The following is a list of the current proposed legislation affecting hunting and fishing in PA. To read the actual language click on the lnk and then click "TEXT".


HB 13 Amends Act re making land and water available
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/...type=B&BN=0013
Current law on land owner liability. I ommited other bills that were proposed but went nowhere.

HB 69 Amends Title 34 re buying & selling game
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/...type=B&BN=0069

HB 142 Joint Resolution re right to hunt, fish
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/...type=B&BN=0142

Stuck in the House G&F Comm with no action


HB 160 Act re recreational hunting
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/...type=B&BN=0160

HB 205 Amends Title 34 re PA Game Commission
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/...type=B&BN=0205
Terms and who can serve on the GC BOC

HB 249 Amends Title 34 re commissioner term of office
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/...type=B&BN=0249
Terms of the GC BOC

HB 251 Amends Title 34 re game feeders
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/...type=B&BN=0251
Baiting Bill

HB 252 Amends Title 34 re disabled person permits
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/...type=B&BN=0252

HB 253 Amends Title 34 re Sunday woodchuck hunting
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/...type=B&BN=0253

HB 461 Amends Title 34 hunting on commission land
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/...type=B&BN=0461

HB 550 Amends Title 34 re killing game
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/...type=B&BN=0550
Revised and incorporated into HB 881. Current law.


HB 586 Amends Title 34 re advisory committees
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/...type=B&BN=0586

HB 616 Act re EMS provider reimbursement
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/...type=B&BN=0616

HB 617 Amends Title 42 re PA Game Commission fees
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/...type=B&BN=0617
Fees for legal service (AG) to be paid by GC.


HB 637 Amends Title 71 re enforcement officer & PGC
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/...type=B&BN=0637


HB 747 Amends Title 34 re elk license
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/...type=B&BN=0747

HB 770 Amends Title 34 re license costs and fees
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/...type=B&BN=0770
Fee for service members

HB 779 Amends Title 34 re Sunday hunting prohibition
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/...type=B&BN=0779

HB 788 Amends Title 34 re PGC trespass law enforcing
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/...type=B&BN=0788

HB 817 Amends Title 34 re recreational spotlighting
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/...type=B&BN=0817


HB 818 Amends Title 34 re hunting in game feed areas
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/...type=B&BN=0818
Same as HB 251 except the distance is 100 yards.


HB 819 Amends Title 34 re PGC regulations
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/...type=B&BN=0819
This was the in-line in flint season bill. Rep Denlinger withdrew his support for it. KEEP an eye on this!

HB 849 Amends Title 34 re Game Fund revenues
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/...type=B&BN=0849
Change to the allocation and method for determing such from timber sales for habitat work.

HB 863 Amends Title 34 re turkey hunting
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/...type=B&BN=0863

HB 881 Amends Title 34 re use of lights while hunting
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/...type=B&BN=0881
Passed with amendments. This is the bill that authorized the use of gun mounted lights. It also incorporated an amendment to resolve the problems of HB 550. Current law.

HB 931 Amends Title 34 re commission-owned lands
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/...type=B&BN=0931


HB 1078 Amends Title 34 re deterrent fences
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/...type=B&BN=1078

HB 1116 Amends Title 34 re vouchers for licenses
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/...type=B&BN=1116

HB 1139 Amends Title 34 re using facsimiles of game
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/...type=B&BN=1139
The anti Robo Deer Bill


HB 1214 Amends Title 34 re PA Game Commission
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/...type=B&BN=1214
Term of GC BOC bill.


HB 1524 Amends Title 34 re Sunday hunting
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/...type=B&BN=1524


HB 1657 Act re land conveyance in Benner Township
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/...type=B&BN=1657
This is the land swap for the prision land. The bill proposes to give the land to Penn State. The local populance wants the land to go to the GC and the PFBC.
10-25-07 H Meeting set for 11:00 a.m., Central PA Institute of Science, House State Government


HB 1667 Amends Title 34 re wildlife management units
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/...type=B&BN=1667
Change in CAC's, buck antler requirements, reporting system, and other issues.


HB 1676 Amends Tax Reform Code re Game and Fish Funds
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/...type=B&BN=1676
Additional funding for the GC and PFSC from general tax money.


