---
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).