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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1621 FILED ON: 1/15/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3672
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Homar Gómez
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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 to reduce traffic fatalities.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Homar Gómez2nd Hampshire1/15/2025Steven J. Ouellette8th Bristol1/15/2025Francisco E. Paulino16th Essex1/15/2025 1 of 2
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1621 FILED ON: 1/15/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3672
By Representative Gómez of Easthampton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3672) of
Homar Gómez, Steven J. Ouellette and Francisco E. Paulino relative to traffic fatalities.
Transportation.
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 to reduce traffic fatalities.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 1 SECTION
2 Said section 1 of said chapter 90, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by inserting
3into the definition of “Vulnerable user” after the phrase “motorized bicycle” the word
4“Snowmobile”, so as to read as follows:
5 “Vulnerable user”,
6 (i) a pedestrian, including a person actually engaged in work upon a
7 way or upon utility facilities along a way or engaged in the provision of emergency
8services
9 within the way; or 2 of 2
10 (ii) a person operating a bicycle, handcycle, tricycle, skateboard, roller skates, in-line
11skates, non-motorized scooter, wheelchair, electric personal assistive mobility device, horse,
12horse-drawn carriage, motorized bicycle, Snowmobile, motorized scooter or farm tractor or
13similar vehicle designed primarily for farm use.
14 10 SECTION 2. Section 1shall take effect on January 1, 2026.