the house and senate committees on ways
54	54	25and means, the joint committee on municipalities and regional government and the clerks of the
55	55	26house and the senate, not later than October 31, on geographic equity in all state grant awards.
56	56	27The report shall provide an overview of grant funding awards from the past fiscal year,
57	57	28including, but not limited to, comprehensive summaries of the information required by clauses i
58	58	29to vi, inclusive, of this act, and recommendations for increasing geographic equity in grant
59	59	30awards and grant distribution in the next fiscal year. The office shall make the report publicly
60	60	31available on its website.
61	61	32 SECTION 2. The dashboard referenced in section 1 of this act shall be established and
62	62	33hosted on the executive office for administration and finance’s website no later than 1 year after
63	63	34the effective date of this act.