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H3786 • 2025

An Act to authorize firefighter motorcycle license plates

An Act to authorize firefighter motorcycle license plates

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Sponsor
Todd M. Smola
Last action
2025-12-24
Official status
Accompanied H3793
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act to authorize firefighter motorcycle license plates

An Act to authorize firefighter motorcycle license plates By Representative Smola of Warren, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to authorize firefighter motorcycle license plates By Representative Smola of Warren, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 3786) of Todd M.
  • Smola and Steven George Xiarhos that the Registrar of Motor Vehicles be authorized to issue firefighter motorcycle license plates.
  • Transportation.

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. 2025-12-24 House

    Accompanied H3793

  2. 2025-09-25 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 10/07/2025 from 11:00 AM-01:00 PM in A-1

  3. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Transportation

  4. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act to authorize firefighter motorcycle license plates
By Representative Smola of Warren, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3786) of Todd M. Smola and Steven George Xiarhos that the Registrar of Motor Vehicles be authorized to issue firefighter motorcycle license plates. Transportation.

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.3786

Chapter 90 of the Massachusetts General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after Section 6C the following:-

Section 6D: The registrar, upon payment of the fee required in Section thirty-three, shall furnish to members of any municipal fire department, or members retired in good standing, a special distinctive firefighter motorcycle license plate for use on private motorcycles owned and operated by such firefighter. No such firefighter motorcycle license plate shall be issued or renewed until proper certification has been made to the registrar by the head of the fire department that the applicant is or was a member of the fire department.

In addition to the fee required in Section thirty-three, there shall be an additional fee of ten dollars for the issuance and renewal of such firefighter motorcycle license plate to be collected by the registrar and paid to the Massachusetts Firefighters Academy Trust Fund pursuant to Section 165A of Chapter 6 of the General Laws.

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