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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1621 FILED ON: 1/15/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3672 |
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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 | | Homar Gómez |
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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 to reduce traffic fatalities. |
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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:Homar Gómez2nd Hampshire1/15/2025Steven J. Ouellette8th Bristol1/15/2025Francisco E. Paulino16th Essex1/15/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1621 FILED ON: 1/15/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3672 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Gómez of Easthampton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3672) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Homar Gómez, Steven J. Ouellette and Francisco E. Paulino relative to traffic fatalities. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Transportation. |
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| 21 | 21 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 22 | 22 | | _______________ |
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| 23 | 23 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | An Act to reduce traffic fatalities. |
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| 27 | 27 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 28 | 28 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 29 | 29 | | 1 1 SECTION |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2 Said section 1 of said chapter 90, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by inserting |
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| 31 | 31 | | 3into the definition of “Vulnerable user” after the phrase “motorized bicycle” the word |
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| 32 | 32 | | 4“Snowmobile”, so as to read as follows: |
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| 33 | 33 | | 5 “Vulnerable user”, |
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| 34 | 34 | | 6 (i) a pedestrian, including a person actually engaged in work upon a |
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| 35 | 35 | | 7 way or upon utility facilities along a way or engaged in the provision of emergency |
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| 36 | 36 | | 8services |
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| 37 | 37 | | 9 within the way; or 2 of 2 |
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| 38 | 38 | | 10 (ii) a person operating a bicycle, handcycle, tricycle, skateboard, roller skates, in-line |
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| 39 | 39 | | 11skates, non-motorized scooter, wheelchair, electric personal assistive mobility device, horse, |
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| 40 | 40 | | 12horse-drawn carriage, motorized bicycle, Snowmobile, motorized scooter or farm tractor or |
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| 41 | 41 | | 13similar vehicle designed primarily for farm use. |
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| 42 | 42 | | 14 10 SECTION 2. Section 1shall take effect on January 1, 2026. |
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