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H3703 • 2025

An Act relative to license transparency

An Act relative to license transparency

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Sponsor
Bradley H. Jones, Jr.
Last action
2026-03-12
Official status
Accompanied a study order, see H5202
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 license transparency

An Act relative to license transparency By Representative Jones of North Reading, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act relative to license transparency By Representative Jones of North Reading, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 3703) of Bradley H.
  • Jones, Jr., and others relative to motor vehicle license transparency.
  • 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. 2026-03-12 House

    Accompanied a study order, see H5202

  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 license transparency
By Representative Jones of North Reading, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3703) of Bradley H. Jones, Jr., and others relative to motor vehicle license transparency. Transportation.

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.3703

Subsection (b) of section 7 of chapter 81 of the Acts of 2022 is hereby amended by inserting after the words “regulations promulgated by the attorney general;”, in the second to last sentence the following words:

said regulations shall, at a minimum, require the registrar of motor vehicles to provide information on the holder of a Massachusetts license (1) to any city or town clerk seeking to verify the identity and eligibility of any individual using a Massachusetts license to vote or to register to vote and (2) in response to a request from any state law enforcement agency pursuant to an investigation.

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