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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3325 FILED ON: 1/17/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3649
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Michael S. Day
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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 limiting autonomous driving capabilities to zero emission and electric vehicles.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Michael S. Day31st Middlesex1/17/2025 1 of 2
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3325 FILED ON: 1/17/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3649
By Representative Day of Stoneham, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3649) of
Michael S. Day relative to limiting autonomous driving capabilities to zero emission and electric
vehicles. Transportation.
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 3298 OF 2023-2024.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
(2025-2026)
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An Act limiting autonomous driving capabilities to zero emission and electric vehicles.
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 1 of chapter 90 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022
2Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the definition of “Automobile transporter”
3the following 2 definitions:-
4 “Autonomous technology,” technology installed on a motor vehicle that has the
5capability to control the motor vehicle on which the technology is installed, without the active
6control or monitoring by a human operator; provided, however, that “autonomous technology”
7shall not include active safety or driver assistance technology, including, electronic blind spot
8assistance, crash avoidance, emergency braking, parking assistance, adaptive cruise control, lane
9keep assistance, lane departure warning, or traffic jam and queuing assistant, unless any of the 2 of 2
10technology, alone or in combination with other technology, enables the motor vehicle on which
11the technology is installed to drive without the active control or monitoring by a human operator.
12 “Autonomous vehicle,” any motor vehicle equipped with autonomous technology.
13 SECTION 2. Said section 1 of said chapter 90, as so appearing, is hereby further
14amended by inserting after the definition of “Way” the following definition:-
15 “Zero emission vehicle”, a battery electric vehicle, a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle or a
16fuel cell vehicle.
17 SECTION 3. Said chapter 90 is hereby further amended by inserting after section 19L the
18following section:-
19 Section 19M. An autonomous vehicle operated on the ways of the commonwealth shall
20be a zero emission vehicle.