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H3794 • 2025

An Act ensuring access to state IDs for low-income people

An Act ensuring access to state IDs for low-income people

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Sponsor
Ultrino, Steven
Last action
2026-01-27
Official status
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act ensuring access to state IDs for low-income people

An Act ensuring access to state IDs for low-income people By Representatives Ultrino of Malden and Howard of Lowell, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act ensuring access to state IDs for low-income people By Representatives Ultrino of Malden and Howard of Lowell, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 3794) of Steven Ultrino and Vanna Howard relative to the fees for application for certain drivers' licenses and state identification cards for non-drivers.
  • Transportation.
  • Status: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means

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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. 2026-01-27 House

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

  2. 2025-10-24 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 11/04/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2

  3. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Transportation

  4. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act ensuring access to state IDs for low-income people
By Representatives Ultrino of Malden and Howard of Lowell, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3794) of Steven Ultrino and Vanna Howard relative to the fees for application for certain drivers' licenses and state identification cards for non-drivers. Transportation.
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.3794

SECTION 1. Section 8 of Chapter 90 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended, in line 201, by inserting after the words "age of 70." the following sentence:-

No fees associated with an application for a license shall be charged for a person at or below 300 per cent of the federal poverty guidelines.

SECTION 2. Section 8E of said chapter is hereby amended, in line 78, by inserting after the words "age of 70." the following sentence:-

No fees associated with an application for an identification card shall be charged for a person at or below 300 per cent of the federal poverty guidelines.

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