| Chapter 455 |
| 2024 -- S 2154 Enacted 06/29/2024 |
| A N A C T |
| RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE -- BIRDS |
Introduced By: Senators Rogers, de la Cruz, E Morgan, Paolino, DeLuca, and Ciccone |
| Date Introduced: January 24, 2024 |
| It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
| SECTION 1. Section 20-14-7 of the General Laws in Chapter 20-14 entitled "Birds" is |
| hereby amended to read as follows: |
| 20-14-7. Prohibited methods of taking. |
| (a) No person shall hunt, pursue, take, or attempt to take, upland or migratory game birds |
| over any area that has been baited. For the purposes of this section a “baited area” is that on which |
| salt, corn, wheat, or other grains have been scattered to lure, attract, or entice those birds to, on, or |
| over, where hunters are attempting to take them and shall not be construed to include areas where |
| corn, wheat, or other grains are scattered as the result of normal agricultural operations. |
| (b) No person shall hunt, pursue, take, or attempt to take migratory game birds by the use |
| or aid of live birds as decoys. |
| (c) No person shall hunt, pursue, take, or attempt to take wild birds by the use of an |
| electronically amplified recording of bird calls or sounds. However, this provision does not apply |
| to crows. |
| (d) No person shall take, kill, or destroy any wild bird by means of any trap, snare, net, |
| spring, crossbow, rifle, pistol, fishhook, poison, drug, explosive, or stupefying substance, nor shall |
| any person construct, set, maintain, or repair any of these devices for the purpose of taking, killing, |
| or destroying wild birds, except that a crossbow may be used to harvest wild turkeys in accordance |
| with regulations established by the department of environmental management. |
| (e) No person shall shoot, or attempt to shoot, migratory game birds by means other than a |
| shotgun of size ten (10) gauge or smaller, capable of holding three (3) or fewer shells, or a long |
| bow (straight limb, reflex, recurve, crossbow, and compound bow) and arrow. |
| SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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