Bill Text: MA H2951 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: Taping and broadcasting legislative committee hearings
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-03-25 - Senate concurred [H2951 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-H2951-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Bradford R. Hill
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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 passage of the accompanying bill:
An Act relative to taping and broadcasting legislative committee hearings.
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
District/Address: |
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Bradford R. Hill |
4th Essex |
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Bruce E. Tarr |
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Todd M. Smola |
1st Hampden |
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Richard J. Ross |
9th Norfolk |
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act relative to taping and broadcasting legislative committee
hearings.
Be
it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court
assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1. Chapter 3 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 37 the following section:-
Section 37A. All committee hearings shall be videotaped and made available to community access cable networks for public viewing on public television or local access cable.
SECTION 2. Section 11A of chapter 30A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out in line 16 and 17 the words “the general court or the committees or recess commissions thereof or”
