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H4029 • 2025

An Act relative to banning the use of tinted license plate covers

An Act relative to banning the use of tinted license plate covers

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Sponsor
Bruce J. Ayers
Last action
2025-08-25
Official status
Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act relative to banning the use of tinted license plate covers

An Act relative to banning the use of tinted license plate covers By Representative Ayers of Quincy, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act relative to banning the use of tinted license plate covers By Representative Ayers of Quincy, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 4029) of Bruce J.
  • Ayers relative to the use of tinted license plate covers.
  • 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. 2025-08-25 House

    Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting

  2. 2025-08-25 House

    Rules suspended

  3. 2025-08-25 House

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  4. 2025-07-28 House

    Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling

  5. 2025-05-07 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 05/13/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-2

  6. 2025-04-14 Senate

    Senate concurred

  7. 2025-04-10 House

    Referred to the committee on Transportation

Official Summary Text

An Act relative to banning the use of tinted license plate covers
By Representative Ayers of Quincy, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4029) of Bruce J. Ayers relative to the use of tinted license plate covers. Transportation.
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.4029

Section 6 of chapter 90 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:-

No colored glass, colored plastic, bracket, holder, mounting, frame or any other type of covering shall be placed, mounted or installed on, around or over any number plate if such glass, plastic, bracket, holder, mounting, frame or other type of covering in any way alters or obscures (i) the number plate; (ii) the color of the number plate; (iii) the name or abbreviated name of the state wherein the vehicle is registered; or (iv) any character or characters, decal, stamp or other device indicating the month or year in which the vehicle's registration expires.

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