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Senate temporary rules committee proposes transparency and timing changes to speed and open legislative process
Summary
The Massachusetts Senate’s temporary rules committee on Jan. 14 presented a package of reforms to increase transparency and extend deadlines, including posting joint-committee votes online, publishing bill summaries, and adding cybersecurity training for legislative offices.
The Massachusetts Senate’s temporary rules committee on Jan. 14 presented a package of changes intended to increase transparency, extend notice for joint committee hearings, and give the Legislature more time to work on bills.
Committee chair Senator Joan B. Lovely framed the proposal as a transparency and efficiency package: “The Massachusetts senate is committed to creating a more affordable, equitable, and competitive commonwealth,” she said, and described rules that would require posting senators’ votes in joint committees online, make Ways and Means bill summaries publicly available, and require cybersecurity training for each senator’s…
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