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MA S506
Bill
AI Summary
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Requires any person, corporation, or organization spending $1,000 or more to influence town meeting warrant articles to file disclosure reports with the town clerk
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Reports must include dates, amounts, purposes of expenditures, and full names and addresses of both spenders and contributors
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Filing deadlines: monthly on the 5th for prior month activity, 5 days before town meeting (complete through 7 days prior), and final report 30 days after the meeting
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Exempts government officers, employees, and agents acting in their official or private capacity regarding warrant articles
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Violations punishable by up to 1 year imprisonment, fine up to $1,000, or both
Legislative Description
Relative to dark money in local government
Last Action
Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
11/24/2025