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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act amending Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in hunting and furtaking, further providing for unlawful devices and methods."
+description: "An Act amending Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in hunting and furtaking, further providing for unlawful devices and methods."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
+legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
+session: "2019-2020"
+identifier: "HB 1188"
+citation: "Pennsylvania HB 1188 (2019-2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Wentling"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2019-04-11T04:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2020-07-01T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8cab2adc-d826-4db3-a66f-16174456c71e"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=1188"
+source_hash: "f2869ce04e023067b1fb02fcbe9bd146509d32d44614563aed216fea31134efb"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-pa"]
+---
+
+# Pennsylvania HB 1188 (2019-2020) — An Act amending Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in hunting and furtaking, further providing for unlawful devices and methods.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Printer's No. 1385** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=1188&pn=1385)
+
+## Votes
+
+- FINAL PASSAGE — **195–5** (pass) · lower
+- Committee vote (GAME AND FISHERIES): Reported as Committed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
+- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
+- FINAL PASSAGE — **48–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Wentling — primary (person)
+- Bernstine — cosponsor (person)
+- Causer — cosponsor (person)
+- Dush — cosponsor (person)
+- Ecker — cosponsor (person)
+- Gillen — cosponsor (person)
+- Irvin — cosponsor (person)
+- Kail — cosponsor (person)
+- Kortz — cosponsor (person)
+- Maloney — cosponsor (person)
+- Metcalfe — cosponsor (person)
+- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
+- Readshaw — cosponsor (person)
+- Toohil — cosponsor (person)
+- Wheeland — cosponsor (person)
+- Zimmerman — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1385 Referred to GAME AND FISHERIES `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
+- **2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
+- **2019-06-17T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
+- **2019-06-18T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
+- **2019-06-18T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2019-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to GAME AND FISHERIES `referral-committee`
+- **2020-05-27T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2020-05-27T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
+- **2020-06-08T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
+- **2020-06-08T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2020-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2020-06-23T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
+- **2020-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
+- **2020-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
+- **2020-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-07-01T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8cab2adc-d826-4db3-a66f-16174456c71e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).
+