MA H3627

Bill

Establishing the Blue Star Family license plate

Introduced
03/29/2021

In Committee
11/22/2021

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2022

Introduced Session

192nd General Court

Bill Summary

Relative to establishing the Blue Star Family license plate in honor of police officers killed in the line of duty. Transportation.

AI Summary

This bill establishes the "Blue Star Family" license plate in Massachusetts to honor police officers killed in the line of duty. The bill allows the registrar to provide a special license plate or emblem, free of charge, to the parent, child, or spouse of a police officer from a local police department, the state police, or the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority police who has been killed while on duty. The registrar can also issue a distinctive "Blue Star Family" registration plate with up to 6 characters for one private passenger vehicle owned and primarily used by the eligible family member. The criteria for determining if an officer was killed in the line of duty aligns with the requirements for placement on the National Law Enforcement Memorial in Washington, D.C.

Committee Categories

Budget and Finance, Transportation and Infrastructure

Sponsors (5)

Bruce Tarr (R)*, Tom Walsh (D)*, Angelo D'Emilia (R), Jessica Giannino (D), Hannah Kane (R),

Last Action

No further action taken (on 01/03/2023)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H3627

(8 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H3627
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H3627.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H2714	Allowing the town of Wakefield to employ retired police officers as special police officers	Signed by the Governor, Chapter 42 of the Acts of 2021	Similar To
H3911	Exempting all police officers in the town of Palmer police department from the provisions of civil service law	No further action taken	Similar To
S1707	Relative to the retirement of state university and community college police officers	Accompanied a study order, see S2679	Similar To
S1750	Relative to line of duty death benefits for private college and university police officers	Accompanied a study order, see S2679	Similar To
S2376	Establishing the Blue Star Family license plate	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S2398	Relative to age restrictions for veterans applying to be police officers and firefighters	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S2479	Authorizing the city of Gloucester to appoint retired police officers as special police officers	Signed by the Governor, Chapter 52 of the Acts of 2021	Similar To
S34	To allow the city of Gloucester to appoint retired police officers as special police officers	Reprinted as amended, see S2479	Similar To

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MA H3627

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