HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 409        FILED ON: 1/10/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3117

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Maria Duaime Robinson

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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 drivers licenses for international students.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Maria Duaime Robinson

6th Middlesex

1/10/2019

Jack Patrick Lewis

7th Middlesex

1/11/2019

Nika C. Elugardo

15th Suffolk

1/31/2019

Russell E. Holmes

6th Suffolk

2/1/2019

Patrick Joseph Kearney

4th Plymouth

2/1/2019

Christina A. Minicucci

14th Essex

1/31/2019

Rebecca L. Rausch

Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex

2/1/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 409        FILED ON: 1/10/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3117

By Ms. Robinson of Framingham, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3117) of Maria Duaime Robinson and others for legislation to authorize international students with F-1 visas who have obtained a drivers permit to drive.  Transportation.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 1915 OF 2017-2018.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-First General Court
(2019-2020)

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An Act relative to drivers licenses for international students.

 

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.

An international student, who is at least 18 years old, with an F-1 visa from one of the countries in Appendix “C” of the RMV regulations, who has obtained their Massachusetts drivers permit, may continue to legally drive on the roads of the Commonwealth on his or her own country’s valid license for an additional 45 days following the date on which they received their Massachusetts driving permit.