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H3759 • 2025

An Act creating Cold War veteran license plates

An Act creating Cold War veteran license plates

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Sponsor
Kelly W. Pease
Last action
2025-09-29
Official status
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act creating Cold War veteran license plates

An Act creating Cold War veteran license plates By Representative Pease of Westfield, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act creating Cold War veteran license plates By Representative Pease of Westfield, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 3759) of Kelly W.
  • Pease and John J.
  • Marsi that the Registrar of Motor Vehicles create Cold War veteran license plates.

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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. 2025-09-29 House

    Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means

  2. 2025-07-10 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 07/22/2025 from 11:00 AM-01:00 PM in B-1

  3. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Transportation

  4. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act creating Cold War veteran license plates
By Representative Pease of Westfield, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3759) of Kelly W. Pease and John J. Marsi that the Registrar of Motor Vehicles create Cold War veteran license plates. Transportation.
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.3759

SECTION 1. Section 2 of chapter 90 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting following new paragraph:-

The registrar shall furnish, upon application, to owners of private passenger motor vehicles and motorcycles

who are veterans of the armed forces who honorably served the United States during the Cold War era, September 2, 1945, to December 26, 1991, and upon upon presentation of evidence deemed satisfactory by the registrar, distinctive registration plates bearing on the left side the words "COLD WAR VETERAN".

There shall be an annual $20 fee for such "COLD WAR VETERAN'' plates in addition to the established registration fee for private passenger motor vehicles and motorcycles. For the purposes of this paragraph, the word "motorcycles'' shall not include motorized bicycles.

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