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H3712 • 2025

An Act relative to bicycle safety

An Act relative to bicycle safety

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Sponsor
Patrick Joseph Kearney
Last action
2025-11-24
Official status
Accompanied a study order, see H4775
Effective date
Not listed

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An Act relative to bicycle safety

An Act relative to bicycle safety By Representative Kearney of Scituate, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act relative to bicycle safety By Representative Kearney of Scituate, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 3712) of Patrick Joseph Kearney relative to bicycle safety.
  • 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. 2025-11-24 House

    Accompanied a study order, see H4775

  2. 2025-06-18 Joint

    Hearing rescheduled to 06/24/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2

  3. 2025-06-16 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 06/24/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-2

  4. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Transportation

  5. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act relative to bicycle safety
By Representative Kearney of Scituate, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3712) of Patrick Joseph Kearney relative to bicycle safety. Transportation.

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.3712

SECTION 1: Section 11B of chapter 85 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020

Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 71 and 72, the words “either a lamp emitting a red light, or” and inserting in place thereof the following words: “a lamp emitting a red light and.”

SECTION 2: Section 11B of chapter 85 of the General Laws is also hereby amended by inserting a new subsection between subsection (9) and subsection (10), which will read: “No retailer, distributor, wholesaler, or manufacturer in this state shall sell or offer for sale any bicycle unless such bicycle is equipped with lamps and reflectors as required by Subsection (8) and (9) of this Section.”

SECTION 3: Subsection (11) of section 11B of chapter 85 of the General Laws, as

appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out in line 110 the following words:

“twenty dollars” and inserting the following words: “fifty dollars.”

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