HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3838 FILED ON: 2/19/2021
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1025
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
David T. Vieira
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act relative to hunting near a dwelling.
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: | Date Added: |
David T. Vieira | 3rd Barnstable | 2/19/2021 |
Joseph D. McKenna | 18th Worcester | 2/19/2021 |
Patrick Joseph Kearney | 4th Plymouth | 2/22/2021 |
Donald R. Berthiaume, Jr. | 5th Worcester | 2/24/2021 |
Timothy R. Whelan | 1st Barnstable | 2/24/2021 |
Michael J. Soter | 8th Worcester | 2/25/2021 |
Susan L. Moran | Plymouth and Barnstable | 2/26/2021 |
David Allen Robertson | 19th Middlesex | 3/16/2021 |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3838 FILED ON: 2/19/2021
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1025
By Mr. Vieira of Falmouth, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1025) of David T. Vieira and others relative to bow and arrow hunting near dwellings. Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture. |
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Second General Court
(2021-2022)
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An Act relative to hunting near a dwelling.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 58 of chapter 131 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting, in line 6, after the word "thereof" the following words:-
, provided that a person may hunt with a bow and arrow from an elevated tree stand not less than 250 feet from any dwelling in use except as authorized by the owner or occupant thereof