Massachusetts legislation · 194th General Court
Massachusetts H2599: An Act relative to the use of green lights for municipal emergency management vehicles
Status: Failed, March 19, 2026
What the bill says
From the introduced text, February 27, 2025:
SECTION 1. Chapter 90 as appearing in the 2020 official edition is hereby amended by inserting after section 7E the following new section: 7E1/2. No motor vehicle operated pursuant to section seven other than MassDOT or municipal public works and emergency management vehicles shall mount or display a flashing, rotating or oscillating green light in any direction, except as herein provided; that nothing in this section shall prohibit an official police vehicle from displaying a flashing, rotating or oscillating red light in the opposite direction in which the vehicle is proceeding or prohibit fire apparatus from displaying a flashing, rotating or oscillating blue light in the opposite direction in which the vehicle is proceeding. A vehicle owned or operated by the municipal emergency management or public works department as appointed by the municipal governing body may have mounted thereon flashing, rotating or oscillating green lights. Such lights shall only be displayed when such owner or operator is proceeding to an emergency or in response to an alarm and when the official duty of such owner or operator requires them to proceed to said emergency or to respond to said alarm, or, for public works department, for official public works activities, and at no other time. No such green light shall be mounted or displayed on such vehicle until proper application …
Sponsors
- Carol Doherty (D, 3rd Bristol) · primary sponsor
- James Hawkins (D, 2nd Bristol)
Latest actions
- : Accompanied a study order, see H5254 (under House Rule 27)
- : Hearing scheduled for 05/07/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2
- : Senate concurred
- : Referred to the committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security
- : Reported by committee to Clerk’s Office for processing, will accompany a study order
Common questions
- What is H2599?
- H2599 is a bill in the Massachusetts Legislature (194th General Court): An Act relative to the use of green lights for municipal emergency management vehicles.
- What is the status of H2599?
- Failed as of March 19, 2026. Latest action: Accompanied a study order, see H5254 (under House Rule 27) (March 19, 2026).
- Who sponsored H2599?
- Carol Doherty (D, 3rd Bristol), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for H2599?
- On the Massachusetts Legislature website: https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H2599
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