{"id":4922,"date":"2023-07-14T18:37:56","date_gmt":"2023-07-14T22:37:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/masslaw\/?p=4922"},"modified":"2023-09-16T15:34:41","modified_gmt":"2023-09-16T19:34:41","slug":"chapter-131-an-act-to-prohibit-internet-hunting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/masslaw\/2023\/07\/14\/chapter-131-an-act-to-prohibit-internet-hunting\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 131, An Act to Prohibit Internet Hunting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"\/masslaw\/files\/2023\/07\/BU-Legislative-Counsel-Clinic-Legislative-History-Project-Timothy-Andrews_Part2.pdf\" style=\"color: #000000;\">An Act to Prohibit Internet Hunting Memorandum<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">1. \u00a0Procedural History and Bill Versions<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"\/masslaw\/files\/2023\/07\/BU-Legislative-Counsel-Clinic-Legislative-History-Project-Timothy-Andrews_Part5.pdf\" style=\"color: #000000;\">M.G.L. c. 131, \u00a765A (bill codified)<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"\/masslaw\/files\/2023\/07\/BU-Legislative-Counsel-Clinic-Legislative-History-Project-Timothy-Andrews_Part9.pdf\" style=\"color: #000000;\">S860<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"\/masslaw\/files\/2023\/07\/BU-Legislative-Counsel-Clinic-Legislative-History-Project-Timothy-Andrews_Part14.pdf\" style=\"color: #000000;\">S860 (amended)<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"\/masslaw\/files\/2023\/07\/BU-Legislative-Counsel-Clinic-Legislative-History-Project-Timothy-Andrews_Part3.pdf\" style=\"color: #000000;\">History<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"\/masslaw\/files\/2023\/07\/BU-Legislative-Counsel-Clinic-Legislative-History-Project-Timothy-Andrews_Part4.pdf\" style=\"color: #000000;\">S2273<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">2. Committee Documents<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"\/masslaw\/files\/2023\/07\/BU-Legislative-Counsel-Clinic-Legislative-History-Project-Timothy-Andrews_Part7.pdf\" style=\"color: #000000;\">House Journals<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"\/masslaw\/files\/2023\/07\/BU-Legislative-Counsel-Clinic-Legislative-History-Project-Timothy-Andrews_Part6.pdf\" style=\"color: #000000;\">Senate Journals<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"\/masslaw\/files\/2023\/07\/BU-Legislative-Counsel-Clinic-Legislative-History-Project-Timothy-Andrews_Part12.pdf\" style=\"color: #000000;\">MSPCA testimony to the Joint Committee on the Judiciary<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"\/masslaw\/files\/2023\/07\/BU-Legislative-Counsel-Clinic-Legislative-History-Project-Timothy-Andrews_Part13.pdf\" style=\"color: #000000;\">MSPCA testimony to the Senate Committee on Bills in the Third Reading<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"\/masslaw\/files\/2023\/07\/BU-Legislative-Counsel-Clinic-Legislative-History-Project-Timothy-Andrews_Part11.pdf\" style=\"color: #000000;\">Hearing announcement to Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">3. Floor Documents and Conference Committee Documents<a href=\"https:\/\/archives.lib.state.ma.us\/bitstream\/handle\/2452\/127672\/ocn806091064-benefit_review.pdf?sequence=1&amp;isAllowed=y\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul><\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"\/masslaw\/files\/2023\/07\/BU-Legislative-Counsel-Clinic-Legislative-History-Project-Timothy-Andrews_Part15.pdf\" style=\"color: #000000;\">Testimony<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">4. Executive Action Documents<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">5. Press Reports (links only) \u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">State House News Service: <a href=\"https:\/\/www-statehousenews-com.ezproxy.bu.edu\/news\/2007407\" style=\"color: #000000;\">ADVANCES &#8211; WEEK OF APRIL 8, 2007<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">State House News Service: <a href=\"https:\/\/www-statehousenews-com.ezproxy.bu.edu\/news\/2007667\" style=\"color: #000000;\">ADVANCES &#8211; WEEK OF JUNE 10, 2007<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">State House News Service: <a href=\"https:\/\/www-statehousenews-com.ezproxy.bu.edu\/news\/2007863\" style=\"color: #000000;\">ADVANCES &#8211; WEEK OF JULY 29, 2007<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">State House News Service: <a href=\"https:\/\/www-statehousenews-com.ezproxy.bu.edu\/news\/2007422\" style=\"color: #000000;\">PLAN WOULD MAKE CIVIL RIGHTS OFF LIMITS IN CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS<\/a> By: Gintautas Dumcius &#8211; APRIL 10, 2007<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">State House News Service: <a href=\"https:\/\/www-statehousenews-com.ezproxy.bu.edu\/news\/2007646\" style=\"color: #000000;\">SENATE SESSION &#8211; TUESDAY, JUNE 5, 2007<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">State House News Service: <a href=\"https:\/\/www-statehousenews-com.ezproxy.bu.edu\/news\/2007721\" style=\"color: #000000;\">SENATE SESSION &#8211; THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 2007<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">State House News Service: <a href=\"https:\/\/www-statehousenews-com.ezproxy.bu.edu\/news\/2007859\" style=\"color: #000000;\">SENATE SESSION &#8211; THURSDAY, JULY 26, 