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Game Bills Tracked by PFSC
2007/2008 Session
Updated 3-20-2008
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PLS Summary:
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(PN
1536) Amends "An act encouraging landowners to make land and water
areas available to the public for recreational purposes by limiting
liability in connection therewith and repealing certain acts" by
stating that an owner of land who either directly or indirectly invites or
permits any person to use his property for recreational purposes does not
assume responsibility for or incur liability for any injury to persons or
property caused while hunting as defined in 34 PA.C.S. Sec. 102 (relating
to definitions). (Prior Printer Number: 38, 1439, 1447)
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Companions:
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HB 3007 (Refiled
from 05R Session)
SB 735 (Identical)
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Bill History:
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01-10-07
H Filed
01-30-07 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Game and Fisheries
03-21-07 H Meeting set for Off the Floor, Room 39, East Wing, House Game
and Fisheries
03-21-07 H Passed over in committee House Game and Fisheries
03-27-07 H Discussed in informational meeting, House Tourism and
Recreational Development
04-17-07 H Discussed in press conference
04-24-07 H Meeting set for Off the Floor, Room 205, Ryan Office Buildin,
House Game and Fisheries
04-24-07 H Voted favorably from committee as amended House Game and
Fisheries
04-25-07 H Reported as amended House Game and Fisheries
04-25-07 H First consideration
04-25-07 H Laid on the table
04-30-07 H Removed from the table
04-30-07 H Rereferred to House Appropriations
05-07-07 H Set on the House Calendar
05-08-07 H Voted favorably from committee as amended House Appropriations
05-08-07 H Reported as committed from House Appropriations
05-21-07 H Set on the House Calendar
05-21-07 H Laid out for discussion
05-21-07 H Second consideration
05-21-07 H Over in House
05-23-07 H Set on the House Calendar
05-23-07 H Laid out for discussion
05-23-07 H Third consideration
05-23-07 H Final Passage (Vote: Y:199/N: 0)
05-31-07 S Received in the Senate and referred to Senate Game and Fisheries
06-19-07 S Meeting set for 10:30 a.m., Room 8E-A, East Wing, Senate Game
and Fisheries
06-19-07 S Voted favorably from committee on Senate Game and Fisheries
06-19-07 S Reported as committed from Senate Game and Fisheries
06-19-07 S First consideration
06-25-07 S Set on the Senate Calendar
06-25-07 S Second consideration
06-26-07 S Set on the Senate Calendar
06-26-07 S Laid out for discussion
06-26-07 S Third consideration
06-26-07 S Final Passage (Vote: Y: 50/N: 0)
06-27-07 H Signed in the House
06-27-07 S Signed in the Senate
06-28-07 G In the hands of the Governor
07-08-07 G Last day for Governor's action
06-30-07 G Approved by the Governor (Act: 11)
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(PN
93) Amends Title 34 (Game) defining "mounted specimen" as any
game or wildlife, or any portion or part thereof, prepared, preserved,
arranged, set up or posed in a life-like position or some other form of
display. The bill also provides for buying and selling game by stating that
the section would not be construed to prevent: (1) the purchase or sale of
game raised under the authority of a propagating permit in PA, (2) the
capture and sale of game or wildlife after securing a permit from the
director and payment of any fees, (3) the sale of the tanned, cured or
mounted heads or skins, or parts thereof, of any game or wildlife not
killed in a wild in PA, (4) the sale or purchase of any inedible part from
game or wildlife lawfully killed, if the parts are disposed of by the
original owner within 90 days after the close of the season, and (5) the
sale of mounted specimens by any licensed auctioneer.
