Massachusetts legislation · 194th General Court
Massachusetts H3811: An Act establishing the Blue Star Family license plate
Status: In committee, December 24, 2025
What the bill says
From the introduced text, February 27, 2025:
Section 2 of chapter 90 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after line 671, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, the following paragraph:- The registrar shall furnish without charge to the owner of a private passenger motor vehicle who is a parent, child, sibling, or spouse of a police officer of a police department of any city or town, the department of state police, university police, or the Massachusetts bay transportation authority police department, who has been killed in the line of duty, upon presentation of satisfactory evidence to the registrar, a distinctive registration plate that reads "Blue Star Family" for 1 private passenger motor vehicle owned and principally used by that person or a distinctive "Blue Star Family" emblem to be affixed to a registration plate for a motorcycle privately owned and principally used by that person. The registrar may issue a distinctive "Blue Star Family" registration of up to 6 characters for 1 private passenger motor vehicle owned and principally used by that person. A police officer shall be determined to have been killed in the line of duty for purposes of this paragraph if the circumstance meets those which would make them eligible to be placed on the National Law Enforcement Memorial in Washington D.C.
Sponsors
- Thomas Walsh (D, 12th Essex) · primary sponsor
- Kristin Kassner (D)
- McGonagle, Jr., Joseph W. (D, 28th Middlesex)
- Thomas Stanley (D, 9th Middlesex)
- Puppolo, Jr., Angelo J. (D, 12th Hampden)
- Danillo Sena (D)
- William MacGregor (D, 10th Suffolk)
- Joseph McKenna (R, 18th Worcester)
- Adam Scanlon (D, 14th Bristol)
- Richard Wells (D)
- Paul Frost (R, 7th Worcester)
- Nick Collins (D, First Suffolk)
Latest actions
- : Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
- : Hearing scheduled for 10/07/2025 from 11:00 AM-01:00 PM in A-1
- : Senate concurred
- : Referred to the committee on Transportation
Votes
- Committee Vote - Joint Committee on Transportation (December 3, 2025): 12 yea, 0 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is H3811?
- H3811 is a bill in the Massachusetts Legislature (194th General Court): An Act establishing the Blue Star Family license plate.
- What is the status of H3811?
- In committee as of December 24, 2025. Latest action: Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means (December 24, 2025).
- Who sponsored H3811?
- Thomas Walsh (D, 12th Essex), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for H3811?
- On the Massachusetts Legislature website: https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H3811
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