Committee
Pennsylvania House Game and Fisheries Committee
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committee members
Marc Anderson (R)
Jake Banta (R)
Bud Cook (R)
Republican Secretary
Eric Davanzo (R)
Nathan Davidson (D)
Sean Dougherty (D)
Dan Goughnour (D)
Nancy Guenst (D)
Jim Haddock (D)
Keith Harris (D)
Secretary
Joe Hohenstein (D)
John Inglis (D)
Carol Kazeem (D)
Joe Kerwin (R)
Chair
Anita Kulik (D)
Andrew Kuzma (R)
Shelby Labs (R)
Republican Chair
David Maloney (R)
Vice Chair
Bob Merski (D)
Jeffrey Olsommer (R)
Chad Reichard (R)
Jacklyn Rusnock (D)
Brian Smith (R)
Mandy Steele (D)
Republican Vice Chair
Parke Wentling (R)
Regina Young (D)
| Bill | Bill Name | Progress | Referral Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| HB70 | In game or wildlife protection, further providing for regulations. | In Committee | 01/14/2025 |
| HB91 | In procedure, further providing for exceptions for public records. | In Committee | 01/14/2025 |
| HB103 | Providing for at-risk, derelict and abandoned boats; and imposing penalties. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/14/2025 |
| HB159 | In protection of property and waters, further providing for restrictions on transport, sale, importation or release of nonnative injurious fish; and, in game or wildlife protection, further providing for unlawful importation of game or wildlife. | In Committee | 01/16/2025 |
| HB187 | In preliminary provisions relating to boats and boating, further providing for registrations, licenses, permits, plates and statistics. | In Committee | 01/16/2025 |
| HB202 | In Pennsylvania Game Commission, further providing for organization of commission and for meetings of commission. | In Committee | 01/17/2025 |
| HB319 | In hunting and furtaking licenses, further providing for resident license and fee exemptions. | In Committee | 01/27/2025 |
| HB400 | Designating the passenger pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius) as the official extinct species of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. | In Committee | 01/28/2025 |
| HB401 | Designating the eastern box turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina) as the official State reptile of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. | In Committee | 01/28/2025 |
| HB508 | Establishing the Wildlife Rehabilitation Grant Program and the Wildlife Rehabilitation Grant Fund; and imposing duties on the Pennsylvania Game Commission. | In Committee | 02/05/2025 |
| HB592 | In Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, further providing for waterways patrolmen and employees. | In Committee | 02/12/2025 |
| HB692 | In permits relating to wildlife, further providing for definitions. | In Committee | 02/21/2025 |
| HB741 | In hunting and furtaking, providing for harvesting of certain antlered deer by senior license holders. | In Committee | 03/03/2025 |
| HB745 | In hunting and furtaking licenses, further providing for residents. | In Committee | 03/03/2025 |
| HB746 | In Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, further providing for organization of commission; and, in Pennsylvania Game Commission, further providing for organization of commission. | In Committee | 03/03/2025 |
| HB763 | Further providing for permit issuance and conditions and for enforcement orders. | In Committee | 03/03/2025 |
| HB800 | In hunting and furtaking, further providing for interference with lawful taking of wildlife or other activities permitted by this title prohibited. | In Committee | 03/03/2025 |
| HB851 | In preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions; in Pennsylvania Game Commission, further providing for organization of commission, providing for prohibition and further providing for accountability; in hunting and furtaking, repealing provisions relating to hunting on Sunday prohibited, providing for temporary Sunday hunting authorized and for hunting and training on Sunday, repealing provisions relating to trespass on private property while hunting and to hunting on Sunday without | In Committee | 03/10/2025 |
| HB866 | In hunting and furtaking licenses, further providing for resident license and fee exemptions. | In Committee | 03/11/2025 |
| HB942 | In Pennsylvania Game Commission, further providing for Game Commission officers and employees. | In Committee | 03/17/2025 |
| HB961 | In dams, bar racks and migration devices, further providing for marking of dams. | In Committee | 03/19/2025 |
| HB968 | In fishing licenses, providing for active duty military fishing reciprocity and for disabled veteran annual fishing license reciprocity; and, in hunting and furtaking licenses, providing for active duty military hunting reciprocity and for disabled veteran annual hunting license reciprocity. | Crossed Over | 03/19/2025 |
| HB992 | In Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, further providing for Boating Advisory Board. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/24/2025 |
| HB1075 | In property and buildings, further providing for price paid for acquisitions and improvements. | In Committee | 03/31/2025 |
| HB1353 | In Pennsylvania Game Commission, further providing for Game Commission officers and employees; and, in enforcement, further providing for powers and duties of enforcement officers. | In Committee | 04/30/2025 |
| HB1366 | In hunting and furtaking licenses, further providing for elk hunting licenses. | In Committee | 05/01/2025 |
| HB1418 | In preliminary provisions relating to boats and boating, further providing for boating education. | Crossed Over | 05/06/2025 |
| HB1431 | In game or wildlife protection, further providing for regulations and for unlawful activities; and, in hunting and furtaking, repealing provisions relating to hunting on Sunday prohibited, further providing for unlawful devices and methods and for trespass on private property while hunting and repealing provisions relating to hunting on Sunday without written permission. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 05/08/2025 |
| HB1507 | In hunting and furtaking licenses, further providing for resident license and fee exemptions. | Crossed Over | 05/28/2025 |
| HB1538 | In hunting and furtaking, further providing for prohibited devices and methods. | In Committee | 06/03/2025 |
| HB1588 | In enforcement, further providing for revocation, suspension or denial of license, permit or registration; and, in hunting and furtaking licenses, further providing for denial or revocation of licenses and for period of revocation. | In Committee | 06/11/2025 |
| HB1614 | In game or wildlife protection, further providing for regulations; and, in hunting and furtaking, repealing provisions relating to hunting on Sunday prohibited and to hunting on Sunday without written permission. | In Committee | 06/16/2025 |
| HB1659 | In Pennsylvania Game Commission, further providing for junior hunter projects; and, in game or wildlife protection, further providing for regulations. | In Committee | 06/25/2025 |
| HB1811 | In property and buildings, further providing for price paid for acquisitions and improvements. | In Committee | 08/19/2025 |
| HB1915 | In Pennsylvania Game Commission, further providing for junior hunter projects. | In Committee | 10/01/2025 |
| HB1917 | In fishing licenses, providing for indigenous Americans fishing licenses; and, in hunting and furtaking licenses, further providing for resident license and fee exemptions. | In Committee | 10/06/2025 |
| SB232 | In fishing licenses, further providing for disabled veterans and former prisoners of war and for deployed Pennsylvania National Guard members and repealing provisions relating to reserve component of armed forces members. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 05/08/2025 |
| SB518 | In Pennsylvania Game Commission, further providing for organization of commission; in game or wildlife protection, further providing for report to commission officer, for surrender of carcass to commission officer, for unlawful activities and for killing game or wildlife to protect person; and, in hunting and furtaking, further providing for investigation and seizure of game or wildlife. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 05/06/2025 |
| SB533 | In hunting and furtaking licenses, further providing for license requirements; and, in special licenses and permits, further providing for regulated hunting grounds permits. | Crossed Over | 09/10/2025 |
| SB800 | In fiscal affairs, further providing for establishment and use of Fish Fund and for establishment and use of Boat Fund. | Crossed Over | 06/30/2025 |