Budget Amendment ID: FY2023-S4-16

ENV 16

Use of Crossbows for Hunting

Ms. Gobi, Messrs. Moore, Fattman and Pacheco, Ms. Moran and Messrs. Cronin and O'Connor moved that the proposed new text be amended by inserting after section __ the following 2 sections:-

SECTION X. Section 64 of chapter 131 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 2 and 3, the words “or an crossbow, except as provided in section 69,”

SECTION XX: 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.”