---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in hunting and furtaking, further providing for dogs pursuing, injuring or killing big game."
description: "An Act amending Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in hunting and furtaking, further providing for dogs pursuing, injuring or killing big game."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 135"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 135 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Scavello"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-20T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-26T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/064fce64-0fae-4309-aedc-6b3be3b0b342"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=135"
source_hash: "ce3ff75b790b678b5f67e017c75f659ad66b2cec8997890af0bcc9dfa8586232"
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 SB 135 (2017-2018) — An Act amending Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in hunting and furtaking, further providing for dogs pursuing, injuring or killing big game.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Printer's No. 0116** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0135&pn=0116)

## Votes

- Committee vote (GAME AND FISHERIES): Reported as Committed — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **187–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Scavello — primary (person)
- Bartolotta — cosponsor (person)
- Brewster — cosponsor (person)
- Folmer — cosponsor (person)
- Laughlin — cosponsor (person)
- Rafferty — cosponsor (person)
- Reschenthaler — cosponsor (person)
- Vulakovich — cosponsor (person)
- White — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-20T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0116 Referred to GAME AND FISHERIES `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2017-07-17T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2017-07-26T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2017-07-26T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2017-09-18T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-09-21T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to GAME AND FISHERIES `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2018-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2018-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2018-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2018-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2018-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2018-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-26T04:00:00+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/064fce64-0fae-4309-aedc-6b3be3b0b342`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).