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Browse Bills Legislative Bills from General Courts past and present.

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Followed Bill No. Title
H.545  An Act relative to sun safety
H.2007  An Act for no organized head impacts to schoolchildren
S.203  An Act relative to athletic recreation facilities
H.3503  An Act relative to baseline concussion testing for student athletes
H.2430  An Act relative to the use of community preservation funds
S.245  An Act concerning athletic activities of students with disabilities
H.2155  An Act relative to the availability of personal floatation devices at certain municipal and recreational programs and camps
S.3  An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2020 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions and certain activities of the commonwealth, for interest, sinking fund and serial bond requirements and for certain permanent improvements
S.2553  An Act relative to automated enforcement
H.3800  An Act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2020 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions and certain activities of the commonwealth, for interest, sinking fund and serial bond requirements and for certain permanent improvements

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Browse General Laws The General Laws of the Commonwealth. Browse Session Laws Laws specific to General Court sessions past and present. Massachusetts Constitution The rights, structure, and amendments of the Commonwealth's Constitution.

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 MGL c.90 §13b Composing, sending or reading of electronic messages while operating a motor vehicle prohibited; penalties
 MGL c.90 §13 Safety precautions for proper operation and parking of vehicles and buses
 MGL c.186 §15b Entrance of premises prior to termination of lease; payments; receipts; interest; records; security deposits
 MGL c.140 §131 Licenses to carry firearms; conditions and restrictions
 MGL c.66 §10 Inspection and copies of public records; requests; written responses; extension of time; fees
 MGL c.90 §24 Driving while under influence of intoxicating liquor, etc.; second and subsequent offenses; punishment; treatment programs; reckless and unauthorized driving; failure to stop after collision
 MGL c.151 §1a Overtime pay; excluded employments
 MGL c.149 §148 Payment of wages; commissions; exemption by contract; persons deemed employers; provision for cashing check or draft; violation of statute
 MGL c.123 §12 Emergency restraint and hospitalization of persons posing risk of serious harm by reason of mental illness
 MGL c.269 §10 Carrying dangerous weapons; possession of machine gun or sawed-off shotguns; possession of large capacity weapon or large capacity feeding device; punishment

Most Popular Session Laws

Year Chapter Chapter Name
2019 Ch. 122 AN ACT REQUIRING THE HANDS-FREE USE OF MOBILE TELEPHONES WHILE DRIVING.
2018 Ch. 121 AN ACT RELATIVE TO MINIMUM WAGE, PAID FAMILY MEDICAL LEAVE AND THE SALES TAX HOLIDAY.
2018 Ch. 69 AN ACT RELATIVE TO CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM
2019 Ch. 132 AN ACT RELATIVE TO EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS
2014 Ch. 260 AN ACT RELATIVE TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
2012 Ch. 369 AN ACT FOR THE HUMANITARIAN MEDICAL USE OF MARIJUANA.
2017 Ch. 54 AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE MASSACHUSETTS PREGNANT WORKERS FAIRNESS ACT
2017 Ch. 55 AN ACT TO ENSURE SAFE ACCESS TO MARIJUANA
2019 Ch. 41 AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2020 FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THE DEPARTMENTS, BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, INSTITUTIONS AND CERTAIN ACTIVITIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH, FOR INTEREST, SINKING FUND AND SERIAL BOND REQUIREMENTS AND FOR CERTAIN PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS
2019 Ch. 142 AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2019 TO PROVIDE FOR SUPPLEMENTING CERTAIN EXISTING APPROPRIATIONS AND FOR CERTAIN OTHER ACTIVITIES AND PROJECTS.