---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in hunting and furtaking licenses, further providing for authorized license-issuing agents."
description: "An Act amending Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in hunting and furtaking licenses, further providing for authorized license-issuing agents."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 431"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 431 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Laughlin"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-03-18T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-11-03T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b9b26390-bb93-4c13-b8cf-d01795679ed3"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2021&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=431"
source_hash: "1e6e8e294c2ced7eec963c7b8d54eefa84b1aa25ba0f6f380ad4f1f2831b14ba"
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 431 (2021-2022) — An Act amending Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in hunting and furtaking licenses, further providing for authorized license-issuing agents.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 0451** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2021&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0431&pn=0451)

## Votes

- Committee vote (GAME AND FISHERIES): Reported as Committed — **7–3** (pass) · upper
- SB 431 PN 451, Final Passage — **45–5** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **174–24** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Laughlin — primary (person)
- Aument — cosponsor (person)
- Brewster — cosponsor (person)
- Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Regan — cosponsor (person)
- Stefano — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** PN 0451 Referred to GAME AND FISHERIES `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2021-09-22T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2021-09-22T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-09-20T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-09-20T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-09-21T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to GAME AND FISHERIES `referral-committee`
- **2022-09-21T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-09-21T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2022-09-21T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2022-10-24T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2022-10-25T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2022-10-25T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-10-26T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-10-26T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-10-26T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2022-10-26T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2022-10-27T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-11-03T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-11-03T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 148 of 2022

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b9b26390-bb93-4c13-b8cf-d01795679ed3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).