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H139 • 2025

An Act relative to rodeos

An Act relative to rodeos

Agriculture
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Sponsor
Adam J. Scanlon
Last action
2025-09-08
Official status
Accompanied a new draft, see H4424
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act relative to rodeos

An Act relative to rodeos By Representative Scanlon of North Attleborough, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act relative to rodeos By Representative Scanlon of North Attleborough, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 139) of Adam J.
  • Scanlon relative to rodeos.
  • Agriculture.

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. 2025-09-08 House

    Accompanied a new draft, see H4424

  2. 2025-06-27 Joint

    Referred, pursuant to an order adopted by the two branches, to the committee on Agriculture and Fisheries

  3. 2025-04-30 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 05/13/2025 from 10:30 AM-01:00 PM in B-1

  4. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Agriculture

  5. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act relative to rodeos
By Representative Scanlon of North Attleborough, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 139) of Adam J. Scanlon relative to rodeos. Agriculture.

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.139

Chapter 128 is hereby amended by inserting, after section 2B, a new section:-

Section 2B1/2.

Rodeos

Rodeos shall comply with the rules, regulations, standards, and practices established by the Professional Rodeo Cowboy Association.

For the purposes of this section, “rodeo” shall be defined as “a competition or exhibition in which individuals compete by or showcase skills associated with traditional cowboy activities, including but not limited to bull riding, bronc riding, bareback bronc riding, steer wrestling, calf roping, and team roping, and include the use of animals, including but not limited to bulls, steers, calves, broncs, and horses”.

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