Public Records Requirements for Legislature and Governor’s Office Initiative – The initiative would require that records the state legislature and the governor’s office hold be public records. As of 2026, documents held by government agencies are considered public records and are subject to legal access requirements, but documents held by the state legislature and the governor’s office are exempt from this requirement.
VOTE YES ON 1 to expand the public records law to cover the Governor and the Legislature. We’re the only state in the country that doesn’t do that already. Let the sunlight in.
League of Women’s Voters and Progressive Mass both recommend a YES vote.