HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 228 FILED ON: 1/9/2013
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3005
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Cory Atkins
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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 relative to cell phone use in motor vehicles.
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: | Date Added: |
Cory Atkins | 14th Middlesex | 1/9/2013 |
Lori A. Ehrlich | 8th Essex |
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William Smitty Pignatelli | 4th Berkshire |
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Denise Andrews | 2nd Franklin |
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Martha M. Walz | 8th Suffolk |
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Jonathan Hecht | 29th Middlesex |
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Denise Provost | 27th Middlesex |
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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 228 FILED ON: 1/9/2013
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3005
By Ms. Atkins of Concord, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3005) of Cory Atkins and others for legislation to prohibit the use of hand-held cell phones by persons operating a motor vehicle. Transportation. |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 3069 OF 2011-2012.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand Thirteen
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An Act relative to cell phone use in motor vehicles.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 16 of chapter 90 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2008 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:—
No person shall operate a motor vehicle while using a cell phone, unless the cell phone is hands free, so called.