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type: "Bill"
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title: "An Act requiring the hands-free use of mobile telephones while driving"
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description: "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)."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
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legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
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session: "191st"
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identifier: "H 4203"
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citation: "Massachusetts H 4203 (191st)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Requiring the hands-free use of mobile telephones while driving"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 12
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2019-11-18"
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last_action: "2019-11-25"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/02769f14-3666-49e5-804a-0b844c108fdb"
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source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H4203"
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source_hash: "2e0f46ff7602da51137bc422b6368fb9c832c79ba082190a5d178d0360b112d1"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
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---
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# Massachusetts H 4203 (191st) — An Act requiring the hands-free use of mobile telephones while driving
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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).
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H4203.pdf)
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## Sponsors
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- Requiring the hands-free use of mobile telephones while driving — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-11-18** Reported from the committee of conference
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- **2019-11-18** Reported on H3793
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- **2019-11-18** Referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `referral-committee`
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- **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
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- **2019-11-19** Rules suspended
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- **2019-11-19** Committee of conference report accepted - 154 YEAS to 1 NAYS (See YEA and NAY in Supplement, No. 132)
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- **2019-11-19** Rules suspended
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- **2019-11-19** Committee of conference report accepted, in concurrence
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- **2019-11-19** Enacted `passage`
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- **2019-11-20** Enacted - See Roll Call #131 [38 YEAS - 1 NAY] `passage`
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- **2019-11-20** Laid before the Governor
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- **2019-11-25** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 122 of the Acts of 2019 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/02769f14-3666-49e5-804a-0b844c108fdb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
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