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Bill History:
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01-23-07
H Filed
01-30-07 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Game and Fisheries
05-09-07 H Meeting set for 9:00 a.m., Room 205, Ryan Office Building, House
Game and Fisheries
05-09-07 H Voted favorably from committee on House Game and Fisheries
05-09-07 H Reported as committed from House Game and Fisheries
05-09-07 H First consideration
05-09-07 H Laid on the table
05-21-07 H Removed from the table
05-21-07 H Rereferred to House Appropriations
06-12-07 H Voted favorably from committee on House Appropriations
06-13-07 H Reported as committed from House Appropriations
06-13-07 H Set on the House Calendar
06-13-07 H Laid out for discussion
06-13-07 H Second consideration
06-13-07 H Over in House
06-18-07 H Set on the House Calendar
06-18-07 H Laid out for discussion
06-18-07 H Third consideration
06-18-07 H Final Passage (Vote: Y:200/N: 0)
06-19-07 S Received in the Senate and referred to Senate Game and Fisheries
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PLS Summary:
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(PN
98) Amends the act entitled "An act encouraging landowners to make
land and water areas available to the public for recreational purposes by
limiting liability in connection therewith, and repealing certain
acts," by providing liability protection for landowners who open up
their land to "recreational users", which is defined as any
person who enters or uses land for a recreational purpose.
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Bill History:
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01-24-07
H Filed
01-30-07 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Game and Fisheries
04-17-07 H Discussed in press conference
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PLS Summary:
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(PN
168) Joint Resolution proposing an amendment to the PA Constitution stating
that the right to hunt, fish and harvest game would forever be preserved,
subject to state restrictions.
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Companions:
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HB 532 (Refiled
from 05R Session)
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Bill History:
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01-30-07
H Filed
01-31-07 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Game and Fisheries
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(PN
181) The Hunting Heritage Protection Act would require Department managed
lands to be open to access and use for recreational hunting. The Department
of Conservation and Natural Resources would not be required to give hunting
a priority over other uses of the land, but the Department must ensure that
their actions, to the greatest practical extent, do not result in a net
loss of acreage for hunting. The Secretary would be required to report to
the General Assembly by October 1 of each year on the acreage administered
by the Department that has been closed during the previous year to
recreational hunting and the reasons for the closures and the acreage
administered by the Department that was opened to recreational hunting to
compensate for acreage closed.
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Companions:
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HB 1576 (Refiled
from 05R Session)
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Bill History:
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01-30-07
H Filed
01-31-07 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Game and Fisheries
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PLS Summary:
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(PN
238) Amends Title 34 (Game) further providing for the composition of the
Pennsylvania Game Commission by excluding current or former employees or
deputy wildlife conservation officers of the commission from holding one of
the eight seats in the Pennsylvania Game Commission.
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Companions:
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HB 950 (Refiled
from 05R Session)
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Bill History:
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02-01-07
H Filed
02-05-07 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Game and Fisheries
03-04-08 H Discussed in budget hearing with the Dept. of Insurance, House
Appropriations
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PLS Summary:
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(PN
281) Amends Title 34 (Game) further providing for the term of office of
commissioners. The bill would change the terms and conditions of holding
office by the commissioners.
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Companions:
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HB 413 (Refiled
from 05R Session)
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Bill History:
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02-05-07
H Filed
02-06-07 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Game and Fisheries
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PLS Summary:
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(PN
283) Amends Title 34 (Game) prohibiting hunting in and around game feeders
and game feeding areas by adding a subsection to unlawful devices and
methods of hunting, to include hunting any game or wildlife within 150
yards of any game feeder or feeding areas where any natural hay, grass,
browse, grain, fruit, nut, salt, chemical, mineral, other food or any
combination is used for feeding purposes. There is an exception for areas
designated by special regulations where baiting is already allowed.
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Companions:
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SB 774 (Identical)
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Bill History:
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02-05-07
H Filed
02-06-07 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Game and Fisheries
05-24-07 H Meeting set for 9:00 a.m., Hearing Room 1, North Office Buil,
House Game and Fisheries
05-24-07 H Public hearing held in committee House Game and Fisheries
06-06-07 H Discussed in Committee, House Game and Fisheries
06-12-07 H Meeting set for 9:00 a.m., Room 205, Ryan Office Bldg., House
Game and Fisheries
06-12-07 H Public hearing held in committee House Game and Fisheries
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(PN
284) Amends Title 34 (Game) further providing for certain activities by
persons holding disabled person permits. The loaded firearm and locating
game requirements in the provisions for persons holding these permits would
not apply to any person who is permanently confined to a wheelchair and who
uses an electric-powered wheelchair or any other motorized conveyance for
mobility when hunting.
