---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Pennsylvania Game Commission, further providing for accountability; and, in hunting and furtaking, further providing for hunting on Sunday prohibited and for trespass on private property while hunting and providing for hunting on Sunday without written permission."
description: "An Act amending Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Pennsylvania Game Commission, further providing for accountability; and, in hunting and furtaking, further providing for hunting on Sunday prohibited and for trespass on private property while hunting and providing for hunting on Sunday without written permission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 147"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 147 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Laughlin"]
version_count: 13
action_count: 27
vote_count: 12
first_action: "2019-02-01T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-11-27T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/44f265a2-1858-4640-afda-0b59ec68f522"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=147"
source_hash: "65f68cb18f9c704580532087ad2c2b3cadee0b561597085a71b084a87c017c71"
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 147 (2019-2020) — An Act amending Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Pennsylvania Game Commission, further providing for accountability; and, in hunting and furtaking, further providing for hunting on Sunday prohibited and for trespass on private property while hunting and providing for hunting on Sunday without written permission.

## Version chain

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

1. **House Amendment A02923** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=S&type=B&bn=0147&pn=1066&aYear=2019&an=02923)
2. **House Amendment A03369** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=S&type=B&bn=0147&pn=1283&aYear=2019&an=03369)
3. **House Amendment A03439** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=S&type=B&bn=0147&pn=1283&aYear=2019&an=03439)
4. **House Amendment A03454** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=S&type=B&bn=0147&pn=1283&aYear=2019&an=03454)
5. **House Amendment A03567** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=S&type=B&bn=0147&pn=1329&aYear=2019&an=03567)
6. **Printer's No. 0125** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0147&pn=0125)
7. **Printer's No. 0195** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0147&pn=0195)
8. **Printer's No. 1066** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0147&pn=1066)
9. **Printer's No. 1283** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0147&pn=1283)
10. **Printer's No. 1329** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0147&pn=1329)
11. **Printer's No. 1354** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0147&pn=1354)
12. **Senate Amendment A00042** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=S&type=B&bn=0147&pn=0125&aYear=2019&an=00042)
13. **Senate Amendment A02534** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=S&type=B&bn=0147&pn=0195&aYear=2019&an=02534)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **144–54** (pass) · lower
- SB 147 PN 195, A2534, LAUGHLIN AMENDMENT NO. A-2534 RECONSIDERED — **37–13** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **20–4** (pass) · upper
- SB 147 PN 1329, 2019 A3567, KORTZ — **198–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **13–3** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (GAME AND FISHERIES): Reported as Amended — **8–3** (pass) · upper
- SB 147 PN 1283, 2019 A3439, MALONEY — **193–1** (pass) · lower
- SB 147 PN 1283, 2019 A3369, PEIFER — **194–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 147 PN 195, A2534, LAUGHLIN AMENDMENT NO. A-2534 — **38–12** (pass) · upper
- SB 147 PN 1283, 2019 A3454, OWLETT — **191–3** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS — **38–11** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **36–14** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Laughlin — primary (person)
- Brewster — cosponsor (person)
- Street — cosponsor (person)
- Yaw — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0125 Referred to GAME AND FISHERIES `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0195 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2019-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-18T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1066 Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2019-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Vote on second consideration reconsidered
- **2019-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Vote by which amendment adopted reconsidered `passage`
- **2019-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to GAME AND FISHERIES `referral-committee`
- **2019-10-22T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1283 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2019-10-22T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-10-22T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2019-10-28T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2019-10-28T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1329 Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2019-10-28T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-10-29T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-10-30T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1354 Third consideration, with amendments `reading-3`
- **2019-10-30T04:00:00+00:00** Final passage `passage`
- **2019-11-18T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-11-18T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-11-18T05:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments
- **2019-11-18T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2019-11-19T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2019-11-19T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-11-27T05:00:00+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/44f265a2-1858-4640-afda-0b59ec68f522`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).