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Bill An Act requiring the hands-free use of mobile telephones while driving The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two branches with reference to the Senate amendment of the House Bill requiring the hands-free use of mobile telephones while driving (House, No. 3793, amended), reports recommending passage of the accompanying bill (House, No. 4203). us/states/ma Massachusetts General Court 191st H 4203 Massachusetts H 4203 (191st)
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1 12 0 2019-11-18 2019-11-25 openstates ocd-bill/02769f14-3666-49e5-804a-0b844c108fdb https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H4203 2e0f46ff7602da51137bc422b6368fb9c832c79ba082190a5d178d0360b112d1 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
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Massachusetts H 4203 (191st) — An Act requiring the hands-free use of mobile telephones while driving

The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two branches with reference to the Senate amendment of the House Bill requiring the hands-free use of mobile telephones while driving (House, No. 3793, amended), reports recommending passage of the accompanying bill (House, No. 4203).

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

  • Requiring the hands-free use of mobile telephones while driving — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

  • 2019-11-18 Reported from the committee of conference
  • 2019-11-18 Reported on H3793
  • 2019-11-18 Referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling referral-committee
  • 2019-11-18 Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting, the question being on acceptance
  • 2019-11-19 Rules suspended
  • 2019-11-19 Committee of conference report accepted - 154 YEAS to 1 NAYS (See YEA and NAY in Supplement, No. 132)
  • 2019-11-19 Rules suspended
  • 2019-11-19 Committee of conference report accepted, in concurrence
  • 2019-11-19 Enacted passage
  • 2019-11-20 Enacted - See Roll Call #131 [38 YEAS - 1 NAY] passage
  • 2019-11-20 Laid before the Governor
  • 2019-11-25 Signed by the Governor, Chapter 122 of the Acts of 2019 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/02769f14-3666-49e5-804a-0b844c108fdb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).