Chapter 131, An Act to Prohibit Internet Hunting

An Act to Prohibit Internet Hunting Memorandum

1. Procedural History and Bill Versions

2. Committee Documents

3. Floor Documents and Conference Committee Documents

Testimony

4. Executive Action Documents

5. Press Reports (links only)

State House News Service: ADVANCES – WEEK OF APRIL 8, 2007
State House News Service: ADVANCES – WEEK OF JUNE 10, 2007
State House News Service: ADVANCES – WEEK OF JULY 29, 2007
State House News Service: PLAN WOULD MAKE CIVIL RIGHTS OFF LIMITS IN CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS By: Gintautas Dumcius – APRIL 10, 2007
State House News Service: SENATE SESSION – TUESDAY, JUNE 5, 2007
State House News Service: SENATE SESSION – THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 2007
State House News Service: SENATE SESSION – THURSDAY, JULY 26, 2007
State House News Service: HOUSE SESSION – THURSDAY, JULY 19, 2007
State House News Service: HOUSE SESSION – THURSDAY, JULY 26, 2007
State House News Service: STATE CAPITOL BRIEFS – TUESDAY, JUNE 5, 2007
State House News Service: STATE CAPITOL BRIEFS – THURSDAY, JULY 19, 2007
State House News Service: WEEKLY ROUNDUP – WEEK OF JULY 16, 2007
State House News Service: WEEKLY ROUNDUP – WEEK OF JULY 23, 2007
State House News Service: THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES URGES MASSACHUSETTS LAWMAKERS TO PULL THE PLUG ON INTERNET HUNTING (2-2-07)
State House News Service: MASSACHUSETTS SENATE PULLS THE PLUG ON INTERNET HUNTING (6-22-07)
Albany Democrat-Herald: Stop online ‘hunt’ – Tuesday, April 10, 2007
American City and County: States move to outlaw hunting over Internet By: Annie Gentile -June 1, 2005
Anchorage Daily News: Bill would ban online hunting of game By: Sabra Ayres – March 29, 2007
The Associated Press: News from the Pennsylvania General Assembly – Thursday, October 20, 2005
The Associated Press: State officials want to prevent Internet-based hunting – Monday, January 23, 2006
The Associated Press: House votes to ban remote-control hunting via the Internet – July 27, 2007
The Baltimore Sn: Bill to ban Internet hunting is hollow By: Candies Thomson – February 5, 2006
Boston.com: House votes to ban remote-control hunting via the Internet – July 26, 2007
The Boston Globe:Bill aims to prohibit Web-based hunting By: James Vaznis – Jan. 22, 2007
Boston Herald: “It’s not fair game: Bill would ban Internet hunting” By: Dave Wedge – Feb. 3, 2007
The Burlington Free Press: Letters to the Editor – June 25, 2005
The Christian Science Monitor: Hunting by remote control draws fire from all quarters By: Kris Axtman – April 5, 2005
Contra Costa Times: Income disclosure among bevy of legislative issues – August 30, 2005
Cox News Service: Electronic shooting service stirs interest By: Mike Leggettt – November 26, 2004
Des Moines Register: Bill wold ban Internet ‘hunting’ of live animals By: Jennifer Jacobs – Deb. 28, 2007
Earth Island Journal: Ready, aim, double-click! – March 22, 2005
Fort Worth Star Telegram: Prey eludes online hunter By: Jay Root – April 10, 2005
Hamilton Spectator “Internet hunting under fire; It’s bagging a kill by remote control and it lets hunters virtually anywhere in the world join the hunt. But it has legislators in the United States up in arms. ‘This is the kind of technology I associate with war — like drones — not with sport,’ said California Senator Debra Bowen.” By: Sylvia Moreno – May 11, 2005
Herald News (Passaic County, NJ): Killing critters by computer; Online hunter wants to use real bullets By: Ray Sasser November 26, 2004
HT Media: SEN. BOWEN’S MEASURE OUTLAWING ‘INTERNET HUNTING’ CLEARS ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE WITH BIPARTISAN SUPPORT – June 28, 2005
HT Media: SEN. BOWEN BILL TO OUTLAW ‘POINT, CLICK AND KIL’ SIGNED INTO LAW BY GOV. SCHWARZENEGGER -Friday, October 7, 2005
Journal and Courier: Good intentions mean little when profits at stake – August 21, 2005
The Lexington Herald Leader: Bill would ban online hunting in Kentucky; WEB SITE LETS COMPUTER USERS SHOOT REAL GAME BY CLICKING THEIR MOUSE – February 21, 2006
Modesto Bee: FISHING ON THE INTERNET DISALLOWED IN CALIFORNIA OTHERS BAN HUNTING ON WEB, BUT STATE IS 1ST TO TAKE IT TO WATER By: Matt Weiser – Saturday, August 20, 2005
Monterey County Herald: California bans Internet hunting; Officials also prohibit fishing on Web By: Matt Weiser – August 20, 2005
MSNBC: “Hunting via Internet? Officials wary: Computer controls rifle-camera combination” Nov. 18, 2004
MSNBC: SCARBOROUGH COUNTRY By: Furnell Chatman, Pat Buchanan – May 3, 2005
The New York Post: SPORTSMEN ARE BARKING MAD By: Ken Moran – June 12, 2005
The Omaha World-Herald: Senators bill takes aim at cyber hunting in state By: Martha Stoddard – Sunday, January 8, 2006
Philly.com: Unconventional Wisdom | To kill just point mouse and click By: Alfred Lubrano April 9, 2007
The Press Association: ONLINE HUNTING SPARKS OUTRAGE IN U.S. By: Victoria Ward – April 5, 2005
Promo.com: Internet hunting, a ‘shooting gallery,’ banned in R.I. By: Benjamin N. Gedan – July 24, 2006
San Jose Mercury News: A Web site for hunting poses questions about killing By: Eric Goldman – July 25, 2005
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer: WEB WARRIORS HUNT AND PECK AND KILL CYBERSHOOTERS FIND EASY WAY TO BAG PREY By: Jay Root – March 7, 2005
The Sunday Oregonian: AN OREGON BILL WOULD OUTLAW ONLINE HUNTING, A CONTROVERSIAL PRACTICE MANY SAY IS NO SPORT By: Grant Schulte – June 5, 2005 SUNRISE EDITION
The Tallahassee Democrat: Texan aims to go hunting on the Net By: Ray Sasser – November 28, 2004
US Fed News: STATE REP. GEORGE INTRODUCES LEGISLATION BANNING INTERNET HUNTING – March 16, 2005
The Wall Street Journal: Internet Hunting Has Got to Stop—If It Ever Starts By: Zachary M. Seward – August 10, 2007
The Washington post: House Click Brings Home Thrill of the Hunt; Critics Move to Stop Tex. Online Business By: Sylvia Moreno – May 8, 2005
Wisconsin State Journal: DOYLE SIGNS SEVEN GOP BILLS; ONE LAW REGULATES CREMATORIES By: Tom Sheehan – August 16, 2005
The Worcester Telegram & Gazette: Keep eye on laws restricting wildlife gifts By: Joe Michniewicz November 30, 2004

6. Misc.

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