HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2393        FILED ON: 2/17/2021

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 991

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

_________________

PRESENTED BY:

Smitty Pignatelli

_________________

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 the use of crossbows in hunting.

_______________

PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Smitty Pignatelli

4th Berkshire

2/17/2021

Angelo L. D'Emilia

8th Plymouth

3/1/2021

Timothy R. Whelan

1st Barnstable

1/3/2022


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2393        FILED ON: 2/17/2021

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 991

By Mr. Pignatelli of Lenox, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 991) of Smitty Pignatelli and Angelo L. D'Emilia for legislation relative to the use of crossbows in hunting.  Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 846 OF 2019-2020.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

_______________

In the One Hundred and Ninety-Second General Court
(2021-2022)

_______________

 

An Act relative to the use of crossbows in hunting.

 

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 64 of chapter 131 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 2 and 3, the words "or any crossbow, except as provided in section 69,".

SECTION 2. Said chapter 131 is hereby amended by striking out section 69 and inserting in place thereof the following section:-

Section 69. A person shall not carry or use a bow and arrow, or a crossbow or a bolt or arrow with a crossbow, while hunting unless said bow and arrow, or said crossbow and bolt or arrow, meet the requirements of the rules and regulations which shall be promulgated by the director. Such rules and regulations shall prescribe the general design, weight of pull, and type of bows and arrows, and type of crossbows, and bolts and arrows, and shall conform to standards generally accepted for hunting purposes. No person shall use a crossbow for hunting with any projectile, other than a bolt or arrow that meets the applicable requirements as established under this section.