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type: "Bill"
title: "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."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 709"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 709 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lisa Boscola"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-05-17T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-08T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d8e4ec93-3168-4eb4-95de-db9d8aafd9e7"
source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=18&rollcallid=1102&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0"
source_hash: "9bccb2abe26f69aeaf0df211ad86ecf9e5823642232c487ad5d7bc6bb5a957fa"
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 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](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0709/PN0768)
2. **Printer's No. PN0841** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0709/PN0841)
3. **Senate Amendment A00818** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A00818)
## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d8e4ec93-3168-4eb4-95de-db9d8aafd9e7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).