SENATE DOCKET, NO. 846        FILED ON: 1/18/2023

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2206

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Joanne M. Comerford

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act prohibiting video recording or broadcasting while driving.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Joanne M. Comerford

Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 846        FILED ON: 1/18/2023

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2206

By Ms. Comerford, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2206) of Joanne M. Comerford for legislation to prohibit video recording or broadcasting while driving.  Transportation.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. 2733 OF 2021-2022.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)

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An Act prohibiting video recording or broadcasting while driving.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

Subsection (a) of section 13B of chapter 90 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the third sentence the following sentence:- No operator of a motor vehicle shall record or broadcast video of themselves on a mobile electronic device; provided, however, subject to the provisions of section 99 of chapter 272, nothing in this sentence shall prevent the use of a mounted electronic device to continuously record or broadcast video for the purpose of monitoring traffic outside or passengers within the motor vehicle; provided further, that nothing in this sentence shall abrogate or be construed to diminish, restrict or abrogate any right to record or broadcast that is otherwise protected by state or federal law; and provided further, that an operator may record or broadcast video in an emergency or exigent circumstance, or when it is so clearly in the public interest as to override the public safety purpose of this sentence.