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H3671 • 2025

An Act relative to Purple Heart registration plates

An Act relative to Purple Heart registration plates

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Sponsor
Homar Gómez
Last action
2026-02-05
Official status
Accompanied a study order, see H5049
Effective date
Not listed

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An Act relative to Purple Heart registration plates

An Act relative to Purple Heart registration plates By Representative Gómez of Easthampton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act relative to Purple Heart registration plates By Representative Gómez of Easthampton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 3671) of Homar Gómez and others relative to Purple Heart registration plates.
  • Transportation.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-02-05 House

    Accompanied a study order, see H5049

  2. 2025-07-10 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 07/22/2025 from 11:00 AM-01:00 PM in B-1

  3. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Transportation

  4. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act relative to Purple Heart registration plates
By Representative Gómez of Easthampton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3671) of Homar Gómez and others relative to Purple Heart registration plates. Transportation.

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Bill H.3671

Section 2 of Chapter 90 of the general laws are hereby amended by removing the sixteenth paragraph and inserting in its place the following:

The registrar shall furnish to owners of private passenger motor vehicles who are veterans as defined in said clause Forty-third of said section seven of said chapter four who have been awarded the Purple Heart and upon evidence deemed satisfactory by the registrar, distinctive registration plates bearing the image of a Purple Heart Medal for any private passenger motor vehicle or motorcycle owned by such Purple Heart recipient. The first set of such registration plates issued to an eligible veteran must be furnished at no charge. The registrar may charge the established registration fee for private passenger motor vehicles or motorcycles for each additional set of such registration plates or emblems.

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