Pennsylvania legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Pennsylvania HR468: A Resolution urging municipal governments and encouraging farmers, landowners and residents throughout Pennsylvania to open their lands to public hunting and make greater use of existing deer management programs and permits available through the Pennsylvania Game Commission.
Status: In committee, October 19, 2026
What the bill says
A resolution Urging municipal governments and encouraging farmers, landowners and residents throughout Pennsylvania to open their lands to public hunting and make greater use of existing deer management programs and permits available through the Pennsylvania Game Commission.
From the introduced text, April 8, 2026:
A RESOLUTION Urging municipal governments and encouraging farmers, landowners and residents throughout Pennsylvania to open their lands to public hunting and make greater use of existing deer management programs and permits available through the Pennsylvania Game Commission. WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania Game Commission has recently established new hunting opportunities and increased the number of antlerless deer licenses available in order to reduce the deer population in much of this Commonwealth; and WHEREAS, Deer-vehicle collisions are a growing public safety problem throughout this Commonwealth, and PennDOT reports that crashes involving deer rose from 3,618 in 2015 to 5,111 in 2024; and WHEREAS, White-tailed deer impose substantial agricultural, residential and ecological damage across this Commonwealth, as the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau has recognized crop damage by deer as a significant problem for Pennsylvania farmers, and both the Pennsylvania Game Commission and the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources warn that excessive deer browsing suppresses desirable tree regeneration; and WHEREAS, Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses carried on deer present an additional public health concern in this Commonwealth, as the Department of Environmental Protection documented blacklegged ticks infected with Borrelia burgdorferi in all 67 counties; and WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania Game Commission has made clear that hunting is the most effective means by which deer populations are adjusted to meet management goals; and WHEREAS, Regulated harvest …
Sponsors
- Jill Cooper (R, 55) · primary sponsor
- Anita Kulik (D, 45)
- Arvind Venkat (D, 30)
- Robert James (R, 64)
- Ed Neilson (D, HD-174)
- Eddie Pashinski (D, 121)
- Mandy Steele (D, 33)
- David Rowe (R, 85)
Latest actions
- : Removed from table, Oct. 19, 2026
- : Laid on the table (Pursuant to House Rule 71), June 16, 2026
- : Reported as committed, April 14, 2026
- : Referred to GAME AND FISHERIES, April 8, 2026
Votes
- House Game & Fisheries: Report Bill As Committed (April 14, 2026): 26 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: GAME AND FISHERIES
Common questions
- What is HR468?
- HR468 is a bill in the Pennsylvania Legislature (2025-2026 Regular Session): A Resolution urging municipal governments and encouraging farmers, landowners and residents throughout Pennsylvania to open their lands to public hunting and make greater use of existing deer management programs and permits available through the Pennsylvania Game Commission.
- What does HR468 do?
- In its own words: A resolution Urging municipal governments and encouraging farmers, landowners and residents throughout Pennsylvania to open their lands to public hunting and make greater use of existing deer management programs and permits available through the Pennsylvania Game Commission.
- What is the status of HR468?
- In committee as of October 19, 2026. Latest action: Removed from table, Oct. 19, 2026 (October 19, 2026).
- Who sponsored HR468?
- Jill Cooper (R, 55), with 7 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HR468?
- On the Pennsylvania Legislature website: https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/2025/hr468
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