Pennsylvania SB 1020: An Act amending Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in hunting and furtaking licenses, further providing for resident license and fee exemptions.

Bill Text

PRINTER'S NO. 1177
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 1020
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY GEBHARD, MALONE, BROWN, FONTANA, KANE,
TARTAGLIONE, J. WARD, CULVER, COSTA, STEFANO, PENNYCUICK,
LAUGHLIN, HUTCHINSON, BAKER, ROBINSON, VOGEL, PICOZZI AND
COLEMAN, SEPTEMBER 26, 2025
REFERRED TO GAME AND FISHERIES, SEPTEMBER 26, 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) and (1.1) of Title 34 of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended and the
subsection is amended by adding a paragraph 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 or other period of
military service 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
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this title and is otherwise mentally and physically fit,
shall be issued a free regular hunting or furtaking license
upon application to the commission or a county treasurer.
(1.1) Any disabled veteran who has a disability incurred
in any war [or], armed conflict or other period of military
service and possesses a disability rating between 60% and 99%
as certified by the United States Department of Veterans
Affairs and who meets all other qualifications of this act
and is otherwise mentally and physically fit shall be issued
a resident hunting or furtaking license at the cost of $1
upon application to the commission or a county treasurer.
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(6) For purposes of this subsection, the term "other
period of military service" shall mean training exercises,
noncombat military operations, peacetime service activities
and other hazardous duty not classified as armed conflict.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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