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H1071 • 2025

An Act waiving sporting, hunting or fishing license fees for people who use a wheelchair as their primary source of mobility

An Act waiving sporting, hunting or fishing license fees for people who use a wheelchair as their primary source of mobility

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Sponsor
Susannah M. Whipps
Last action
2026-03-30
Official status
Accompanied a study order, see H5307
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act waiving sporting, hunting or fishing license fees for people who use a wheelchair as their primary source of mobility

An Act waiving sporting, hunting or fishing license fees for people who use a wheelchair as their primary source of mobility By Representative Whipps of Athol, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act waiving sporting, hunting or fishing license fees for people who use a wheelchair as their primary source of mobility By Representative Whipps of Athol, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 1071) of Susannah M.
  • Whipps and Natalie M.
  • Blais relative to authorizing the waiving of sporting, hunting or fishing license fees for people who use wheelchairs as their primary source of mobility.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-30 House

    Accompanied a study order, see H5307

  2. 2025-10-10 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 10/21/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1

  3. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Environment and Natural Resources

  4. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act waiving sporting, hunting or fishing license fees for people who use a wheelchair as their primary source of mobility
By Representative Whipps of Athol, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1071) of Susannah M. Whipps and Natalie M. Blais relative to authorizing the waiving of sporting, hunting or fishing license fees for people who use wheelchairs as their primary source of mobility. Environment and Natural Resources.

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.1071

Section 11 of chapter 131 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “paraplegic”, in lines 42 and 43, in each instance, the following words:- or person who uses a wheelchair as their primary source of mobility.

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