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Companions:
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HB 416 (Refiled
from 05R Session)
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Bill History:
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02-05-07
H Filed
02-06-07 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Game and Fisheries
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PLS Summary:
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(PN
285) Amends Title 34 (Game) further providing for the limited hunting of
woodchucks on Sundays. The bill would limit hunting on Sunday except for
the hunting of woodchucks with the written permission of the landowner or
lessee.
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Companions:
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HB 417 (Refiled
from 05R Session)
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Bill History:
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02-05-07
H Filed
02-06-07 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Game and Fisheries
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PLS Summary:
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(PN
524) Amends Title 34 (Game) by stating that commission-owned lands would be
open to access and use for recreational hunting except as limited by the
commission for reasons of public safety, fish or wildlife management, or
homeland security. The commission would exercise its authority to support,
promote and enhance recreational hunting opportunities, to the extent
authorized by State law. Commission land management decisions and actions
may not, to the greatest practical extent, result in any net loss of
habitat available for hunting opportunities on commission-owned lands.
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Companions:
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HB 2863 (Refiled
from 05R Session)
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Bill History:
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02-15-07
H Filed
02-26-07 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Game and Fisheries
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PLS Summary:
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(PN
620) Amends Title 34 (Game) by stating that nothing in this title would be
construed to prohibit any person from killing any game or wildlife: (1)
which the person may witness actually engaged in the material destruction
of an agricultural commodity, (2) anywhere on the property under the
person's control immediately following such destruction; or (3) where the
presence of the game or wildlife on any lands upon which there exists an
agricultural commodity is just cause for reasonable apprehension of
additional imminent destruction. The bill also provides for deer control
permits by stating that the director would issue a permit to control deer
within 30 days of receipt of an application by a local government unit or
by any department, agency, board or commission of a government unit or by a
common interest community.
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Bill History:
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02-26-07
H Filed
03-06-07 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Game and Fisheries
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PLS Summary:
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(PN
652) Amends Title 34 (Game) providing for advisory committees by adding
that advisory committees would be subject to the provisions of the
Right-to-Know Law, and 65 Pa.C.S. Ch. 7 (relating to open meetings) in the
same manner and to the same extent as the commission. Advisory committees
would be required to provide public notice of all of the committee meetings
and each meeting would be open to the public. The members of an advisory
committee would be posted on the commission's Internet website.
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Bill History:
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02-27-07
H Filed
03-06-07 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Game and Fisheries
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PLS Summary:
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(PN
682) The Emergency Services Provider Reimbursement Act provides for
reimbursement to certain emergency services providers of the cost of
responding to a request for emergency services on certain State-owned
lands. DCNR would pay to an emergency services provider $225 for each time
that the department requests emergency services on State-owned land from
the emergency services provider and the emergency services provider
responds to the request.
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Bill History:
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02-28-07
H Filed
03-06-07 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Veterans Affairs
& Emergency Prepared.
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HB 617
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Hanna
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Amends
Title 42 re PA Game Commission fees
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(PN
741) Amends Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) providing for legal
fees in PA Game Commission matters by adding that all legal fees incurred
by the Pennsylvania Game Commission for legal actions initiated by the
commission and legal actions brought against the commission are to be paid
from the Game Fund and not from the General Fund.
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Companions:
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HB 2503 (Refiled
from 05R Session)
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Bill History:
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02-28-07
H Filed
03-09-07 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Game and Fisheries
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HB 637
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Surra
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Amends
Title 71 re enforcement officer & PGC
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PLS Summary:
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(PN
721) Amends Title 71 (State Government) further defining "enforcement
officer" to include game Commission officers and other commissioned
law enforcement personnel employed by the PA Game Commission who have and
exercise the same law enforcement powers as Game Commission officers.
