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PRINTER'S NO. 2784
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
593
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY MALONEY, BERNSTINE, CALTAGIRONE, CAUSER, COOK,
DeLUCA, OWLETT, READSHAW, STRUZZI, ZIMMERMAN AND GLEIM,
OCTOBER 25, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GAME AND FISHERIES, OCTOBER 25, 2019
A RESOLUTION
Directing the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to study
the reasons for the decline in hunting licenses.
WHEREAS, Numbers of hunting licenses being issued by the
Pennsylvania Game Commission are declining as shown by the drop
in hunting licenses being issued from 943,945 in 2014 to 855,486
in 2018, with an anticipated reduction of 7,357 licenses issued
in the current fiscal year; and
WHEREAS, This decline appears to be the result of numerous
factors which could include lack of educational opportunities
for young people to learn about hunting and gun safety and lack
of understanding regarding the importance of game management in
this Commonwealth; and
WHEREAS, In addressing issues of hunting and game management,
the General Assembly does not have ready resources to help it
develop comprehensive legislation to reverse the decline in
hunting licenses; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee
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be directed to undertake a study that:
(1) surveys the literature to determine what national
and Pennsylvania studies have been undertaken relative to
public attitudes toward hunting;
(2) identifies any commonalities in attitudes toward
hunting that prompt decisions to not obtain a hunting
license; and
(3) analyzes current Pennsylvania Game Commission game
management practices that might impact game populations
relative to hunting;
and be it further
RESOLVED, That the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee
prepare a report within one year of the adoption of this
resolution and submit it to the Game and Fisheries Committee of
the Senate and the Game and Fisheries Committee of the House of
Representatives.
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