---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 30 (Fish) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in property and waters, further providing for the offense of damage to property; in protection of property and waters, further providing for the offense of littering; in fishing licenses, further providing for form and expiration of licenses; in preliminary provisions relating to boats and boating, further providing for boating education; and, in operation of boats, further providing for the offense of operating watercraft under influence of alcohol or controlled substance and providing for the offense of aggravated assault by watercraft."
description: "An Act amending Title 30 (Fish) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in property and waters, further providing for the offense of damage to property; in protection of property and waters, further providing for the offense of littering; in fishing licenses, further providing for form and expiration of licenses; in preliminary provisions relating to boats and boating, further providing for boating education; and, in operation of boats, further providing for the offense of operating watercraft under influence of alcohol or controlled substance and providing for the offense of aggravated assault by watercraft."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1185"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 1185 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mentzer"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-04-10T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-07-01T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/09aa486a-8321-4a81-914f-14e5f9013e90"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=1185"
source_hash: "c1561abed86097800a3f829cb423437c204924ae81adba2825788472ab6337c8"
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 1185 (2019-2020) — An Act amending Title 30 (Fish) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in property and waters, further providing for the offense of damage to property; in protection of property and waters, further providing for the offense of littering; in fishing licenses, further providing for form and expiration of licenses; in preliminary provisions relating to boats and boating, further providing for boating education; and, in operation of boats, further providing for the offense of operating watercraft under influence of alcohol or controlled substance and providing for the offense of aggravated assault by watercraft.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 1371** (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=1185&pn=1371)
2. **Printer's No. 3862** (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=1185&pn=3862)
3. **Senate Amendment A05948** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=H&type=B&bn=1185&pn=1371&aYear=2019&an=05948)

## Votes

- HB 1185 PN 3862, CONCUR — **201–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (GAME AND FISHERIES): Reported as Amended — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **192–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mentzer — primary (person)
- B. Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Benninghoff — cosponsor (person)
- Bernstine — cosponsor (person)
- Boback — cosponsor (person)
- Delloso — cosponsor (person)
- Deluca — cosponsor (person)
- Ecker — cosponsor (person)
- Fee — cosponsor (person)
- Gillen — cosponsor (person)
- Gillespie — cosponsor (person)
- Greiner — cosponsor (person)
- Hickernell — cosponsor (person)
- Kortz — cosponsor (person)
- Millard — cosponsor (person)
- Murt — cosponsor (person)
- Neilson — cosponsor (person)
- Pickett — cosponsor (person)
- Readshaw — cosponsor (person)
- Zimmerman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1371 Referred to GAME AND FISHERIES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2019-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-20T04:00:00+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** PN 3862 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-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** Referred to RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2020-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **2020-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2020-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2020-06-29T04:00:00+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/09aa486a-8321-4a81-914f-14e5f9013e90`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).