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H993 • 2025

An Act permitting bow hunting on Sunday

An Act permitting bow hunting on Sunday

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Sponsor
Marc T. Lombardo
Last action
2026-02-26
Official status
Accompanied a study order, see H5149
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act permitting bow hunting on Sunday

An Act permitting bow hunting on Sunday By Representative Lombardo of Billerica, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act permitting bow hunting on Sunday By Representative Lombardo of Billerica, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 993) of Marc T.
  • Lombardo for legislation to permit bow hunting on Sunday.
  • Environment and Natural Resources.

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. 2026-02-26 House

    Accompanied a study order, see H5149

  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 permitting bow hunting on Sunday
By Representative Lombardo of Billerica, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 993) of Marc T. Lombardo for legislation to permit bow hunting on Sunday. Environment and Natural Resources.

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Bill H.993

SECTION 1. Section 57 of chapter 131 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “season”, in line 1, the following words:- , except for hunting with a bow and arrow or crossbow pursuant to section 69.

SECTION 2. Said section 57 of said chapter 131, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by inserting after the word “mammal”, in line 3, the following words:- , except by bow and arrow or crossbow pursuant to said section 69,.

SECTION 3. Said section 57 of said chapter 131, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out the words “, shotgun or bow and arrow”, in line 4, and inserting in place thereof the following words:- or shotgun.

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