CommonWealth Magazine reports on the ride-sharing bill that ultimately passed the Senate. Fingerprint based background checks were left out of the bill however the Department of Public Utilities could implement them under the regulatory authority granted in this legislation if it is determined that this type of check will benefit public safety.
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Senators Roll Out New Ride-Hailing Legislation
The State House News Service reports on WBUR.org about the new ride-hailing legislation to be debated by the senate next week. Senator Brownsberger was one of five Senators to sit on a working group that developed the bill.
State’s top cop rules for homeless man in trespass case
Senator Brownsberger was quoted in a State House News Service article in the Brockton Enterprise regarding an SJC decision on the defense of necessity: “I certainly don’t think we should be rushing to rule out common sense defenses to crimes,” Brownsberger said. He said, “We’ll have to look at the opinion carefully but that’s my incoming bias.”
Parents of woman killed in crash push duck boat bill
The Boston Globe reported on the efforts of Ivan and Martha Warmuth, who partnership with Senator Brownsberger and several of legislative colleagues, introduced legislation to improve the safety of sight-seeing vehicles.
State Senate to consider new duck boat safety regulations
The Boston Globe reports on a bill, filed by Senator Brownsberger, that would impose new regulations for sight-seeing vehicles after a fatal crash near the Boston Common in April.
Off-limits affordable housing law clouds Senate passage of zoning reforms
The State House News Service reported via WWLP News 22 on the zoning reform debate – Senator Brownsberger share his thoughts on the necessity of including some reforms to Chapter 40B in order to make progress: “One of the decisions that was made in the drafting of this legislation was to keep 40B out of …
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