HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2584        FILED ON: 1/16/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3039

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Elizabeth A. Malia

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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 motor vehicle license suspension.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Elizabeth A. Malia

11th Suffolk

1/16/2015

Harriette L. Chandler

First Worcester

1/16/2015

David Paul Linsky

5th Middlesex

1/21/2015

David M. Rogers

24th Middlesex

1/26/2015

Chris Walsh

6th Middlesex

1/16/2015

Cory Atkins

14th Middlesex

1/23/2015

Mary S. Keefe

15th Worcester

1/29/2015

Brian M. Ashe

2nd Hampden

12/12/2019

Aaron Vega

5th Hampden

12/12/2019

Marjorie C. Decker

25th Middlesex

12/12/2019

Jennifer E. Benson

37th Middlesex

12/12/2019

Tricia Farley-Bouvier

3rd Berkshire

1/22/2015

Denise Provost

27th Middlesex

12/12/2019

Angelo M. Scaccia

14th Suffolk

12/12/2019

Jonathan Hecht

29th Middlesex

12/12/2019

Jay D. Livingstone

8th Suffolk

12/12/2019

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

12/12/2019

Benjamin Swan

11th Hampden

12/12/2019

Ruth B. Balser

12th Middlesex

12/12/2019

Jason M. Lewis

Fifth Middlesex

12/12/2019

Sonia Chang-Diaz

Second Suffolk

12/12/2019

Leonard Mirra

2nd Essex

12/12/2019

Peter V. Kocot

1st Hampshire

12/12/2019

Ellen Story

3rd Hampshire

12/12/2019

Evandro C. Carvalho

5th Suffolk

1/31/2015

Marcos A. Devers

16th Essex

2/4/2015

Linda Dorcena Forry

First Suffolk

1/30/2015

Carlos Gonzalez

10th Hampden

2/4/2015

Byron Rushing

9th Suffolk

1/30/2015

Kay Khan

11th Middlesex

12/12/2019

John W. Scibak

2nd Hampshire

12/12/2019

Paul R. Heroux

2nd Bristol

12/12/2019

Carmine L. Gentile

13th Middlesex

12/12/2019

Alice Hanlon Peisch

14th Norfolk

12/12/2019

Danielle W. Gregoire

4th Middlesex

12/12/2019

Tom Sannicandro

7th Middlesex

12/12/2019

James J. O'Day

14th Worcester

12/12/2019

Barbara A. L'Italien

Second Essex and Middlesex

12/12/2019

Michael D. Brady

Second Plymouth and Bristol

12/12/2019

Daniel M. Donahue

16th Worcester

12/12/2019

Leah Cole

12th Essex

12/12/2019

Frank I. Smizik

15th Norfolk

12/12/2019

Claire D. Cronin

11th Plymouth

12/12/2019

John J. Mahoney

13th Worcester

12/12/2019

Daniel Cullinane

12th Suffolk

12/12/2019

Joan B.  Lovely

Second Essex

12/12/2019

Paul Brodeur

32nd Middlesex

12/12/2019

Michael S. Day

31st Middlesex

12/12/2019

John J. Lawn, Jr.

10th Middlesex

12/12/2019

Michael O. Moore

Second Worcester

12/12/2019

Christopher M. Markey

9th Bristol

12/12/2019

Joseph W. McGonagle, Jr.

28th Middlesex

12/12/2019

Jay R. Kaufman

15th Middlesex

12/12/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2584        FILED ON: 1/16/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3039

By Ms. Malia of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3039) of Elizabeth A. Malia and others relative to motor vehicle license suspension record privacy.  Transportation.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 3099 OF 2013-2014.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Eighty-Ninth General Court
(2015-2016)

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An Act relative to motor vehicle license suspension.

 

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 22 of said chapter 90, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out subsection (f).             

SECTION 2.  The registrar of motor vehicles shall purge all records pertaining to past motor vehicle license suspensions effected under subsection (f) of section 22 of Chapter 90 of the General Laws.

SECTION 3. Section 30 of Chapter 90 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2010 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding, after the second paragraph, the following paragraph: - Upon expiration of the term of suspension of driving privileges suspended under subsections (g), (h), or (i), of Section 22 of Chapter 90, the registrar shall shield from public access all records of the suspension and the underlying offense, including records of the expiration of the suspension, any hearings or appeals related to the suspension, and the reinstatement following the suspension.  

SECTION 4. Within 60 days of passage of this act the Commonwealth shall submit to the Secretary of the United States Department of Transportation: (i) a written certification stating that the governor is opposed to the enactment or enforcement of a law that conforms with 23 U.S.C. § 159(a)(3)(A), relating to the revocation, suspension, issuance or reinstatement of drivers’ licenses to convicted drug offenders; and (ii) a written certification that the general court has adopted a resolution expressing its opposition to a law described in clause (i)