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H3635 • 2025

An Act establishing senior citizen toll discount on the Massachusetts Turnpike, the Ted Williams Tunnel and the Tobin Bridge

An Act establishing senior citizen toll discount on the Massachusetts Turnpike, the Ted Williams Tunnel and the Tobin Bridge

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Sponsor
Tackey Chan
Last action
2026-03-09
Official status
Accompanied a study order, see H5134
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act establishing senior citizen toll discount on the Massachusetts Turnpike, the Ted Williams Tunnel and the Tobin Bridge

An Act establishing senior citizen toll discount on the Massachusetts Turnpike, the Ted Williams Tunnel and the Tobin Bridge By Representative Chan of Quincy, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act establishing senior citizen toll discount on the Massachusetts Turnpike, the Ted Williams Tunnel and the Tobin Bridge By Representative Chan of Quincy, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 3635) of Tackey Chan relative to establishing toll discounts on the Massachusetts Turnpike, Ted Williams Tunnel and the Tobin Bridge for persons sixty-five years of age or older.
  • Transportation.

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. 2026-03-09 House

    Accompanied a study order, see H5134

  2. 2025-09-30 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 10/14/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1

  3. 2025-09-30 Joint

    Hearing rescheduled to 10/14/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1 and Virtual Hearing location changed

  4. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Transportation

  5. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act establishing senior citizen toll discount on the Massachusetts Turnpike, the Ted Williams Tunnel and the Tobin Bridge
By Representative Chan of Quincy, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3635) of Tackey Chan relative to establishing toll discounts on the Massachusetts Turnpike, Ted Williams Tunnel and the Tobin Bridge for persons sixty-five years of age or older. Transportation.

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.3635

Chapter 90 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after section 17D the following new section:-

Section 17E. There shall be a twenty five per cent reduction in tolls charged to drivers age 65 and over who drives on the Massachusetts Turnpike, the Tobin Bridge and/or the Ted Williams Tunnel.

In order to qualify for the reduction, the driver must be age 65 and over, the driver must have a valid driver’s license recognized by the Registry of Motor Vehicles as a valid license to drive in Massachusetts, and the driver must own or rent the passenger vehicle.

The driver is only allowed to apply the reduction to one passenger vehicle, which the driver must own or rent.

There shall be no application fee for a driver to apply and be approved for said reduction.

A person’s participation in the twenty five per cent toll reduction shall expire 60 days after the expiration of the driver’s license.

Said person shall be allowed to renew participation in said reduction any time after the renewal of the driver’s license, including after the expiration of the reduction.

Persons who do receive the reduction and allows an unauthorized driver to utilize said reduction shall be fined $50 for the first violation, $100 for the second violation and $150 for the third and subsequent violations.

In addition to the fine for the third violation, the driver’s authorization to receive a reduction shall be revoked permanently.

The executive office of transportation shall promulgate rules and regulations for the implementation of this section within the existing toll collection system.

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