2007<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">State House News Service: <a href=\"https:\/\/www-statehousenews-com.ezproxy.bu.edu\/news\/2007828\" style=\"color: #000000;\">HOUSE SESSION &#8211; THURSDAY, JULY 19, 2007<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">State House News Service: <a href=\"https:\/\/www-statehousenews-com.ezproxy.bu.edu\/news\/2007861\" style=\"color: #000000;\">HOUSE SESSION &#8211; THURSDAY, JULY 26, 2007<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">State House News Service: <a href=\"https:\/\/www-statehousenews-com.ezproxy.bu.edu\/news\/2007649\" style=\"color: #000000;\">STATE CAPITOL BRIEFS &#8211; TUESDAY, JUNE 5, 2007<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">State House News Service: <a href=\"https:\/\/www-statehousenews-com.ezproxy.bu.edu\/news\/2007833\" style=\"color: #000000;\">STATE CAPITOL BRIEFS &#8211; THURSDAY, JULY 19, 2007<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">State House News Service: <a href=\"https:\/\/www-statehousenews-com.ezproxy.bu.edu\/news\/2007835\" style=\"color: #000000;\">WEEKLY ROUNDUP &#8211; WEEK OF JULY 16, 2007<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">State House News Service: <a href=\"https:\/\/www-statehousenews-com.ezproxy.bu.edu\/news\/2007862\" style=\"color: #000000;\">WEEKLY ROUNDUP &#8211; WEEK OF JULY 23, 2007<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">State House News Service: <a href=\"https:\/\/www-statehousenews-com.ezproxy.bu.edu\/pr\/2007255\" style=\"color: #000000;\">THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES URGES MASSACHUSETTS LAWMAKERS TO PULL THE PLUG ON INTERNET HUNTING<\/a> (2-2-07)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">State House News Service: <a href=\"https:\/\/www-statehousenews-com.ezproxy.bu.edu\/pr\/20071086\" style=\"color: #000000;\">MASSACHUSETTS SENATE PULLS THE PLUG ON INTERNET HUNTING<\/a> (6-22-07)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Albany Democrat-Herald: Stop online &#8216;hunt&#8217; &#8211; Tuesday, April 10, 2007<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">American City and County: States move to outlaw hunting over Internet By: Annie Gentile -June 1, 2005<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Anchorage Daily News: <a href=\"https:\/\/plus.lexis.com\/api\/permalink\/77b7e5be-d7d7-42a4-aa14-a3b2e3ebd9f6\/?context=1530671\" style=\"color: #000000;\">Bill would ban online hunting of game<\/a> By: Sabra Ayres &#8211; March 29, 2007<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Associated Press: <a href=\"https:\/\/plus.lexis.com\/api\/permalink\/892289fe-0b79-4da7-be11-28cd690780e1\/?context=1530671\" style=\"color: #000000;\">News from the Pennsylvania General Assembly<\/a> &#8211; Thursday, October 20, 2005<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Associated Press: State officials want to prevent Internet-based hunting &#8211; Monday, January 23, 2006<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Associated Press: House votes to ban remote-control hunting via the Internet &#8211; July 27, 2007<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Baltimore Sn: Bill to ban Internet hunting is hollow By: Candies Thomson &#8211; February 5, 2006<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Boston.com: House votes to ban remote-control hunting via the Internet &#8211; July 26, 2007<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Boston Globe:Bill aims to prohibit Web-based hunting By: James Vaznis &#8211; Jan. 22, 2007<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Boston Herald: &#8220;It&#8217;s not fair game: Bill would ban Internet hunting&#8221; By: Dave Wedge &#8211; Feb. 3, 2007<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Burlington Free Press: Letters to the Editor &#8211; June 25, 2005<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Christian Science Monitor: Hunting by remote control draws fire from all quarters By: Kris Axtman &#8211; April 5, 2005<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Contra Costa Times: Income disclosure among bevy of legislative issues &#8211; August 30, 2005<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Cox News Service: Electronic shooting service stirs interest By: Mike Leggettt &#8211; November 26, 2004<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Des Moines Register: Bill wold ban Internet &#8216;hunting&#8217; of live animals By: Jennifer Jacobs &#8211; Deb. 28, 2007<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Earth Island Journal: Ready, aim, double-click! &#8211; March 22, 2005<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Fort Worth Star Telegram: Prey eludes online hunter By: Jay Root &#8211; April 10, 2005<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Hamilton Spectator &#8220;Internet hunting under fire; It&#8217;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. &#8216;This is the kind of technology I associate with war &#8212; like drones &#8212; not with sport,&#8217; said California Senator Debra Bowen.