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CT HB07231

Bill

Status

Passed

7/8/2025

Primary Sponsor

Environment Committee

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Origin

House of Representatives

2025 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Expands Sunday hunting on private property in Connecticut from bow-and-arrow deer hunting only to all legal hunting methods, effective October 1, 2025
  • Maintains Sunday as a closed season for hunting migratory birds and for all hunting on public lands
  • Requires hunters on private property on Sundays to carry written permission from the landowner
  • Prohibits Sunday hunting within 40 yards of any blazed trail open to the public, including Connecticut blue blazed trails and federally designated trails
  • Removes the Sunday restriction for the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection's wildlife management activities and for authorized deer/geese control by municipalities and nonprofit land-holding organizations

Legislative Description

An Act Authorizing Sunday Hunting On Private Lands.

Last Action

Signed by the Governor

7/8/2025

Committee Referrals

Environment3/17/2025

Full Bill Text

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