HB 2363 — An Act amending Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in hunting and furtaking, further providing for tagging and reporting big game kills, for shipping or transporting big game and for possession and transportation of small game.

PRINTER'S NO.   3144

                      THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                          HOUSE BILL
                          No. 2363
                                                 Session of
                                                   2026

     INTRODUCED BY MERSKI, PROBST, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, HILL-EVANS, KULIK,
        HADDOCK, HARKINS, NEILSON AND STEELE, APRIL 7, 2026

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GAME AND FISHERIES, APRIL 8, 2026


                                      AN ACT
 1   Amending Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
 2      Statutes, in hunting and furtaking, further providing for
 3      tagging and reporting big game kills, for shipping or
 4      transporting big game and for possession and transportation
 5      of small game.
 6      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 7   hereby enacts as follows:
 8      Section 1.     Sections 2323(a)(1), 2328(a) and 2341(b) of Title
 9   34 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to
10   read:
11   § 2323.    Tagging and reporting big game kills.
12      (a)    Tags issued with licenses.--
13             (1)   Each licensed person who kills any big game shall,
14      immediately after the killing and before removing the big
15      game from the location of the killing, fully complete [the
16      proper game kill tag in compliance with the instructions
17      printed on the tag and attach only the game kill tag to the
18      big game. The attached game kill tag shall remain on the big
19      game until such time as the big game is processed for
 1      consumption or prepared for mounting.] all tagging and
 2      reporting requirements as prescribed in regulations
 3      promulgated by the commission.
 4             * * *
 5   § 2328.    Shipping or transporting big game.
 6      (a)    General rule.--Unless properly tagged in the manner
 7   prescribed under section 2323 (relating to tagging and reporting
 8   big game kills), it is unlawful for any person to ship or
 9   transport the carcass of any big game. [The tag shall contain in
10   English the name, address and license number of the owner and
11   the location where the big game was killed.]
12      * * *
13   § 2341.    Possession and transportation of small game.
14      * * *
15      (b)    Transportation without owner present.--Properly tagged
16   small game unaccompanied by the owner may be transported [if a
17   hand-made tag is attached to the small game containing in
18   English the name, address, license number and the signature of
19   the person who killed the small game.] as long as it meets the
20   tagging and reporting requirements as prescribed in regulations
21   promulgated by the commission.
22      * * *
23      Section 2.     This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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