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H3693 • 2025

An Act relative to roadway damage

An Act relative to roadway damage

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Sponsor
Steven S. Howitt
Last action
2026-01-27
Official status
Accompanied H3689
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act relative to roadway damage

An Act relative to roadway damage By Representative Howitt of Seekonk, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act relative to roadway damage By Representative Howitt of Seekonk, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 3693) of Steven S.
  • Howitt relative to roadway damage caused by certain motor vehicle accidents.
  • 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 H3689

  2. 2025-10-24 Joint

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

  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 roadway damage
By Representative Howitt of Seekonk, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3693) of Steven S. Howitt relative to roadway damage caused by certain motor vehicle accidents. Transportation.

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.3693

SECTION 1. Section 26 of Chapter 90 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting at the end thereof the following paragraph:- The registrar shall issue a report to the Department of Transportation (DOT) on public roadway damage resulting from an accident in which any person is killed or injured or in which there is damage in excess of one thousand dollars to any one vehicle or other property. The report shall be issued no more than thirty days after said accident.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

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