PRIOR PASSAGE - NONE
PRINTER'S NO. 852
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
720
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY McILHINNEY, SCARNATI, BROWNE, BARTOLOTTA,
GREENLEAF, FOLMER, BREWSTER, RESCHENTHALER, MENSCH, SCHWANK
AND WARD, MAY 18, 2017
REFERRED TO GAME AND FISHERIES, MAY 18, 2017
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, providing for the right to hunt, fish and
harvest game.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby resolves as follows:
Section 1. The following amendment to the Constitution of
Pennsylvania is proposed in accordance with Article XI:
That Article I be amended by adding a section to read:
ยง 29. Right of the people to hunt, fish and harvest game.
The right of the people to hunt, fish and harvest game shall
be forever preserved, subject to restrictions relating to
species, seasons, limits, methods , locations and licensure,
including suspension and revocation, as prescribed by the laws
of this Commonwealth.
Section 2. (a) Upon the first passage by the General
Assembly of this proposed constitutional amendment, the
Secretary of the Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to
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