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H3797 • 2025

An Act providing for a MassPort airline regulation study

An Act providing for a MassPort airline regulation study

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Sponsor
Marcus S. Vaughn
Last action
2026-02-05
Official status
Accompanied a study order, see H5049
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act providing for a MassPort airline regulation study

An Act providing for a MassPort airline regulation study By Representative Vaughn of Wrentham, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act providing for a MassPort airline regulation study By Representative Vaughn of Wrentham, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 3797) of Marcus S.
  • Vaughn relative to providing for a MassPort airline regulation study.
  • Transportation.

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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. 2026-02-05 House

    Accompanied a study order, see H5049

  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 providing for a MassPort airline regulation study
By Representative Vaughn of Wrentham, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3797) of Marcus S. Vaughn relative to providing for a MassPort airline regulation study. Transportation.

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.3797

SECTION 1. The Massachusetts Port Authority shall commission a study of the regulation of airlines doing business in the commonwealth. The study shall examine the possible legal implications of imposing certain regulations on airlines, including, but not limited to, requiring airlines to provide lodging, new flights or other compensation to customers in the event of a flight’s cancellation.

SECTION 2. The Massachusetts Port Authority shall file a report, including its findings on the possible legal implications of imposing regulations on airlines doing business in the commonwealth, with the clerks of the house of representatives and the senate and the joint committee on transportation no later than January 1, 2027.

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