Massachusetts 2023-2024 Regular Session

Massachusetts House Bill H4530

Introduced
4/29/24  
Refer
4/29/24  

Caption

Study Order

Impact

The bill seeks to potentially amend existing laws concerning vehicle registration and safety regulations by broadening the scope of investigation into various issues affecting motor vehicles. If enacted, the findings of the committee could lead to recommendations that shape future legislation, thereby impacting state laws regarding motor vehicle operations, registration standards, and safety protocols. This investigative study aims to present insights into improving transportation environment, particularly focusing on the needs of veterans and disabled individuals.

Summary

House Bill H4530 aims to authorize the committee on Transportation to conduct an investigative study concerning various aspects of vehicle registration plates and related matters. The bill facilitates the committee's ability to review a broad range of House documents that touch on topics such as veteran license plates, motor vehicle registrations for disabled individuals, and the enforcement of vehicle safety measures. This order implies a proactive approach toward addressing transportation-related issues that have emerged in recent discussions among representatives and stakeholders.

Contention

While the bill itself appears to focus on foundational investigations without immediate controversial points, the outcomes could lead to differing opinions on the best approaches to handle vehicle registration and safety matters. Stakeholders may have varying perspectives on how best to honor veterans through specific license plates or how to enforce regulations fairly for disabled drivers. Future legislative proposals may arise from the findings of the investigations that can ignite debates on state transportation policy.

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Replaces Relative to electronic license plates

MA H3324

Replaces Relative to the safety of autonomous vehicles

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Replaces Relative to personal delivery devices

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Replaces Relative to Disabled Veterans Plates and Placards

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Replaces Updating bicycle fines

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Replaces Relative to amateur radio operator license plates

MA H3427

Replaces To authorize firefighter motorcycle license plates

MA H3465

Replaces Relative to federally recognized Native American tribes

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Replaces Relative to the maintenance of private ways, bridges, and common amenities in municipalities

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Replaces Relative to the air medal license plate

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Replaces Relative to the study of traffic in East Bridgewater

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Replaces Relative to littering

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Replaces Relative to spare tires

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Replaces Establishing school zones for locomotives

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Replaces Relative to railroad crew transportation

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Replaces Relative to vehicle registration plates of veterans

MA H3341

Replaces Relative to bicycle safety

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Replaces Allowing cities and towns the authority to issue temporary parking identification placards to the temporarily disabled

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Replaces Relative to Route 128 interchange improvements

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Replaces Exempting veterans from the standard registration fee for veterans license plates

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Replaces Relative to driver education

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Replaces To establish the speed limit on certain highways

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Replaces Relative to roadway damage

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Replaces Relative to 2-person train crew size

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Replaces Relative to roadway safety

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Replaces Related to the enhancement of public safety to children in the vicinity of an attractive nuisance, a motor vehicle with the purpose of selling frozen desserts

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Replaces Authorizing the Department of Highways to acquire a certain dam in the town of Norwood

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Replaces Relative to commercial driver licensing

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Replaces Relative to the Lafayette Trail

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Replaces Establishing a study to modernize road repair

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Replaces Concerning the conversion of private ways to public ways

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Replaces Authorizing the City of Somerville to employ automated enforcement of speed limit violations in designated safety zones within the City of Somerville

MA H3257

Replaces Relative to the soundproofing program facilitated by the Massachusetts Port Authority

MA H3258

Replaces To regulate the training and supervision of snowmobiles

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Replaces Relative to the extension of the red line

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Replaces To allow hardship licenses and interlocking ignition devices on motorcycles

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Replaces Relative to The Ride service of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority

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Replaces Relative to motor vehicle negligence

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Replaces Relative to bicycle safety

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Replaces Establishing time limits for idling trains

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Replaces Relative to Chapter 90B

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Replaces Limiting autonomous driving capabilities to zero emission and electric vehicles

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Replaces Relative to transportation resiliency planning

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