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H3737 • 2025

An Act allowing MassDOT vehicles to use red lights for safety

An Act allowing MassDOT vehicles to use red lights for safety

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Sponsor
John J. Marsi
Last action
2025-08-18
Official status
Accompanied H3763
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act allowing MassDOT vehicles to use red lights for safety

An Act allowing MassDOT vehicles to use red lights for safety By Representative Marsi of Dudley, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act allowing MassDOT vehicles to use red lights for safety By Representative Marsi of Dudley, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 3737) of John J.
  • Marsi, Marcus S.
  • Vaughn and Angelo J.

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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. 2025-08-18 House

    Accompanied H3763

  2. 2025-05-27 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 06/03/2025 from 11:00 AM-01:00 PM in B-2

  3. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Transportation

  4. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act allowing MassDOT vehicles to use red lights for safety
By Representative Marsi of Dudley, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3737) of John J. Marsi, Marcus S. Vaughn and Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr., for legislation to allow certain Massachusetts Department of Transportation vehicles to use red lights for safety. Transportation.

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.3737

Section 7E of chapter 90 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the second paragraph in its entirety and replacing it with the following:-

A vehicle owned or operated by a forest warden, deputy forest warden, a chief or deputy chief of a municipal fire department, a chaplain of a municipal fire department, a member of a fire department of a town or a call member of a fire department or a member or a call member of an emergency medical service or full-time employees or contract employees employed by or under contract with the department of fire services or any vehicles owned, operated, or under contract by the Department of Transportation may have mounted thereon flashing, rotating or oscillating red lights. Unless the vehicle is owned, operated, or under contract by the Department of Transportation, such lights shall only be displayed when such owner or operator is proceeding to a fire or in response to an alarm and when the official duty of such owner or operator requires him to proceed to said fire or to respond to said alarm, and at no other time.

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