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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 224 FILED ON: 1/7/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3712
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Patrick Joseph Kearney
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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 relative to bicycle safety.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Patrick Joseph Kearney4th Plymouth1/7/2025 1 of 2
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 224 FILED ON: 1/7/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3712
By Representative Kearney of Scituate, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3712) of
Patrick Joseph Kearney relative to bicycle safety. Transportation.
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 3357 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 relative to bicycle safety.
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 11B of chapter 85 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020
2Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 71 and 72, the words “either a lamp
3emitting a red light, or” and inserting in place thereof the following words: “a lamp emitting a
4red light and.”
5 SECTION 2: Section 11B of chapter 85 of the General Laws is also hereby amended by
6inserting a new subsection between subsection (9) and subsection (10), which will read: “No
7retailer, distributor, wholesaler, or manufacturer in this state shall sell or offer for sale any
8bicycle unless such bicycle is equipped with lamps and reflectors as required by Subsection (8)
9and (9) of this Section.”
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11 SECTION 3: Subsection (11) of section 11B of chapter 85 of the General Laws, as
12appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out in line 110 the
13following words: “twenty dollars” and inserting the following words: “fifty dollars.”