# MA — US graduated driver licensing requirements by state

For MA, learner minimum age is 16; mandatory holding period is 6 months; supervised driving hours is 40 hours; intermediate minimum age is 16, 6 months; nighttime restriction is 12:30 a.m.-5 a.m. (between 12:30 a.m.-1 a.m. and 4 a.m.-5 a.m. the night driving and passenger restrictions are subject to secondary enforcement; enforcement is primary at all other times), verified against its source on 2026-08-05.

- **State:** MA
- **Learner minimum age:** 16
- **Mandatory holding period:** 6 months
- **Supervised driving hours:** 40 hours
- **Intermediate minimum age:** 16, 6 months
- **Nighttime restriction:** 12:30 a.m.-5 a.m. (between 12:30 a.m.-1 a.m. and 4 a.m.-5 a.m. the night driving and passenger restrictions are subject to secondary enforcement; enforcement is primary at all other times)
- **Passenger restriction:** no passengers younger than 18 (between 12:30 am–1 am and 4 am–5 am the night driving and passenger restrictions are secondarily enforced; enforcement is primary at all other times)
- **Night restriction lifted:** age 18
- **Passenger restriction lifted:** licensed for 6 months or age 18, whichever occurs first (min. age: 17)

## What the source says

> MA | 16 Footnote 31 | 6 months Footnote 31 | 40 hours Footnote 32 | 16, 6 months Footnote 33 | 12:30 a.m.-5 a.m. (between 12:30 a.m.-1 a.m. and 4 a.m.-5 a.m. the night driving and passenger restrictions are subject to secondary enforcement; enforcement is primary at all other times) | no passengers younger than 18 (between 12:30 am–1 am and 4 am–5 am the night driving and passenger restrictions are secondarily enforced; enforcement is primary at all other times) | age 18 | licensed for 6 months or age 18, whichever occurs first (min. age: 17)

## Source

- https://www.iihs.org/topics/teenagers/graduated-licensing-laws-table

Last verified: 2026-08-05. Review by: 2027-08-05.
Part of [US graduated driver licensing requirements by state](https://referencesource.org/graduated-driver-licensing/).