---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act further regulating the enforcement of illegal hunting practices"
description: "An Act further regulating the enforcement of illegal hunting practices"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
session: "192nd"
identifier: "H 4442"
citation: "Massachusetts H 4442 (192nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["House Committee on Ways and Means"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-02-09"
last_action: "2022-08-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c51e225-c7c6-47ad-b94f-12c97511b05d"
source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H4442"
source_hash: "d0207057bbf6eadc7fab5a4f257dd9fb6819e795a07fb13c62d5148fa921883f"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
---

# Massachusetts H 4442 (192nd) — An Act further regulating the enforcement of illegal hunting practices

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H4442.pdf)

## Sponsors

- House Committee on Ways and Means — primary (person)
- Adam J. Scanlon — cosponsor (person)
- Angelo L. D'Emilia — cosponsor (person)
- Ann-Margaret Ferrante — cosponsor (person)
- Bradley H. Jones, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Brendan P. Crighton — cosponsor (person)
- Brian M. Ashe — cosponsor (person)
- Brian W. Murray — cosponsor (person)
- Bruce E. Tarr — cosponsor (person)
- Carmine Lawrence Gentile — cosponsor (person)
- Carol A. Doherty — cosponsor (person)
- Carolyn C. Dykema — cosponsor (person)
- Christine P. Barber — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel Cahill — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel J. Ryan — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel M. Donahue — cosponsor (person)
- Danillo A. Sena — cosponsor (person)
- David Allen Robertson — cosponsor (person)
- David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf — cosponsor (person)
- David M. Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- David T. Vieira — cosponsor (person)
- Donald R. Berthiaume, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth A. Malia — cosponsor (person)
- Hannah Kane — cosponsor (person)
- Jack Patrick Lewis — cosponsor (person)
- Jacob R. Oliveira — cosponsor (person)
- James Arciero — cosponsor (person)
- James B. Eldridge — cosponsor (person)
- James M. Kelcourse — cosponsor (person)
- Joanne M. Comerford — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph D. McKenna — cosponsor (person)
- Kate Lipper-Garabedian — cosponsor (person)
- Kay Khan — cosponsor (person)
- Lori A. Ehrlich — cosponsor (person)
- Michael P. Kushmerek — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle L. Ciccolo — cosponsor (person)
- Mindy Domb — cosponsor (person)
- Natalie M. Higgins — cosponsor (person)
- Patricia A. Duffy — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick M. O'Connor — cosponsor (person)
- Paul W. Mark — cosponsor (person)
- Peter Capano — cosponsor (person)
- Sean Garballey — cosponsor (person)
- Steven C. Owens — cosponsor (person)
- Steven G. Xiarhos — cosponsor (person)
- Steven S. Howitt — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Ultrino — cosponsor (person)
- Tami L. Gouveia — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas M. Stanley — cosponsor (person)
- Tommy Vitolo — cosponsor (person)
- Tram T. Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Tricia Farley-Bouvier — cosponsor (person)
- Vanna Howard — cosponsor (person)
- William C. Galvin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2022-02-09** Reported from the committee on House Ways and Means
- **2022-02-09** Pending new draft of H904
- **2022-02-09** New draft of H904
- **2022-02-09** Ordered to a third reading
- **2022-02-09** Rules suspended
- **2022-02-09** Read third and passed to be engrossed `reading-3`
- **2022-02-10** Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2022-07-11** Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, inserting in place thereof the text of S2993 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-07-11** Rules suspended
- **2022-07-11** Read second `reading-2`
- **2022-07-11** Amended by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of S2993 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-07-11** Ordered to a third reading
- **2022-07-11** Read third and passed to be engrossed `reading-3`
- **2022-07-12** Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading `referral-committee`
- **2022-07-26** Rules suspended
- **2022-07-26** House concurred in the Senate amendment
- **2022-07-26** Enacted `passage`
- **2022-07-26** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
- **2022-08-04** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 145 of the Acts of 2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5c51e225-c7c6-47ad-b94f-12c97511b05d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).