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HB866 • 2025

An Act amending Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in hunting and furtaking licenses, further providing for resident license and fee exemptions.

An Act amending Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in hunting and furtaking licenses, further providing for resident license and fee exemptions.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
HARKINS
Last action
2025-03-11
Official status
Referred to GAME AND FISHERIES, March 11, 2025
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act amending Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in hunting and furtaking licenses, further providing for resident license and fee exemptions.

An Act amending Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in hunting and furtaking licenses, further providing for resident license and fee exemptions.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act amending Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in hunting and furtaking licenses, further providing for resident license and fee exemptions.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2025-03-11 GAME AND FISHERIES

    Referred to GAME AND FISHERIES, March 11, 2025

Official Summary Text

An Act amending Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in hunting and furtaking licenses, further providing for resident license and fee exemptions.

Current Bill Text

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PRINTER'S NO. 902
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 866
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY HARKINS, VITALI, PIELLI, MADDEN, HILL-EVANS,
FREEMAN, McNEILL, INGLIS, GIRAL, BOROWSKI, CERRATO, NEILSON,
SANCHEZ, MALAGARI, CIRESI AND KOZAK, MARCH 11, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GAME AND FISHERIES, MARCH 11, 2025
AN ACT
Amending Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in hunting and furtaking licenses, further
providing for resident license and fee exemptions.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 2706(b)(1) of Title 34 of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
§ 2706. Resident license and fee exemptions.
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(b) Disabled veterans.--
(1) Any resident disabled veteran who has a disability
incurred in any war or armed conflict which consists of the
loss of one or more limbs, or the loss of the use of one or
more limbs, or who is 100% disabled as certified by the
United States Department of Veterans Affairs, and who meets
all other qualifications of this title and is otherwise
mentally and physically fit, shall [be issued a free regular
hunting or furtaking license], upon application to the
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commission or a county treasurer[.], be issued any of the
following licenses or permits without cost or fee under
section 2709(a) (relating to license costs and fees):
(i) Regular hunting.
(ii) Regular furtaking.
(iii) Antlerless deer.
(iv) Bear.
(v) Archery.
(vi) Muzzleloader.
(vii) Migratory game bird.
(viii) Elk.
(ix) Special wild turkey.
(x) Pheasant, as provided under 58 Pa. Code §
147.317 (relating to permit).
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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