SENATE DOCKET, NO. 2877        FILED ON: 12/14/2021

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2733

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:

SENATE DOCKET, NO. 2877        FILED ON: 12/14/2021

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2733

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Second General Court
(2021-2022)

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An Act prohibiting video recording or broadcasting while driving.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat its purpose, which is to prohibit the recording of videos while driving, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public safety.
 

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.