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H3689 • 2025

An Act relating to road building equipment classifications

An Act relating to road building equipment classifications

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Sponsor
Steven S. Howitt
Last action
2026-01-27
Official status
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act relating to road building equipment classifications

An Act relating to road building equipment classifications By Representative Howitt of Seekonk, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act relating to road building equipment classifications By Representative Howitt of Seekonk, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 3689) of Steven S.
  • Howitt relative to road building equipment classifications.
  • Transportation.

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  • 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. 2026-01-27 House

    Accompanied by H3691 and H3693

  2. 2026-01-27 House

    Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means

  3. 2025-10-24 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 11/04/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2

  4. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Transportation

  5. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act relating to road building equipment classifications
By Representative Howitt of Seekonk, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3689) of Steven S. Howitt relative to road building equipment classifications. Transportation.
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.3689

Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the Massachusetts Department of Transportation shall amend the project guidelines relating to road building equipment classifications for chapter 90 work, by reducing the minimum weight requirement for trucks, from 27 thousand pounds to 16 thousand pounds.

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