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Companions:
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HB 603 (Refiled
from 05R Session)
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Bill History:
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02-28-07
H Filed
03-07-07 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Game and Fisheries
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(PN
3227) Amends Title 34 (Game) creating a special license and license auction
to hunt one elk. This section would expire July 1, 2013. (Prior Printer
Number: 874)
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Bill History:
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03-09-07
H Filed
03-19-07 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Game and Fisheries
04-24-07 H Meeting set for Off the Floor, Room 205, Ryan Office Buildin,
House Game and Fisheries
04-24-07 H Voted favorably from committee on House Game and Fisheries
04-25-07 H Reported as committed from House Game and Fisheries
04-25-07 H First consideration
04-25-07 H Laid on the table
04-30-07 H Removed from the table
05-08-07 H Set on the House Calendar
05-08-07 H Second consideration
05-08-07 H Rereferred to House Appropriations
05-21-07 H Voted favorably from committee on House Appropriations
05-21-07 H Reported as committed from House Appropriations
05-21-07 H Set on the House Calendar
05-21-07 H Laid out for discussion
05-21-07 H Third consideration
05-21-07 H Final Passage (Vote: Y:196/N: 1)
05-23-07 S Received in the Senate and referred to Senate Game and Fisheries
02-12-08 S Meeting set for 11:00 a.m., Room 8E-B East Wing, Senate Game and
Fisheries
02-12-08 S Voted favorably from committee as amended Senate Game and
Fisheries
02-12-08 S Reported as amended Senate Game and Fisheries
02-12-08 S First consideration
03-10-08 S Set on the Senate Calendar
03-10-08 S Rereferred to Senate Appropriations
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(PN
891) Amends Title 34 (Game) further providing for license costs and fees by
allowing Veterans of the Persian Gulf War or the War on Terrorism to pay
$10 for a special hunting license.
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Bill History:
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03-12-07
H Filed
03-19-07 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Game and Fisheries
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(PN
898) Amends Title 34 (Game) repealing provisions relating to Sunday hunting
prohibition.
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Bill History:
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03-12-07
H Filed
03-19-07 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Game and Fisheries
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PLS Summary:
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(PN
907) Amends Title 34 (Game) by authorizing Pennsylvania Game Commission
officers to enforce trespass laws.
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Companions:
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HB 528 (Refiled
from 05R Session)
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Bill History:
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03-13-07
H Filed
03-19-07 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Judiciary
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(PN
934) Amends Title 34 (Game) further providing for restrictions on
recreational spotlighting by stating it is unlawful for any person to cast
or to assist in casting a spotlight, vehicle headlight or any other
artificial light of any kind from any vehicle, watercraft, airborne craft
or any attachment to such vehicles or crafts at any time to search for or
locate for any purpose any whitetail deer anywhere within PA at any time
during the deer season.
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Companions:
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HB 2206 (Refiled
from 05R Session)
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Bill History:
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03-14-07
H Filed
03-19-07 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Game and Fisheries
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(PN
935) Amends Title 34 (Game) prohibiting hunting in and around game feeders
and game feeding areas by adding a subsection to unlawful devices and
methods of hunting, to include hunting any game or wildlife within 100
yards of any game feeder or feeding areas where any natural hay, grass,
browse, grain, fruit, nut, salt, chemical, mineral, other food or any
combination is used for feeding purposes.
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Companions:
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HB 415 (Refiled
from 05R Session)
HB 1666 (Refiled
from 05R Session)
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Bill History:
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03-14-07
H Filed
03-19-07 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Game and Fisheries
05-24-07 H Discussed in public hearing, House Game and Fisheries
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(PN
936) Amends Title 34 (Game) by stating that any hunting season for
flintlock muzzleloaders will also allow for hunting with in-line
muzzleloaders.
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Companions:
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HB 1605 (Refiled
from 05R Session)
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Bill History:
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03-14-07
H Filed
03-19-07 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Game and Fisheries
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(PN
963) Amends Title 34 (Game) further providing for use of Game Fund
revenues. Under the allocation of revenue provisions, the bill calls for a
minimum of 10% of the previous fiscal year's revenues from timber
harvesting to be used solely for the purpose of forest regeneration
activities. A reforestation practice entered into as part of a timber
harvesting contract by the commission shall be included for purposes of
calculating revenues from timber harvesting. The money collected will be
deposited into a separate account and used exclusively for production,
distribution and planting of trees and spraying and deer fencing on
commission land. The account will operate as a revolving fund.
