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2023 SESSION

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SB 1085 Vehicle noise; Department of Transportation shall convene work group to examine issue.

Introduced by: Adam P. Ebbin | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED:

Study; motor vehicle noise; report. Directs the Superintendent of State Police to convene a work group to examine the issue of vehicle noise in the Commonwealth and to report its findings and recommendations to the Chairmen of the Senate and House Committees on Transportation by November 1, 2023.

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE:

Study; motor vehicle noise; report. Directs the Department of Transportation to convene a work group of specified stakeholders to examine the issue of vehicle noise in the Commonwealth and to report its findings and recommendations to the Chairmen of the Senate and House Committees on Transportation by November 1, 2023.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Motor vehicle exhaust systems; aftermarket amplifying devices; inspections. Prohibits the sale and use of devices designed to create or amplify noise emitted from a motor vehicle, moped, or motorized skateboard or scooter to a level higher than that of the originally manufactured vehicle and requires motor vehicle inspection regulations to include compliance with such requirements. The bill creates a noise limit of 85 decibels as measured from a distance of 50 feet that a motor vehicle, moped, or motorized skateboard or scooter may emit.