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SENATE DOCKET, NO. 846 FILED ON: 1/18/2023
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2206
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Joanne M. Comerford
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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 prohibiting video recording or broadcasting while driving.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Joanne M. ComerfordHampshire, Franklin and Worcester 1 of 1
SENATE DOCKET, NO. 846 FILED ON: 1/18/2023
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2206
By Ms. Comerford, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2206) of Joanne M. Comerford
for legislation to prohibit video recording or broadcasting while driving. Transportation.
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. 2733 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 prohibiting video recording or broadcasting while driving.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 Subsection (a) of section 13B of chapter 90 of the General Laws, as appearing in the
22020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the third sentence the following
3sentence:- No operator of a motor vehicle shall record or broadcast video of themselves on a
4mobile electronic device; provided, however, subject to the provisions of section 99 of chapter
5272, nothing in this sentence shall prevent the use of a mounted electronic device to continuously
6record or broadcast video for the purpose of monitoring traffic outside or passengers within the
7motor vehicle; provided further, that nothing in this sentence shall abrogate or be construed to
8diminish, restrict or abrogate any right to record or broadcast that is otherwise protected by state
9or federal law; and provided further, that an operator may record or broadcast video in an
10emergency or exigent circumstance, or when it is so clearly in the public interest as to override
11the public safety purpose of this sentence.