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HB 2717 PA

An Act amending Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in hunting and furtaking licenses, further providing for unlawful acts concerning licenses.

PA · session 2025-2026 · Assembly / House · bill

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Introduced Jul 27, 2026

Latest action (Jul 27, 2026) Referred to Game & Fisheries

Summary

This bill amends Pennsylvania's hunting and furtaking license laws by renaming a section heading in Title 34 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes. The bill reinforces that it is unlawful for any person to hunt or take any game or wildlife without first securing and personally signing a required license. The measure takes effect in 60 days.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)

3 coauthors / cosponsors

Action history (1)

  1. Jul 27, 2026 Referred to Game & Fisheries · lower

Text versions (3)

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

  • Printer's No. PN3797 · application/msword
  • Printer's No. PN3797 · HTML
  • Printer's No. PN3797 · PDF

Full text

Full text imported from www.palegis.us

PRINTER'S NO. 3797 TH E GE N ER AL A S SE MB L Y OF P ENN SY L VA NI A HOUSE BILL No. 2717 Session of 2026 INTRODUCED BY RADER, HANBIDGE, KAUFFMAN AND COOPER, JULY 27, 2026 REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GAME AND FISHERIES, JULY 27, 2026 AN ACT Amending Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in hunting and furtaking licenses, further providing for unlawful acts concerning licenses. The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows: Section 1. Section 2711(a) heading and (1) of Title 34 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read: § 2711. Unlawful acts concerning licenses. (a) [General rule] Prohibitions.--Except as otherwise provided in this title, it is unlawful for any person to: (1) Hunt or take any game or wildlife by any means or manner or device, including the use of dogs, without first securing and personally signing the required license. [The required license must be carried on person when hunting, furtaking or taking any game or wildlife within this Commonwealth.] * * * Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

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