Mass. lawmakers shelve bill making it a crime for rideshare drivers to have sex with passengers

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Supporters wanted Massachusetts to criminalize sex between rideshare drivers and passengers, saying current law makes rape cases hard to prosecute. Instead, lawmakers advanced a rewritten bill focused on idling alerts.

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