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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1771 FILED ON: 1/15/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3811
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Thomas P. Walsh
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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 establishing the Blue Star Family license plate.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Thomas P. Walsh12th Essex1/15/2025Adrianne Pusateri Ramos14th Essex3/12/2025 1 of 2
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1771 FILED ON: 1/15/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3811
By Representative Walsh of Peabody, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3811) of
Thomas P. Walsh relative to establishing the Blue Star Family license plate in honor of police
officers killed in the line of duty. Transportation.
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 3473 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 establishing the Blue Star Family license plate.
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 2 of chapter 90 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after line
2671, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, the following paragraph:-
3 The registrar shall furnish without charge to the owner of a private passenger motor
4vehicle who is a parent, child, sibling, or spouse of a police officer of a police department of any
5city or town, the department of state police, university police, or the Massachusetts bay
6transportation authority police department, who has been killed in the line of duty, upon
7presentation of satisfactory evidence to the registrar, a distinctive registration plate that reads
8"Blue Star Family" for 1 private passenger motor vehicle owned and principally used by that
9person or a distinctive "Blue Star Family" emblem to be affixed to a registration plate for a
10motorcycle privately owned and principally used by that person. The registrar may issue a 2 of 2
11distinctive "Blue Star Family" registration of up to 6 characters for 1 private passenger motor
12vehicle owned and principally used by that person. A police officer shall be determined to have
13been killed in the line of duty for purposes of this paragraph if the circumstance meets those
14which would make them eligible to be placed on the National Law Enforcement Memorial in
15Washington D.C.