Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources

Event Details

Status:

Completed

Event Date:

Tuesday, October 21, 2025

Start Time:

1:00 PM

Location:

A-1 and Virtual

Event Description

Animals, Hunting, Fishing, Wildlife

Please be advised that the schedule and agenda are subject to change at the agreement of the Chairs.

All matters filed in the House that are listed above are required to be reported on by December 21, 2025, subject to extensions consistent with House Rule 27.

The public is invited to participate in this hybrid hearing, which will be livestreamed on the General Court website, https://malegislature.gov/. Hearings will be recorded and posted publicly on the Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources’ page https://malegislature.gov/Committees/Detail/J21/Hearings.

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Written testimony can be submitted via email at jointcommittee.environment@malegislature.gov or physically mailed to the House Chair:

Chair Christine Barber

Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources

ATTN: Jacob Newman

24 Beacon St. Room 167

Boston, MA 02133

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This hearing will be chaired by House Chair Christine Barber. If you have any questions regarding the hearing, legislation, format of the hearing or reasonable accommodations required to ensure people with disabilities can participate fully in the committee process, please email: Jacob Newman with Chair Barber, at Jacob.Newman@mahouse.gov and Clayton Spivey with Chair Rausch, at Clayton.Spivey@masenate.gov. House Chair Barber’s office can be reached via telephone: (617) 722-2230.

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Item Name	Start Time	Duration	Webcast
Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources - 10-21-2025	10/21/2025 1:00 PM	04:58:49

