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H5529 • 2025

An Act creating a Legion of Merit license plate

An Act creating a Legion of Merit license plate

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Sponsor
Todd M. Smola
Last action
2026-07-09
Official status
Referred to Joint Committee on Transportation
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act creating a Legion of Merit license plate

An Act creating a Legion of Merit license plate By Representative Smola of Warren, a petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Todd M.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act creating a Legion of Merit license plate By Representative Smola of Warren, a petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Todd M.
  • Smola for legislation to create a Legion of Merit motor vehicle license plate.
  • Transportation.
  • Status: Referred to Joint Committee on 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. 2026-07-09 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 07/14/2026 from 09:00 AM-05:00 PM in Written Testimony Only

  2. 2026-06-23 Senate

    Senate concurred

  3. 2026-06-18 House

    Reported, referred to the committee on Joint Rules, reported, rules suspended and referred to the committee on Transportation

  4. 2025-05-29 House

    Referred to the committee on House Rules

Official Summary Text

An Act creating a Legion of Merit license plate
By Representative Smola of Warren, a petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Todd M. Smola for legislation to create a Legion of Merit motor vehicle license plate. Transportation.
Status:
Referred to Joint Committee on Transportation

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.5529

Section 2 of chapter 90 of the General Laws, as most recently amended by chapter 178 of the acts of 2024, is hereby further amended by inserting the following new paragraph:

“The registrar shall furnish without charge to owners of private passenger motor vehicles who are veterans as defined in said clause forty-third of said section seven of said chapter four who have been awarded the Legion of Merit and upon evidence deemed satisfactory by the registrar, distinctive registration plates bearing the words “LEGION OF MERIT RECIPIENT” for one private passenger motor vehicle owned and principally used by such Legion of Merit recipient or a distinctive emblem to be affixed to a “VETERAN” registration plate for a motorcycle owned and principally used by such recipient; provided however, that the surviving spouse of a deceased recipient of the Legion of Merit may elect to retain such distinctive registration plates or emblem for personal use upon payment of the established registration fee for private passenger motor vehicles or motorcycles and an additional annual twenty dollar fee until such time as such spouse remarries or fails to renew or cancels such registration.”

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