The bill proposes an amendment to Chapter 20-13 of the General Laws, specifically by adding a new section titled "20-13-18. Captive hunting prohibited." This new section defines "captive hunting" as a hunt that takes place within an area where animals' movements are restricted by fences, man-made structures, or natural barriers, such as private lands set up as hunting or shooting preserves or game ranches, where the animal cannot escape during the hunt. The bill explicitly prohibits the importation or release of any species, whether domestic or wild, exotic or native to the state, for the purpose of captive hunting. It also forbids the intentional or unintentional capture or restriction of any native or domestic species' movement for captive hunting.

However, the bill clarifies that the term "captive hunting" does not apply to the release of domestic game birds for hunting on public or private property that is properly licensed by the department of environmental management as a shooting preserve, nor does it apply to field trials that are conducted in accordance with the provisions of the title and properly licensed by the department. The act is set to take effect immediately upon passage, indicating that the prohibitions and definitions provided within the bill would become enforceable law as soon as it is enacted.