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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1641 FILED ON: 1/18/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3476
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Susannah M. Whipps
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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 adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act providing for a Red Shield/Blue Shield license plate to survivors of firefighters and
police officers who have died in the line of duty.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Susannah M. Whipps2nd Franklin1/18/2023Vanna Howard17th Middlesex2/1/2023 1 of 1
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1641 FILED ON: 1/18/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3476
By Representative Whipps of Athol, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3476) of
Susannah M. Whipps and Vanna Howard relative to providing for a red shield/blue shield license
plate to survivors of firefighters and police officers who died in the line of duty. Transportation.
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 3630 OF 2021-2022.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)
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An Act providing for a Red Shield/Blue Shield license plate to survivors of firefighters and
police officers who have died in the line of duty.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 SECTION 1. Section 2 of Chapter 90 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2014
2Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting, after paragraph twenty, the following
3paragraph:-
4 The registrar shall furnish without charge to the owner of a private passenger motor
5vehicle who is a parent, child, sibling, grandchild or spouse of a paid professional firefighter or
6call firefighter or police officer or reserve police officer who has died in the line-of-duty, upon
7presentation of satisfactory evidence of such status as determined by the registrar, a distinctive
8license plate bearing a design approved by the Registrar.