PennsylvaniaOfficials could set rules for three ways of catching fish
Officials could make rules for catching fish by snatching, foul hooking, or snagging, and breaking those rules would be a first-degree summary offense.
What it does
Officials could make rules for catching fish by snatching, foul hooking, or snagging. Breaking a rule made under this subsection would be a first-degree summary offense.
Argument forOfficials could set rules for these fishing methods, which may give people clearer direction about how to catch fish.
Argument againstPeople could face a first-degree summary offense for breaking rules on these fishing methods, while the bill does not spell out what those rules would be.
More detail
Officials may make rules about catching fish by snatching, foul hooking, or snagging. The rules may cover taking fish by snatching, foul hooking, or snagging. A person who breaks a rule made under this subsection would commit a first-degree summary offense. If enacted, the act would take effect 60 days later.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Sep 30Re-referred to AppropriationsLatest
- Sep 30Second considerationMinor
- Sep 29First considerationMinor
- Vote recorded Committee vote (Game & Fisheries): Reported as Committed. Result: pass.Upper
- Sep 29Reported as committedMinor
- Mar 12Referred to Game & FisheriesIntroduced
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