Committee advances bill to allow Sunday hunting, change trespass rules and other Game Commission provisions after multiple failed amendments

House Bill 1431, a broad amendment to Title 34 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes addressing Sunday hunting, trespass penalties, Game Commission board composition, deer urine use, and a self-reporting system for deer removed for crop damage, was reported out of the House Game and Fishery Committee after a contentious debate and several failed amendment votes.

Paul read the bill summary to the committee: the legislation “would amend Title 34… to provide for Sunday hunting and would change provisions and penalties related to trespassing on private property while hunting. It would require at least one member of the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s Board of Commissioners to have agricultural background. It would allow for the use of deer urine while hunting and would establish a self reporting system that allows a person assigned to remove deer for crop damage purposes to report each harvest to an officer of the…