---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Pennsylvania Game Commission, further providing for"
description: "An Act amending Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Pennsylvania Game Commission, further providing for"
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 518"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 518 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Greg Rothman"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2025-03-25T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2519f900-8c5a-4ffa-9def-3341bf8287b7"
source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=18&rollcallid=614&sessYr=2025&sessInd=0"
source_hash: "b1ac41f3578f77f0e1f5c836f9a2bef00834dd61465c64907aa428ceb2e6675a"
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 518 (2025-2026) — An Act amending Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Pennsylvania Game Commission, further providing for

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. PN0481** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2025/0/SB0518/PN0481)
2. **Printer's No. PN1014** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2025/0/SB0518/PN1014)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Game & Fisheries): Report Bill As Committed — **26–0** (pass) · lower
- A1285 — **138–65** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Game & Fisheries): Reported as Committed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — **37–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Rules & Executive Nominations): Re-Reported as Committed — **17–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **199–3** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- MOTION TO TABLE — **9–194** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Greg Rothman — primary (person)
- Cris Dush — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel Laughlin — cosponsor (person)
- Dawn Keefer — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Hutchinson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Game & Fisheries `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2025-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2025-05-05T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Game & Fisheries `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-03T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2025-06-03T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2025-06-03T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2025-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2025-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2025-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2025-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules & Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2025-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments
- **2025-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 26 of 2025

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2519f900-8c5a-4ffa-9def-3341bf8287b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).