HB 1754 Amends Enforcement Officer Disability Ben. Law
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/...type=B&BN=1754


HB 1814 Amends Title 34 re acts concerning licenses
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/...type=B&BN=1814
Seeks to remove the requirement to display license.


HB 1818 Amends Title 34 re overnight camping
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/...type=B&BN=1818
Camping on game land property along the Clarion River - overseen by DCNR.


HR 72 Resolution re study on PA Game Commission
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/...type=R&BN=0072
Study of GC assests compared to need for license increase.


HR 193 Resolution re LBFC study on Game Commission
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/...type=R&BN=0193
Study of GC assests compared to need for license increase.


HR 268 Resolution re forestry & mineral development
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/...type=R&BN=0268
Resolution directing the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to contract for an independent study of the Pennsylvania Game Commission's forestry and mineral development policies


SB 580 Amends Title 34 re dogs & hunting wild turkey
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/...type=B&BN=0580
Passed - Current law.


SB 669 Amends Title 34 re license to hunt one elk
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/...type=B&BN=0669
Amends Title 34 (Game) authorizing the Commission to contract with the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation to annually auction one Elk hunting license. The Foundation would receive 4% of the proceeds of the auction and the Commission would use the remaining 96% to pay for elk habitat improvements. All license fees would be paid to the Commission.

SB 722 Act re Lyme disease task force
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/...type=B&BN=0722

SB 773 Amends Title 34 re commission issuing permits
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/...type=B&BN=0773

SB 774 Amends Title 34 re game feeding area hunting
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/...type=B&BN=0774
Identical to HB 251 - Baiting bill


SB 879 Amends Title 34 re vouchers for licenses
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/...type=B&BN=0879


SB 881 Amends Title 34 re classes of license, costs
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/...type=B&BN=0881
Amends Title 34 (Game) creating a "junior first-time" hunting license that would be free except for the issuing agent's fee.


SB 888 Amends Title 34 re hunting & furtaking license
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/...type=B&BN=0888
Treats non resident landowners as residents for licenses.


SB 900 Amends Title 34 re unlawful devices & methods
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/...type=B&BN=0900
Use of bait for deer ok as long as not a open bear season.


SB 901 Amends Title 34 re lasers for blind hunters
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/...type=B&BN=0901


SB 927 Amends Title 34 re organization of commission
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/...type=B&BN=0927
Term limits and selection of the GC BOC by the Governor, President of the Senate, and President of the House.


SB 992 Amends Title 34 re killing game for property
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/...type=B&BN=0992



Title 30 Fish& Boat Commission


HB 142 Joint Resolution re right to hunt, fish
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/...type=B&BN=0142

HB 250 Amends Title 30 re commissioner term of office
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/...type=B&BN=0250
Term of office for PFBC Commissioners


HB 433 Amends Title 30 re license req. exemptions
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/...type=B&BN=0433
Excemption for those who are handicapped in the lower extremaities.


HB 587 Amends Title 30 re waterways patrolmen
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/...type=B&BN=0587


HB 621 Act re water dredge material & municipalities
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/...type=B&BN=0621


HB 778 Amends Titles 30 & 42 re controlled substances
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/...type=B&BN=0778
Current law - Boating while under the influence.


HB 789 Amends Title 30 re trespass law enforcement
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/...type=B&BN=0789


HB 820 Amends Title 30 re one-day fishing licenses
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/...type=B&BN=0820


HB 948 Amends Title 30 re vouchers for licenses
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/...type=B&BN=0948


HB 1109 Amends Title 30 re fishing licenses
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/...type=B&BN=1109


HB 1676 Amends Tax Reform Code re Game and Fish Funds
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/...type=B&BN=1676


HB 1705 Act re Great Lakes River Basin Water Resources
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/...type=B&BN=1705


HB 1736 Amends Clean Streams Law re oceangoing vessels
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/...type=B&BN=1736


SB 538 Amends Auto Lemon Law re boats
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/...type=B&BN=0538


SB 836 Amends Title 30 re fishing & tourist licenses
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/...type=B&BN=0836


SB 880 Amends Title 30 re vouchers for license/permit
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/...type=B&BN=0880


SB 926 Amends Title 30 re organization of commission
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/...type=B&BN=0926