republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2019-2020/hb-1188.md

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Bill	An Act amending Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in hunting and furtaking, further providing for unlawful devices and methods.	An Act amending Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in hunting and furtaking, further providing for unlawful devices and methods.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2019-2020	HB 1188	Pennsylvania HB 1188 (2019-2020)	bill		enacted	Wentling	1	20	4	2019-04-11T04:00:00+00:00	2020-07-01T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/8cab2adc-d826-4db3-a66f-16174456c71e	http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=1188	f2869ce04e023067b1fb02fcbe9bd146509d32d44614563aed216fea31134efb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania HB 1188 (2019-2020) — An Act amending Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in hunting and furtaking, further providing for unlawful devices and methods.

Version chain

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

1. Printer's No. 1385 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FINAL PASSAGE — 195–5 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (GAME AND FISHERIES): Reported as Committed — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — 24–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 48–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Wentling — primary (person)
• Bernstine — cosponsor (person)
• Causer — cosponsor (person)
• Dush — cosponsor (person)
• Ecker — cosponsor (person)
• Gillen — cosponsor (person)
• Irvin — cosponsor (person)
• Kail — cosponsor (person)
• Kortz — cosponsor (person)
• Maloney — cosponsor (person)
• Metcalfe — cosponsor (person)
• Nelson — cosponsor (person)
• Readshaw — cosponsor (person)
• Toohil — cosponsor (person)
• Wheeland — cosponsor (person)
• Zimmerman — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-04-11T04:00:00+00:00 PN 1385 Referred to GAME AND FISHERIES referral-committee
• 2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2019-06-17T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2019-06-18T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2019-06-18T04:00:00+00:00 Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2019-06-19T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2019-06-19T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2019-06-21T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to GAME AND FISHERIES referral-committee
• 2020-05-27T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2020-05-27T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2020-06-08T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2020-06-08T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2020-06-22T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2020-06-23T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2020-06-24T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2020-06-24T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2020-06-24T04:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2020-07-01T04:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8cab2adc-d826-4db3-a66f-16174456c71e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).