Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Massachusetts House Bill H3747 Compare Versions

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2	2	HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2494 FILED ON: 1/16/2025
3	3	HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3747
4	4	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
5	5	_________________
6	6	PRESENTED BY:
7	7	Brian W. Murray
8	8	_________________
9	9	To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
10	10	Court assembled:
11	11	The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
12	12	An Act relative to duplicate license plates.
13	13	_______________
14	14	PETITION OF:
15	15	NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Brian W. Murray10th Worcester1/16/2025 1 of 2
16	16	HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2494 FILED ON: 1/16/2025
17	17	HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3747
18	18	By Representative Murray of Milford, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3747) of
19	19	Brian W. Murray relative to duplicate motor vehicle license plates. Transportation.
20	20	[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
21	21	SEE HOUSE, NO. 3433 OF 2023-2024.]
22	22	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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24	24	In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
25	25	(2025-2026)
26	26	_______________
27	27	An Act relative to duplicate license plates.
28	28	Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat its purpose, which is to
29	29	regulate the issuance of duplicate license plates, therefore it is hereby declared to be an
30	30	emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public safety.
31	31	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
32	32	of the same, as follows:
33	33	1 SECTION 1. Section 2 of chapter 90 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2018
34	34	2Official Edition, is hereby amended in line 156 by inserting after the word “provided,” the
35	35	3following:-
36	36	4 “that the registrar shall not furnish a number plate with the identical sequence of
37	37	5horizontally aligned alphanumeric characters as another active number plate; and provided
38	38	6further,”.
39	39	7 SECTION 2. The registrar shall issue a new registration number and number plates to a
40	40	8registrant, at the registrant’s option upon application, without charge, whose number plate shares 2 of 2
41	41	9the identical sequence of horizontally aligned alphanumeric characters with another active
42	42	10number plate.
43	43	11 SECTION 3. Not later than January 1, 2025, the registrar shall (i) identify all registrants
44	44	12with number plates that share the identical sequence of horizontally aligned alphanumeric
45	45	13characters with another active number plate and (ii) provide written notice to such registrants
46	46	14informing them of same and of the registrar’s obligations under section 2.
47	47	15 SECTION 4. Municipal, county, and state agencies and other governmental entities,
48	48	16including but not limited to law enforcement agencies and personnel, the Massachusetts
49	49	17department of transportation, and Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, and those acting
50	50	18on their behalf, shall include all vertically stacked characters that are part of a registration
51	51	19number and shall note whether a plate is a specialty, distinctive, commercial or other plate series
52	52	20when documenting or otherwise recording a motor vehicle or trailer plate number for the purpose
53	53	21of assessing any violation, fine, surcharge, toll, or fee.