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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 855 FILED ON: 1/14/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2349 |
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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 | | Joanne M. Comerford |
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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 prohibiting video recording or broadcasting while driving. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Joanne M. ComerfordHampshire, Franklin and Worcester 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 855 FILED ON: 1/14/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2349 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Ms. Comerford, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2349) of Joanne M. Comerford |
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| 19 | 19 | | for legislation to prohibit video recording or broadcasting while driving. Transportation. |
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| 20 | 20 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEE SENATE, NO. 2206 OF 2023-2024.] |
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| 22 | 22 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 23 | 23 | | _______________ |
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| 24 | 24 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 25 | 25 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 26 | 26 | | _______________ |
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| 27 | 27 | | An Act prohibiting video recording or broadcasting while driving. |
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| 28 | 28 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 29 | 29 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 30 | 30 | | 1 SECTION 1. Section 13B of chapter 90 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after subsection (a) the following 2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | 3subsections:- |
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| 33 | 33 | | 4 (a1/2) No operator of a motor vehicle shall record, broadcast, or otherwise capture |
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| 34 | 34 | | 5images or video of themselves. No operator shall wear, hold, or otherwise utilize or interact with |
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| 35 | 35 | | 6a spatial computer, or other augmented reality or mixed reality device, operating system, or |
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| 36 | 36 | | 7three-dimensional user interface. |
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| 37 | 37 | | 8 (a3/4) An operator shall not view video, images or text unrelated to the operation, |
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| 38 | 38 | | 9maintenance, or navigation of the motor vehicle that is displayed on a monitor, screen or other |
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| 39 | 39 | | 10display installed in the motor vehicle or otherwise worn as a headset or elsewhere on the 2 of 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 11operator’s body. This subsection shall not apply to: (i) symbols or text that enable or disable the |
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| 41 | 41 | | 12hands-free mode of either a mobile electronic device or an on-board application; (ii) symbols or |
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| 42 | 42 | | 13text related to the use of audio systems; (iii) symbols or text related to the use of equipment |
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| 43 | 43 | | 14installed in the motor vehicle by the manufacturer; (iv) symbols or text related to the use of a |
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| 44 | 44 | | 15dispatch system; (v) video or images of vehicle occupants other than the operator; or (vi) video, |
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| 45 | 45 | | 16images, symbols or text related to the use of traffic engineering equipment. |
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| 46 | 46 | | 17 SECTION 2. Said section 13B of said chapter 90, as so appearing, is hereby further |
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| 47 | 47 | | 18amended by striking out, in line 24, the words “using a mobile electronic device”. |
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| 48 | 48 | | 19 SECTION 3. Subsection (d) of said section 13B of said chapter 90, as so appearing, is |
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| 49 | 49 | | 20hereby amended by inserting after the third sentence the following sentence:- |
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| 50 | 50 | | 21 The provisions of subsections (a1/2) and (a3/4) of this section shall be enforced by law |
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| 51 | 51 | | 22enforcement agencies only when an operator of a motor vehicle has been stopped for a violation |
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| 52 | 52 | | 23of the motor vehicle laws or some other offense. |
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