republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2023-2024/sb-709.md

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Bill	An Act amending Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in game or wildlife protection, further providing for the offense of unlawful taking and possession of protected birds and for endangered or threatened species.	An Act amending Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in game or wildlife protection, further providing for the offense of unlawful taking and possession of protected birds and for endangered or threatened species.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2023-2024	SB 709	Pennsylvania SB 709 (2023-2024)	bill		enacted	Lisa Boscola	3	19	5	2023-05-17T04:00:00+00:00	2024-05-08T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/d8e4ec93-3168-4eb4-95de-db9d8aafd9e7	https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=18&rollcallid=1102&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0	9bccb2abe26f69aeaf0df211ad86ecf9e5823642232c487ad5d7bc6bb5a957fa	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania SB 709 (2023-2024) — An Act amending Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in game or wildlife protection, further providing for the offense of unlawful taking and possession of protected birds and for endangered or threatened species.

Version chain

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

1. Printer's No. PN0768 (committee substitute) — source
2. Printer's No. PN0841 (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate Amendment A00818 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FINAL PASSAGE — 48–2 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — 37–0 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (Game & Fisheries): Report Bill As Committed — 23–1 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (Game & Fisheries): Reported as Amended — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 171–30 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Lisa Boscola — primary (person)
• Christine Tartaglione — cosponsor (person)
• Cris Dush — cosponsor (person)
• Jay Costa — cosponsor (person)
• Judith Schwank — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-05-17T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to Game & Fisheries referral-committee
• 2023-06-06T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as amended amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2023-06-06T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2023-06-07T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2023-06-20T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2023-06-21T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to Game & Fisheries referral-committee
• 2023-11-14T05:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2023-11-14T05:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2023-11-14T05:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2024-04-10T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2024-04-10T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2024-04-29T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2024-04-29T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2024-04-29T04:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-05-08T04:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor executive-signature
• 2024-05-08T04:00:00+00:00 Act No. 13 of 2024

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d8e4ec93-3168-4eb4-95de-db9d8aafd9e7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).