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H1620 • 2025

An Act relative to leaving the scene of a collision

An Act relative to leaving the scene of a collision

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Sponsor
Tackey Chan
Last action
2025-10-20
Official status
Referred to Joint Committee on the Judiciary
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

An Act relative to leaving the scene of a collision

An Act relative to leaving the scene of a collision By Representative Chan of Quincy, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act relative to leaving the scene of a collision By Representative Chan of Quincy, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 1620) of Tackey Chan and others relative to motor vehicle operators leaving the scene of a collision.
  • The Judiciary.
  • Status: Referred to Joint Committee on the Judiciary

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-10-20 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 05/06/2025 from 01:00 PM-04:00 PM in A-2

  2. 2025-04-29 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 05/06/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2

  3. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on The Judiciary

  4. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act relative to leaving the scene of a collision
By Representative Chan of Quincy, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1620) of Tackey Chan and others relative to motor vehicle operators leaving the scene of a collision. The Judiciary.
Status:
Referred to Joint Committee on the Judiciary

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.1620

SECTION 1. Section 24 of chapter 90 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “property”, in line 904, the following words:- “or after having reason to know that he collided with or otherwise caused injury to any other vehicle or property,”.

SECTION 2. Section 24 of said chapter 90, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by inserting after the words “death of any person”, in line 954, the following words:- “or after having reason to know that he collided with or otherwise caused injury to any person not resulting in the death of any person,”.

SECTION 3. Section 24 of chapter 90, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out the word “shall”, in line 964, and inserting in place thereof the following words:- “or after having reason to know that he collided with or otherwise caused injury to any person, shall,”.

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