republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2023-2024/hb-1409.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 30 (Fish) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, further providing for power to set fees; and, in fishing licenses, further providing for license, permit and issuing agent fees."
description: "An Act amending Title 30 (Fish) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, further providing for power to set fees; and, in fishing licenses, further providing for license, permit and issuing agent fees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1409"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 1409 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anita Kulik"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 25
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-06-14T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-10-31T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e9d6006-6fb0-4d05-8d71-816c73086e0e"
source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=18&rollcallid=653&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0"
source_hash: "eaab8d01d13413a2f85e46159ea264cc32252b3c901b89ea0df430c526d13df6"
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 HB 1409 (2023-2024) — An Act amending Title 30 (Fish) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, further providing for power to set fees; and, in fishing licenses, further providing for license, permit and issuing agent fees.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. PN1577** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/HB1409/PN1577)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **154–48** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — **22–1** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE-RECONSIDERED — **47–3** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–1** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Game & Fisheries): Reported as Committed — **10–1** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — **24–13** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Game & Fisheries): Report Bill As Committed — **21–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Anita Kulik — primary (person)
- Andrew Kuzma — cosponsor (person)
- Arvind Venkat — cosponsor (person)
- Barry Jozwiak — cosponsor (person)
- Benjamin Sanchez — cosponsor (person)
- Bud Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Carol Hill-Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Chris Pielli — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Moul — cosponsor (person)
- David Delloso — cosponsor (person)
- David Maloney — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Neilson — cosponsor (person)
- Eric Davanzo — cosponsor (person)
- G. Roni Green — cosponsor (person)
- Heather Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- Jacob Banta — cosponsor (person)
- Jamie Barton — cosponsor (person)
- Jeanne Mcneill — cosponsor (person)
- Jill Cooper — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Haddock — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Rigby — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Ciresi — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Kerwin — cosponsor (person)
- Jonathan Fritz — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Hohenstein — cosponsor (person)
- Justin Fleming — cosponsor (person)
- Kerry Benninghoff — cosponsor (person)
- Kyle Mullins — cosponsor (person)
- Mandy Steele — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Jo Daley — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew Gergely — cosponsor (person)
- Mindy Fee — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Friel — cosponsor (person)
- Shelby Labs — cosponsor (person)
- Tarik Khan — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Kutz — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Mehaffie — cosponsor (person)
- Tina Pickett — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Torren Ecker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-14T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Game & Fisheries `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2023-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-09-22T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-09-22T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2023-09-22T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2023-09-26T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2023-09-26T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-09-27T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-09-27T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-10-04T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Game & Fisheries `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-09-16T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-10-22T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-10-22T04:00:00+00:00** Vote on final passage reconsidered
- **2024-10-22T04:00:00+00:00** Final passage `passage`
- **2024-10-23T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2024-10-23T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2024-10-23T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-10-31T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-10-31T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 129 of 2024

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3e9d6006-6fb0-4d05-8d71-816c73086e0e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).