H3748 • 2025

An Act relative to the safe operation of motor vehicles

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Sponsor: Brian W. Murray
Last action: 2026-02-26
Official status: Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading
Effective date: Not listed

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An Act relative to the safe operation of motor vehicles

An Act relative to the safe operation of motor vehicles By Representative Murray of Milford, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

An Act relative to the safe operation of motor vehicles By Representative Murray of Milford, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
3748) of Brian W.
Murray and Steven J.
Ouellette relative to operation of motor vehicles with electronic devices.

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Bill History

2026-02-26 House
Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2026-02-26 House
Rules suspended
2026-02-26 House
Read second and ordered to a third reading
2026-01-27 House
Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2025-10-24 Joint
Hearing scheduled for 11/04/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2
2025-02-27 House
Referred to the committee on Transportation
2025-02-27 Senate
Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act relative to the safe operation of motor vehicles
By Representative Murray of Milford, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3748) of Brian W. Murray and Steven J. Ouellette relative to operation of motor vehicles with electronic devices. Transportation.
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading

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Bill H.3748

SECTION 1. Subsection (a) of section 13B of chapter 90 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the third sentence the following:-

No operator of a motor vehicle shall record, broadcast, or otherwise capture images or video of themselves. No operator shall wear, hold, or otherwise utilize or interact with a spatial computer, or other augmented reality or mixed reality device, operating system, or three-dimensional user interface.

SECTION 2. Said section 13B of said chapter 90, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by inserting after subsection (a) the following subsection:-

(a1/2) An operator shall not view video, images or text unrelated to the operation, maintenance, or navigation of the motor vehicle that is displayed on a monitor, screen or other display installed in the motor vehicle or otherwise worn as a headset or elsewhere on the operator’s body. This subsection shall not apply to: (i) symbols or text that enable or disable the hands-free mode of either a mobile electronic device or an on-board application; (ii) symbols or text related to the use of audio systems; (iii) symbols or text related to the use of equipment installed in the motor vehicle by the manufacturer; (iv) symbols or text related to the use of a dispatch system; (v) video or images of vehicle occupants other than the operator; or (vi) video, images, symbols or text related to the use of traffic engineering equipment.

SECTION 3. Subsection (c) of said section 13B of said chapter 90, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking the words “using a mobile electronic device.”

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