REPORT of the SPECIAL JOINT COMMITTEE on INITIATIVE PETITIONS on the INITIATIVE PETITION of DANIELLE SUSAN ALLEN AND OTHERS FOR THE PASSAGE OF AN ACT TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO PUBLIC RECORDS (see House, No. 5004).

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The Special Joint Committee on Initiative Petitions issued a majority report recommending that the General Court reject Initiative Petition 25‑14 (House 5004), which seeks to subject the Governor’s office and the Legislature to the public records law while adding two narrow exemptions. The committee argues the exemptions are of limited benefit, could chill communication, raise separation‑of‑powers concerns, and impose administrative burdens. Rejecting the petition would keep the current public‑records framework unchanged.

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