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H 3740

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2025-2026 Regular Session Introduced by Brandon Cox and 3 co-sponsors

Massachusetts H.3740 would allow the Registrar to grant hardship licenses for motorcycle operation and permit certified ignition interlocks on motorcycles.

Referred to Committee on Ways and Means
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Bill Summary · H 3740

Summary — H 3740 (mixed/duplicated text provided)

Note up front: the materials supplied appear to combine two different legislative texts. The printed House Docket No. 3740 (MA) and accompanying bill language concerns hardship motorcycle licenses and allowing ignition interlock devices on motorcycles. The document also contains a separate South Carolina statutory amendment concerning paid military leave (amendment to S.C. Code §8‑7‑90). Below are concise, labeled summaries of each component and a short procedural timeline drawn from the packet.

A. Massachusetts — House No. 3740 (filed 1/7/2025)

Title in text: “An Act to allow hardship licenses and interlocking ignition devices on motorcycles”

Purpose / intent

To permit the Registrar of Motor Vehicles to (1) provide hearings and grant hardship licenses for operation of motorcycles and (2) allow certified ignition interlocking devices to be installed on motorcycles, enabling parity with automobiles for reinstatement and restricted driving privileges.

Key provisions

  • Amends chapter 90, §24 by adding a provision that the Registrar may grant individuals the opportunity to request a hearing for a hardship license that covers motorcycle operation, referencing procedures in section 24, paragraph (C)(1)–(C)(3 3/4).
  • Amends chapter 90, §24½ by adding a provision that, for purposes of §24½, a “motorcycle” shall be considered a “vehicle,” and the Registrar may permit installation of certified ignition interlock devices on motorcycles in accordance with that section.

Who is affected

  • Motorcycle owners/operators who are subject to license suspension/administrative action (e.g., DUI-related suspensions) and who may seek hardship/restricted licenses.
  • Registries and vendors/technicians who certify and install ignition interlock devices on motorcycles.
  • Law enforcement and courts administering driving-privilege reinstatement with interlock conditions.

Potential impact

  • Expands eligibility and mechanisms for reinstating driving privileges for motorcycle operators.
  • Enables use of ignition interlock technology on motorcycles (technical and safety standards, certification and installation processes may follow from Registrar rules).
  • Administrative/regulatory work for Registry to adopt implementing regulations.

B. South Carolina — Amendment to §8‑7‑90 (text dated 01/15/2025)

Title in packet: “To provide that certain state employees receive thirty days of paid military leave each year”

Purpose / intent

Increase the annual paid military leave entitlement for state and political‑subdivision employees who are members of the National Guard or U.S. Reserve components.

Key provisions (exact changes)

  • Changes the aggregate annual paid leave entitlement from “fifteen” to “thirty” regularly scheduled work days for military training or ordered military duties.
  • Clarifies that Saturdays, Sundays, and state holidays may not be counted unless they are regularly scheduled workdays for the employee.
  • Preserves an additional entitlement of up to thirty days if the person is called to serve during an emergency.
  • Provides up to thirty additional days of military leave for a full‑time state employee on active duty in a combat zone who has exhausted other available military leave.
  • Defines “in any one year” to mean either calendar year or the fiscal year used by the relevant Guard/reserve component.
  • Effective upon the Governor’s approval.

Who is affected

  • State officers and employees and employees of political subdivisions (including school districts) who are enlisted/commissioned members of SC National Guard or U.S. Reserve components.

Potential impact

  • Increases paid leave cost exposure to state and local employers (additional paid days for eligible employees).
  • Encourages participation in National Guard/reserve service by reducing financial barriers.
  • Administrative implementation by agencies to track and apply the expanded leave entitlement.

Procedural / timeline notes (from provided actions)

  • For the MA House bill text: Introduced/read first time on 2025‑01‑15; referred to Committee on Ways and Means (and earlier referred to Transportation per other entries). Multiple hearing entries are listed for October 2025 (10/21/2025 hearings scheduled/rescheduled).
  • The packet lists “Referred to the committee on Transportation” (2025‑02‑27) and a “Senate concurred” entry dated 2025‑02‑27 — these entries are inconsistent with typical single‑jurisdiction procedure and likely reflect conflation of documents.
  • Sponsor names in the packet differ: MA text lists Rep. Joseph D. McKenna as the filing legislator; the header in your prompt lists “Mitchell (primary).” These discrepancies should be resolved by checking the official legislative docket or state legislature websites.

If you’d like, I can:
- Retrieve and reconcile the official docket entries for H.3740 in Massachusetts and the SC amendment to §8‑7‑90, or
- Produce a clean, standalone summary focused only on the Massachusetts motorcycle provisions or only on the South Carolina paid military leave amendment.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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