SB 518 — An Act amending Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Pennsylvania Game Commission, further providing for organization of commission; in game or wildlife protection, further providing for report to commission officer, for surrender of carcass to commission officer, for unlawful activities and for killing game or wildlife to protect person; and, in hunting and furtaking, further providing for investigation and seizure of game or wildlife.
Congress · introduced 2025-03-25
Latest action: — Act No. 26 of 2025, June 30, 2025
Sponsors
- Greg Rothman (R, PA-34) — sponsor · 2025-03-25
- Daniel Laughlin (R, PA-49) — cosponsor · 2025-03-25
- Scott Hutchinson (R, PA-21) — cosponsor · 2025-03-25
- Dawn W. Keefer (R, PA-31) — cosponsor · 2025-03-25
- Cris Dush (R, PA-25) — cosponsor · 2025-03-25
Action timeline
- · senate — Referred to GAME AND FISHERIES, March 25, 2025
- · senate — Reported as committed, April 1, 2025
- · senate — First consideration, April 1, 2025
- · senate — Second consideration, April 2, 2025
- · senate — Third consideration and final passage, May 5, 2025 (50-0)
- · house — In the House
- · house — Referred to GAME AND FISHERIES, May 6, 2025
- · house — Reported as committed, June 3, 2025
- · house — First consideration, June 3, 2025
- · house — Laid on the table, June 3, 2025
- · house — Removed from table, June 24, 2025
- · house — Second consideration, with amendments, June 25, 2025
- · house — Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS, June 25, 2025
- · house — Re-reported as committed, June 26, 2025
- · house — Third consideration and final passage, June 26, 2025 (199-3)
- · senate — In the Senate
- · senate — Referred to RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS, June 26, 2025
- · senate — Re-reported on concurrence, as committed, June 26, 2025
- · senate — Senate concurred in House amendments, June 26, 2025 (50-0)
- · senate — Signed in Senate, June 26, 2025
- · house — Signed in House, June 30, 2025
- — Presented to the Governor, June 30, 2025
- — Approved by the Governor, June 30, 2025
- — Act No. 26 of 2025, June 30, 2025
- · senate — (Remarks see Senate Journal Page 339-340), May 5, 2025
- · house — (Remarks see House Journal Page 1091-1093), June 25, 2025
Text versions
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Bill text
Printer's No. 0481 · 2,569 characters · source document
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PRINTER'S NO. 481
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 518
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY ROTHMAN, LAUGHLIN, HUTCHINSON AND KEEFER,
MARCH 25, 2025
REFERRED TO GAME AND FISHERIES, MARCH 25, 2025
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, in game or wildlife protection, further providing
3 for unlawful activities and for killing game or wildlife to
4 protect person; and, in hunting and furtaking, further
5 providing for investigation and seizure of game or wildlife.
6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8 Section 1. Sections 2126(a)(6), 2141(b) and 2313(a) of Title
9 34 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to
10 read:
11 § 2126. Unlawful activities.
12 (a) General rule.--It is unlawful for any person while
13 acting under the provisions of this subchapter to:
14 * * *
15 [(6) Refuse to answer, without evasion, upon request of
16 any representative of the commission, any pertinent question
17 pertaining to the killing or wounding of any game or wildlife
18 killed or wounded, or the disposition of the entire carcass
19 or any part thereof.]
1 * * *
2 § 2141. Killing game or wildlife to protect person.
3 * * *
4 (b) Report, safekeeping and investigation.--A person killing
5 any game or wildlife under this subchapter shall report the
6 event to an officer as soon as possible following the incident
7 but in no case later than 24 hours, provide for safekeeping of
8 the game or wildlife intact at the place where it was killed and
9 be available for interview by the officer. [The person killing
10 the game or wildlife shall answer, without evasion, any
11 pertinent questions of the officer making the investigation.]
12 * * *
13 § 2313. Investigation and seizure of game or wildlife.
14 [(a) Response to questions.--The operator of any vehicle or
15 craft transporting any game or wildlife shall answer, without
16 evasion, any pertinent question posed by a commission officer.]
17 * * *
18 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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Outbound (4)
| date | type | to | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania Senate Rules And Executive Nominations Committee | — | pa-leg | |
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania House Appropriations Committee | — | pa-leg | |
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania House Game And Fisheries Committee | — | pa-leg | |
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania Senate Game And Fisheries Committee | — | pa-leg |
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Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greg Rothman (R, state_upper PA-34) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Cris Dush (R, state_upper PA-25) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Daniel Laughlin (R, state_upper PA-49) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Dawn W. Keefer (R, state_upper PA-31) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Scott Hutchinson (R, state_upper PA-21) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Activity
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- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania Senate Rules And Executive Nominations Committee · pa-leg
- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania House Appropriations Committee · pa-leg
- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania House Game And Fisheries Committee · pa-leg
- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania Senate Game And Fisheries Committee · pa-leg