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H3729 • 2025

An Act protecting motorists and emergency personnel

An Act protecting motorists and emergency personnel

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Sponsor
David Paul Linsky
Last action
2026-02-26
Official status
Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act protecting motorists and emergency personnel

An Act protecting motorists and emergency personnel By Representative Linsky of Natick, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act protecting motorists and emergency personnel By Representative Linsky of Natick, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 3729) of David Paul Linsky relative to increasing the fine for speeding in a “breakdown lane” where such travel is permitted.
  • Transportation.
  • Status: Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading

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. 2026-02-26 House

    Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting

  2. 2026-02-26 House

    Rules suspended

  3. 2026-02-26 House

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  4. 2026-01-27 House

    Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling

  5. 2025-10-21 Joint

    Hearing rescheduled to 10/21/2025 from 11:00 AM-11:45 PM in A-2 and Virtual Hearing updated to New End Time

  6. 2025-10-15 Joint

    Hearing rescheduled to 10/21/2025 from 11:00 AM-01:00 PM in A-2 and Virtual Hearing location changed

  7. 2025-10-09 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 10/21/2025 from 11:00 AM-01:00 PM in B-2

  8. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Transportation

  9. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act protecting motorists and emergency personnel
By Representative Linsky of Natick, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3729) of David Paul Linsky relative to increasing the fine for speeding in a “breakdown lane” where such travel is permitted. Transportation.
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.3729

Chapter 90 of the General Laws is hereby amended in section 17 by inserting after the words “construction area”, the following words: -, or in the lane adjacent to the right lane if signs have been erected by the department of highways permitting the use of such lane,

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