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Companions:
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HB 867 (Refiled
from 05R Session)
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Bill History:
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03-19-07
H Filed
03-19-07 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Game and Fisheries
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(PN
1019) Amends Title 34 (Game) expanding the hours for spring turkey hunting
from sunrise to 5:00 p.m.
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Bill History:
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03-19-07
H Filed
03-22-07 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Game and Fisheries
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PLS Summary:
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(PN
1978) Amends Title 34 (Game) further providing for killing game or wildlife
to protect property, for provisions relating to unlawful devices and
methods and for exceptions to unlawful use of lights while hunting by
adding that a hunter may use a flashlight or spotlight held in the hand,
worn on the head or mounted on a firearm to take furbearers, if the sole
source of power for light is contained within the light or on the person.
This would not include a device that projects a beam, like a laser, to
indicate that intended point of impact. The bill also provides for
penalties. (Prior Printer Number: 1035)
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Bill History:
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03-20-07
H Filed
03-22-07 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Game and Fisheries
04-24-07 H Meeting set for Off the Floor, Room 205, Ryan Office Buildin,
House Game and Fisheries
04-24-07 H Voted favorably from committee on House Game and Fisheries
04-25-07 H Reported as committed from House Game and Fisheries
04-25-07 H First consideration
04-25-07 H Laid on the table
04-30-07 H Removed from the table
05-08-07 H Set on the House Calendar
05-08-07 H Second consideration
05-08-07 H Rereferred to House Appropriations
05-21-07 H Voted favorably from committee on House Appropriations
05-21-07 H Reported as committed from House Appropriations
05-21-07 H Set on the House Calendar
05-21-07 H Laid out for discussion
05-21-07 H Third consideration
05-21-07 H Final Passage (Vote: Y:195/N: 2)
05-23-07 S Received in the Senate and referred to Senate Game and Fisheries
06-19-07 S Meeting set for 10:30 a.m., Room 8E-A, East Wing, Senate Game
and Fisheries
06-19-07 S Voted favorably from committee as amended Senate Game and
Fisheries
06-19-07 S Reported as amended Senate Game and Fisheries
06-19-07 S First consideration
06-25-07 S Set on the Senate Calendar
06-25-07 S Second consideration
06-27-07 S Set on the Senate Calendar
06-27-07 S Laid out for discussion
06-27-07 S Third consideration
06-27-07 S Final Passage (Vote: Y: 50/N: 0)
06-28-07 H Received as amended in House and rereferred House Rules
06-29-07 H Meeting set for Off the Floor, Rm 140 Main, House Rules
06-29-07 H Meeting cancelled for 06/29/07, House Rules
06-30-07 H Voted favorably from committee on House Rules
06-30-07 H Re-reported on concurrence as committed House Rules
07-02-07 H Set on the House Calendar
07-02-07 H Laid out for discussion
07-02-07 H House concurred in Senate amendments (Vote: Y:195/N: 3)
07-02-07 H Signed in the House
07-03-07 S Signed in the Senate
07-03-07 G In the hands of the Governor
07-13-07 G Last day for Governor's action
07-03-07 G Act Number changed from 27 to 26
07-03-07 G Approved by the Governor (Act: 26)
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PLS Summary:
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(PN
1097) Amends Title 34 (Game) by stating that commission-owned lands would
be open to access and use for recreational hunting except as limited by the
commission for reasons of public safety, fish or wildlife management, or
homeland security. The commission would exercise its authority to support,
promote and enhance recreational hunting opportunities, to the extent
authorized by State law. Commission land management decisions and actions
may not, to the greatest practical extent, result in any net loss of
habitat available for hunting opportunities on commission-owned lands. The
Commission would have to submit an annu | |