Animals, Hunting, Fishing, Wildlife 1:00pm - 5:00pm

Bill	Bill Title	Sponsor
H.892	Resolve to establish a special commission to perform an investigation and providing for a study relative to the long term management, maintenance and future use of the Boston Harbor Long and Moon Islands	Bruce J. Ayers
H.893	An Act relative to the sale of dogs and cats in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts	Bruce J. Ayers
H.898	An Act to end the taking of horseshoe crabs for bait	Michelle L. Badger
H.919	An Act to protect and preserve the northern right whale and other resident endangered whale and sea turtle species	Mike Connolly
H.930	An Act relative to bow hunting for deer in Wompatuck State Park	David F. DeCoste
H.940	An Act relative to beavers	Paul K. Frost
H.941	An Act authorizing the use of bow and arrows for Sunday hunting	Paul K. Frost
H.943	An Act relative to dogs brought into the Commonwealth by animal rescue organizations	William C. Galvin
H.966	An Act prohibiting the mistreatment of birds	Christopher Hendricks
H.967	An Act banning the retail sale of dogs, cats, and rabbits in new pet shops	Natalie M. Higgins
H.989	An Act concerning the use of animals in product testing	Jack Patrick Lewis
H.990	An Act prohibiting the sale of newly farmed fur products	Jack Patrick Lewis
H.993	An Act permitting bow hunting on Sunday	Marc T. Lombardo
H.999	An Act establishing a deer population control commission	Christopher M. Markey
H.1010	An Act relative to the use of shotguns	David K. Muradian, Jr.
H.1011	An Act relative to critical wildlife habitat management	David K. Muradian, Jr.
H.1016	An Act relative to hunting on Sunday	Kelly W. Pease
H.1017	An Act to provide priority antlerless deer permits for disabled veteran hunters	Kelly W. Pease
H.1025	An Act addressing noise issues of migratory game hunters near coastal dwellings	Sean Reid
H.1026	An Act establishing a special commission to study the noise effects of hunting migratory game birds in neighborhoods and communities within established coastal zones	Sean Reid
H.1047	An Act requiring nonlead ammunition when taking wildlife	Danillo A. Sena
H.1048	An Act relative to increased protection of wildlife management areas	Danillo A. Sena
H.1055	An Act relative to the conservation of Atlantic striped bass	Thomas M. Stanley
H.1056	An Act relative to the conservation of striped bass	Thomas M. Stanley
H.1057	An Act authorizing deer hunting on Sunday	Alyson M. Sullivan-Almeida
H.1062	An Act relative to hunting with artificial light	David T. Vieira
H.1065	An Act relative to outdoor heritage	David T. Vieira
H.1066	An Act reimburse George L. Darey Inland Fisheries and Game Fund	David T. Vieira
H.1071	An Act waiving sporting, hunting or fishing license fees for people who use a wheelchair as their primary source of mobility	Susannah M. Whipps
H.1074	An Act relative to certain hunting zones	Jonathan D. Zlotnik
H.1075	An Act relative to the use of shotgun ammunition for hunting	Jonathan D. Zlotnik
H.3935	An Act relative to ivory and rhinoceros horn trafficking	Jay D. Livingstone
H.4512	An Act modernizing the governance of Port Authority parks in East Boston	Adrian C. Madaro
H.4513	An Act relative to fishing licenses for seniors	Adam J. Scanlon
H.4319	An Act banning the retail sale of dogs, cats, rabbits, and guinea pigs in pet shops	Adam J. Scanlon
S.544	An Act prohibiting the mistreatment of birds	William N. Brownsberger
S.551	An Act prohibiting the sale of newly farmed fur products	Cynthia Stone Creem
S.573	An Act to protect and preserve the northern right whale and other resident endangered whale and sea turtle species	Sal N. DiDomenico
S.576	An Act relative to outdoor heritage	Peter J. Durant
S.577	An Act relative to the use of crossbows in hunting	Peter J. Durant
S.578	An Act relative to hunting near a dwelling	Peter J. Durant
S.595	An Act relative to the use of crossbows in hunting	Ryan C. Fattman
S.596	An Act relative to hunting near a dwelling	Ryan C. Fattman
S.616	An Act relative to ivory and rhinoceros horn trafficking	Jason M. Lewis
S.618	An Act banning the retail sale of dogs, cats, rabbits, and guinea pigs in pet shops	Jason M. Lewis
S.619	An Act relative to protecting aquatic and semiaquatic wildlife on beaches	Jason M. Lewis
S.634	An Act conserving our natural resources	Paul W. Mark
S.635	An Act relative to deer open hunting season	Paul W. Mark
S.639	An Act to provide additional funding for animal welfare and safety programming	Mark C. Montigny
S.640	An Act promoting humane cosmetics and other household products by limiting the use of animal testing	Mark C. Montigny
S.650	An Act banning the retail sale of dogs, cats, and rabbits in pet shops	Patrick M. O'Connor
S.651	An Act banning the retail sale of dogs, cats, and rabbits in new pet shops	Patrick M. O'Connor
S.668	An Act creating the commercial fisheries offshore wind mitigation fund	Bruce E. Tarr
S.670	An Act relative to disabled veterans fishing and hunting licenses	Bruce E. Tarr
S.672	An Act further protecting research animals	Bruce E. Tarr

Present (9)

Jennifer Balinsky Armini (HOU)

Simon Cataldo (HOU)

John R. Gaskey (HOU)

Tara T. Hong (HOU)

Kristin E. Kassner (HOU)

Margaret R. Scarsdale (HOU)

Dawne Shand (HOU)

Kenneth P. Sweezey (HOU)

Mark D. Sylvia (HOU)

Absent (2)

Christine P. Barber (HOU) *

Jonathan D. Zlotnik (HOU) *

	Document
	H892 Bill Summary
	H893 Bill Summary
	H898 Bill Summary
	H919 Bill Summary
	H930 Bill Summary
	H940 Bill Summary
	H941 Bill Summary
	H943 Bill Summary
	H966 Bill Summary
	H967 Bill Summary
	H989 Bill Summary
	H990 Bill Summary
	H993 Bill Summary
	H999 Bill Summary
	H1010 Bill Summary
	H1011 Bill Summary
	H1016 Bill Summary
	H1017 Bill Summary
	H1025 Bill Summary
	H1026 Bill Summary
	H1047 Bill Summary
	H1048 Bill Summary
	H1055 Bill Summary
	H1056 Bill Summary
	H1057 Bill Summary
	H1062 Bill Summary
	H1065 Bill Summary
	H1066 Bill Summary
	H1071 Bill Summary
	H1074 Bill Summary
	H1075 Bill Summary
	H3935 Bill Summary
	H4319 Bill Summary
	H4512 Bill Summary
	H4513 Bill Summary

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