By Representative Decker of Cambridge, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3314) of Marjorie C. Decker relative to financial disclosures by certain public officials and employees. State Administration and Regulatory Oversight.
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Date
Branch
Action
3/9/2026
House
3/9/2026 HouseAccompanied a study order, see H5184↗
10/29/2025
Joint
10/29/2025 JointHearing rescheduled to 11/05/2025 from 10:30 AM-01:00 PM in B-2 and Virtual — Hearing location changed
10/27/2025
Joint
10/27/2025 JointHearing scheduled for 11/05/2025 from 10:30 AM-01:00 PM in A-2
2/27/2025
Senate
2/27/2025 SenateSenate concurred
2/27/2025
House
2/27/2025 HouseReferred to the committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight
Section 1 of chapter 268B of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended in the definition of “Amount”, by striking out “greater than $1,000 but not more than $5,000; greater than $5,000 but not more than $10,000; greater than $10,000 but not more than $20,000; greater than $20,000 but not more than $40,000; greater than $40,000 but not more than $60,000; greater than $60,000 but not more than $100,000; greater than $100,000” and inserting in place thereof the following words “rounded to the nearest $10,000, or to the nearest $1,000 if less than $10,000”
▸SECTION 2
Section 3 of said chapter 268B of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by replacing subsection (d) with the following words:- make statements and reports filed with the commission available for public inspection via download online for free or for in person public inspection and copying during regular office hours upon the written request of any individual, at a charge not to exceed the actual administrative and material costs required in reproducing said statements and reports; provided, however, that the commission may make statements and reports filed with the commission available by electronic mail in a read-only format upon the written request of any individual that delivers the request by electronic mail; provided, however, that the commission shall be authorized, in its discretion, to exempt from public disclosure those portions of a statement of financial interest filed pursuant to section five which contain the home address of the filer; and provided, further, that the commission shall not notify the person whose statement has been examined.
▸SECTION 3
Subsection (g) of section 5 of said chapter 268B of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the words “fair market value of greater than one thousand dollars”, and inserting in place thereof the following words:- aggregate fair market value, with the value of an investment considered the sum of individual units owned, of greater than one thousand dollars.
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Section 1. Section 1 of chapter 268B of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended in the definition of “Amount”, by striking out “greater than $1,000 but not more than $5,000; greater than $5,000 but not more than $10,000; greater than $10,000 but not more than $20,000; greater than $20,000 but not more than $40,000; greater than $40,000 but not more than $60,000; greater than $60,000 but not more than $100,000; greater than $100,000” and inserting in place thereof the following words “rounded to the nearest $10,000, or to the nearest $1,000 if less than $10,000”
Section 2. Section 3 of said chapter 268B of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by replacing subsection (d) with the following words:- make statements and reports filed with the commission available for public inspection via download online for free or for in person public inspection and copying during regular office hours upon the written request of any individual, at a charge not to exceed the actual administrative and material costs required in reproducing said statements and reports; provided, however, that the commission may make statements and reports filed with the commission available by electronic mail in a read-only format upon the written request of any individual that delivers the request by electronic mail; provided, however, that the commission shall be authorized, in its discretion, to exempt from public disclosure those portions of a statement of financial interest filed pursuant to section five which contain the home address of the filer; and provided, further, that the commission shall not notify the person whose statement has been examined.
Section 3. Subsection (g) of section 5 of said chapter 268B of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the words “fair market value of greater than one thousand dollars”, and inserting in place thereof the following words:- aggregate fair market value, with the value of an investment considered the sum of individual units owned, of greater than one thousand dollars.