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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2832 FILED ON: 1/16/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3642 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Rob Consalvo |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act relative to retrofit headlights in vehicles. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Rob Consalvo14th Suffolk1/16/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2832 FILED ON: 1/16/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3642 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Consalvo of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3642) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Rob Consalvo relative to retrofit headlights in motor vehicles. Transportation. |
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| 20 | 20 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 21 | 21 | | _______________ |
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| 22 | 22 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 23 | 23 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | An Act relative to retrofit headlights in vehicles. |
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| 26 | 26 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 27 | 27 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 28 | 28 | | 1 SECTION 1. Section 7 of chapter 90 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 |
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| 29 | 29 | | 2Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting, in line 80, after the words “such way.” the |
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| 30 | 30 | | 3following sentence:- No motor vehicle so operated shall display a headlamp that: (i) flickers or |
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| 31 | 31 | | 4cannot reliably sustain a consistent brightness level; (ii) is improperly installed; (iii) does not |
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| 32 | 32 | | 5utilize pulse width modulation, or similar technology to prevent flickering; or (iv) does not meet |
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| 33 | 33 | | 6certain other quality standards, as determined by the registrar. |
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| 34 | 34 | | 7 SECTION 2. Said chapter 90 is hereby further amended by inserting after section 9D the |
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| 35 | 35 | | 8following section:- |
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| 36 | 36 | | 9 Section 9E. No person shall manufacture, sell or offer for sale or trade any motor vehicle |
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| 37 | 37 | | 10headlamp that: (i) flickers or cannot reliably sustain a consistent brightness level; (ii) does not |
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| 38 | 38 | | 11utilize pulse width modulation, or similar technology to prevent flickering; or (iii) does not meet |
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| 39 | 39 | | 12certain other quality standards, as determined by the registrar 2 of 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 13 SECTION 3. Not later than 180 days following the passage of this act, the registrar of |
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| 41 | 41 | | 14motor vehicles shall, pursuant to chapter 30A, promulgate regulations for the implementation of |
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| 42 | 42 | | 15this act, which shall include quality standards for motor vehicle headlamps. |
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