---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 30 (Fish) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in fishing licenses, further providing for exemptions from license requirements."
description: "An Act amending Title 30 (Fish) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in fishing licenses, further providing for exemptions from license requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 146"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 146 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James Brewster"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 23
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-01-19T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c7e03d6-126d-4fca-835e-e112dd4a3c8d"
source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=18&rollcallid=849&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0"
source_hash: "67564416d5fb93752dee61ebc469110a69c71631933f115d7a0a9d015ed86868"
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 146 (2023-2024) — An Act amending Title 30 (Fish) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in fishing licenses, further providing for exemptions from license requirements.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. PN0120** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0146/PN0120)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **201–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Rules & Executive Nominations): Re-Reported as Committed — **16–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Game & Fisheries): Report Bill As Committed — **25–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — **37–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Game & Fisheries): Reported as Committed — **11–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- James Brewster — primary (person)
- Amanda Cappelletti — cosponsor (person)
- Carolyn Comitta — cosponsor (person)
- Devlin Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Costa — cosponsor (person)
- John Kane — cosponsor (person)
- Judith Schwank — cosponsor (person)
- Lindsey Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Maria Collett — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick Stefano — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Hutchinson — cosponsor (person)
- Sharif Street — cosponsor (person)
- Wayne Fontana — cosponsor (person)
- Wayne Langerholc — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-19T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Game & Fisheries `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2023-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Rules & Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2023-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-07-05T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Game & Fisheries `referral-committee`
- **2023-10-02T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-10-02T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2023-10-02T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2023-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2023-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2023-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2024-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2024-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 1 of 2024

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4c7e03d6-126d-4fca-835e-e112dd4a3c8d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).