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House Co-Sponsorship Memoranda
House of Representatives
Session of 2015 - 2016
Regular Session
MEMORANDUM
| Posted: | December 19, 2014 12:34 PM |
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| From: | Representative Neal P. Goodman |
| To: | All House members |
| Subject: | Junior Hunting Licenses |
| I will be re-introducing legislation (previous HB 2539) that would increase the eligible age for both resident and nonresident junior hunting licenses to 21. Currently Title 34 provides resident and nonresident hunters age 12 through 16 three license options: Junior Hunting, Junior Furtaker, and Junior Combination. By expanding eligibility for junior licenses through age 21, I hope to better accommodate those who attend college or trade school, or enter the workforce and find they can only occasionally return home to hunt, often with very little time. I also hope to keep young people vested in the activity of hunting during a time period in their lives when they are becoming financially independent from their parents. Pennsylvania led the nation when we became the first state to offer a mentored hunting program to kids under the age of 12. This legislation is intended to build on the progress made over the years recruiting new hunters by keeping licenses affordable for an age group that is vulnerable to relinquish these activities. |
Introduced as HB729