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type: "Bill"
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title: "An Act further regulating the enforcement of illegal hunting practices"
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description: "An Act further regulating the enforcement of illegal hunting practices"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
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legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
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session: "192nd"
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identifier: "H 4442"
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citation: "Massachusetts H 4442 (192nd)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["House Committee on Ways and Means"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2022-02-09"
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last_action: "2022-08-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c51e225-c7c6-47ad-b94f-12c97511b05d"
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source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H4442"
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source_hash: "d0207057bbf6eadc7fab5a4f257dd9fb6819e795a07fb13c62d5148fa921883f"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
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---
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# Massachusetts H 4442 (192nd) — An Act further regulating the enforcement of illegal hunting practices
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H4442.pdf)
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## Sponsors
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- House Committee on Ways and Means — primary (person)
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- Adam J. Scanlon — cosponsor (person)
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- Angelo L. D'Emilia — cosponsor (person)
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- Ann-Margaret Ferrante — cosponsor (person)
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- Bradley H. Jones, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Brendan P. Crighton — cosponsor (person)
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- Brian M. Ashe — cosponsor (person)
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- Brian W. Murray — cosponsor (person)
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- Bruce E. Tarr — cosponsor (person)
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- Carmine Lawrence Gentile — cosponsor (person)
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- Carol A. Doherty — cosponsor (person)
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- Carolyn C. Dykema — cosponsor (person)
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- Christine P. Barber — cosponsor (person)
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- Daniel Cahill — cosponsor (person)
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- Daniel J. Ryan — cosponsor (person)
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- Daniel M. Donahue — cosponsor (person)
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- Danillo A. Sena — cosponsor (person)
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- David Allen Robertson — cosponsor (person)
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- David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf — cosponsor (person)
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- David M. Rogers — cosponsor (person)
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- David T. Vieira — cosponsor (person)
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- Donald R. Berthiaume, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Elizabeth A. Malia — cosponsor (person)
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- Hannah Kane — cosponsor (person)
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- Jack Patrick Lewis — cosponsor (person)
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- Jacob R. Oliveira — cosponsor (person)
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- James Arciero — cosponsor (person)
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- James B. Eldridge — cosponsor (person)
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- James M. Kelcourse — cosponsor (person)
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- Joanne M. Comerford — cosponsor (person)
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- Joseph D. McKenna — cosponsor (person)
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- Kate Lipper-Garabedian — cosponsor (person)
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- Kay Khan — cosponsor (person)
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- Lori A. Ehrlich — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael P. Kushmerek — cosponsor (person)
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- Michelle L. Ciccolo — cosponsor (person)
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- Mindy Domb — cosponsor (person)
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- Natalie M. Higgins — cosponsor (person)
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- Patricia A. Duffy — cosponsor (person)
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- Patrick M. O'Connor — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul W. Mark — cosponsor (person)
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- Peter Capano — cosponsor (person)
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- Sean Garballey — cosponsor (person)
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- Steven C. Owens — cosponsor (person)
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- Steven G. Xiarhos — cosponsor (person)
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- Steven S. Howitt — cosponsor (person)
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- Steven Ultrino — cosponsor (person)
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- Tami L. Gouveia — cosponsor (person)
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- Thomas M. Stanley — cosponsor (person)
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- Tommy Vitolo — cosponsor (person)
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- Tram T. Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
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- Tricia Farley-Bouvier — cosponsor (person)
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- Vanna Howard — cosponsor (person)
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- William C. Galvin — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-02-09** Reported from the committee on House Ways and Means
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- **2022-02-09** Pending new draft of H904
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- **2022-02-09** New draft of H904
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- **2022-02-09** Ordered to a third reading
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- **2022-02-09** Rules suspended
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- **2022-02-09** Read third and passed to be engrossed `reading-3`
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- **2022-02-10** Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means `referral-committee`
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- **2022-07-11** Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, inserting in place thereof the text of S2993 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-07-11** Rules suspended
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- **2022-07-11** Read second `reading-2`
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- **2022-07-11** Amended by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of S2993 `amendment-passage`
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- **2022-07-11** Ordered to a third reading
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- **2022-07-11** Read third and passed to be engrossed `reading-3`
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- **2022-07-12** Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading `referral-committee`
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- **2022-07-26** Rules suspended
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- **2022-07-26** House concurred in the Senate amendment
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- **2022-07-26** Enacted `passage`
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- **2022-07-26** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
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- **2022-08-04** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 145 of the Acts of 2022 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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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).
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