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SENATE DOCKET, NO. 248 FILED ON: 1/9/2025
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2449
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Bruce E. Tarr
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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 :Bruce E. TarrFirst Essex and MiddlesexSteven George Xiarhos5th Barnstable1/27/2025 1 of 2
SENATE DOCKET, NO. 248 FILED ON: 1/9/2025
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2449
By Mr. Tarr, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2449) of Bruce E. Tarr and Steven
George Xiarhos for legislation to establish the Blue Star Family license plate. Transportation.
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. 2296 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 the
2twentieth paragraph, 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 town or university, the department of state police or the Massachusetts bay transportation
6authority police department, who has been killed in the line of duty, upon presentation of
7satisfactory evidence to the registrar, a distinctive registration plate that reads "Blue Star Family"
8for 1 private passenger motor vehicle owned and principally used by that person or a distinctive
9"Blue Star Family" emblem to be affixed to a registration plate for a motorcycle privately owned
10and principally used by that person. The registrar may issue a distinctive "Blue Star Family" 2 of 2
11registration of up to 6 characters for 1 private passenger motor vehicle owned and principally
12used by that person. A police officer shall be determined to have been killed in the line of duty
13for purposes of this paragraph if the circumstance meets those which would make them eligible
14to be placed on the National Law Enforcement Memorial in Washington D.C.