&#8221; By: Sylvia Moreno &#8211; May 11, 2005<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Herald News (Passaic County, NJ): Killing critters by computer; Online hunter wants to use real bullets By: Ray Sasser November 26, 2004<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">HT Media: SEN. BOWEN&#8217;S MEASURE OUTLAWING &#8216;INTERNET HUNTING&#8217; CLEARS ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE WITH BIPARTISAN SUPPORT &#8211; June 28, 2005<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">HT Media: SEN. BOWEN BILL TO OUTLAW &#8216;POINT, CLICK AND KIL&#8217; SIGNED INTO LAW BY GOV. SCHWARZENEGGER -Friday, October 7, 2005<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Journal and Courier: Good intentions mean little when profits at stake &#8211; August 21, 2005<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Lexington Herald Leader: Bill would ban online hunting in Kentucky; WEB SITE LETS COMPUTER USERS SHOOT REAL GAME BY CLICKING THEIR MOUSE &#8211; February 21, 2006<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">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 &#8211; Saturday, August 20, 2005<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Monterey County Herald: California bans Internet hunting; Officials also prohibit fishing on Web By: Matt Weiser &#8211; August 20, 2005<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">MSNBC: &#8220;Hunting via Internet? Officials wary: Computer controls rifle-camera combination&#8221; Nov. 18, 2004<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">MSNBC: SCARBOROUGH COUNTRY By: Furnell Chatman, Pat Buchanan &#8211; May 3, 2005<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The New York Post: SPORTSMEN ARE BARKING MAD By: Ken Moran &#8211; June 12, 2005<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Omaha World-Herald: Senators bill takes aim at cyber hunting in state By: Martha Stoddard &#8211; Sunday, January 8, 2006<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Philly.com: Unconventional Wisdom | To kill just point mouse and click By: Alfred Lubrano April 9, 2007<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Press Association: ONLINE HUNTING SPARKS OUTRAGE IN U.S. By: Victoria Ward &#8211; April 5, 2005<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Promo.com: Internet hunting, a &#8216;shooting gallery,&#8217; banned in R.I. By: Benjamin N. Gedan &#8211; July 24, 2006<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">San Jose Mercury News: A Web site for hunting poses questions about killing By: Eric Goldman &#8211; July 25, 2005<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Seattle Post-Intelligencer: WEB WARRIORS HUNT AND PECK AND KILL CYBERSHOOTERS FIND EASY WAY TO BAG PREY By: Jay Root &#8211; March 7, 2005<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Sunday Oregonian: AN OREGON BILL WOULD OUTLAW ONLINE HUNTING, A CONTROVERSIAL PRACTICE MANY SAY IS NO SPORT By: Grant Schulte &#8211; June 5, 2005 SUNRISE EDITION<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Tallahassee Democrat: Texan aims to go hunting on the Net By: Ray Sasser &#8211; November 28, 2004<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">US Fed News: STATE REP. GEORGE INTRODUCES LEGISLATION BANNING INTERNET HUNTING &#8211; March 16, 2005<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Wall Street Journal: Internet Hunting Has Got to Stop\u2014If It Ever Starts By: Zachary M. Seward &#8211; August 10, 2007<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Washington post: House Click Brings Home Thrill of the Hunt; Critics Move to Stop Tex. Online Business By: Sylvia Moreno &#8211; May 8, 2005<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Wisconsin State Journal: DOYLE SIGNS SEVEN GOP BILLS; ONE LAW REGULATES CREMATORIES By: Tom Sheehan &#8211; August 16, 2005<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Worcester Telegram &amp; Gazette: Keep eye on laws restricting wildlife gifts By: Joe Michniewicz November 30, 2004<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">6. Misc.<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"\/masslaw\/files\/2023\/07\/BU-Legislative-Counsel-Clinic-Legislative-History-Project-Timothy-Andrews_Part10.pdf\" style=\"color: #000000;\">MSPCA Inter-organizational email<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Act to Prohibit Internet Hunting Memorandum 1. \u00a0Procedural History and Bill Versions M.G.L. c. 131, \u00a765A (bill codified)\u00a0 S860\u00a0 S860 (amended)\u00a0 History\u00a0 S2273\u00a0 2. Committee Documents House Journals\u00a0 Senate Journals\u00a0 MSPCA testimony to the Joint Committee on the Judiciary\u00a0 MSPCA testimony to the Senate Committee on Bills in the Third Reading\u00a0 Hearing announcement to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22595,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[23],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/masslaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4922"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/masslaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/masslaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/masslaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22595"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/masslaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4922"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/masslaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4922\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5291,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/masslaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4922\/revisions\/5291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/masslaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/masslaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/masslaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}