republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2017-2018/hb-359.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in enforcement, further providing for powers and duties of enforcement officers and for suspension of privileges pending payment of penalties; in hunting and furtaking, further providing for killing game or wildlife by mistake; and, in hunting and furtaking licenses, further providing for period of revocation."
description: "An Act amending Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in enforcement, further providing for powers and duties of enforcement officers and for suspension of privileges pending payment of penalties; in hunting and furtaking, further providing for killing game or wildlife by mistake; and, in hunting and furtaking licenses, further providing for period of revocation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 359"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 359 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["English"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-02-07T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b97c9791-9029-4084-8351-de22a57c162d"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=359"
source_hash: "6a61ab93a932493fa908a43feb01cb656bfeb91a780e3662b31df864237e8eb7"
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 359 (2017-2018) — An Act amending Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in enforcement, further providing for powers and duties of enforcement officers and for suspension of privileges pending payment of penalties; in hunting and furtaking, further providing for killing game or wildlife by mistake; and, in hunting and furtaking licenses, further providing for period of revocation.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 0377** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0359&pn=0377)
2. **Printer's No. 2822** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0359&pn=2822)
3. **Printer's No. 2922** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0359&pn=2922)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (GAME AND FISHERIES): Reported as Amended — **11–1** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 359 PN 2922, CONCUR — **194–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **192–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- English — primary (person)
- D. Costa — cosponsor (person)
- Deluca — cosponsor (person)
- Gabler — cosponsor (person)
- Gillen — cosponsor (person)
- Godshall — cosponsor (person)
- Irvin — cosponsor (person)
- Kortz — cosponsor (person)
- Mcneill — cosponsor (person)
- Millard — cosponsor (person)
- Readshaw — cosponsor (person)
- Saylor — cosponsor (person)
- Schweyer — cosponsor (person)
- Wheeland — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0377 Referred to GAME AND FISHERIES `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-14T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-14T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2017-06-14T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to RULES `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2017-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to GAME AND FISHERIES `referral-committee`
- **2017-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** PN 2822 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2017-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2018-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** PN 2922 Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2018-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **2018-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2018-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2018-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b97c9791-9029-4084-8351-de22a57c162d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).