(PN 74) Amends the Right-to-Know Law, in procedure, further providing for exceptions for public records. Removes the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) from agencies exempted from access by a requester under the Right-to-Know law relating to a noncriminal investigation. Effective immediately.

(PN 1999) Amends Title 30 (Fish), adding a chapter to provide for at-risk, derelict and abandoned boats; and imposing penalties. Provides definitions, revising and adding certain terms. Provides for the identification, notice and related actions for the disposition of at-risk, derelict and abandoned boats. Establishes who the commission shall notify within seven calendar days of the identification of the at-risk boat, derelict boat or abandoned boat. Specifies provisions for the notice to an owner and for public notice. Provides for actions by the owner. Specifies recovery costs. Stipulates that a person involved in the identification, notification, recovery or storage of a boat under this chapter shall not be liable for any claim of property damage related to the boat. Amends penalty structures to match abandoned automotive vehicles. Defines “restitution costs.” Provides for the development, posting and submittal of forms. Provides for nuisances. Provides rules and regulations. Effective in 180 days. (Prior PN: 1113, 82)   (PN 1113) Amends Title 30 (Fish), adding a chapter to provide for at-risk, derelict and abandoned boats; and imposing penalties. Provides definitions. Establishes that a boat is presumed to be abandoned if the owner of the boat cannot be contacted and the boat is physically inoperable and is left unattended on waters of this commonwealth or other public property, is left unattended on or along waters of this commonwealth or other public property and does not bear a valid registration or has remained on the private property of a salvor for 30 calendar days. Stipulates that the presumption is rebuttable by a preponderance of the evidence. Authorizes investigations. Requires notices within seven calendar days of the discovery of the at-risk boat, derelict boat or abandoned boat to the commission and the owner, as well as public notice. Makes editorial changes. Provides for actions by the owner within 14 calendar days of receipt of the notice. Specifies recovery costs. Adds that a person involved in the notification, investigation, recovery or storage of a boat under this chapter shall not be liable for any claim of property damage related to the boat. Provides for the development, posting and submittal of forms. Provides for nuisances. Provides rules and regulations. Effective in 180 days. (Prior PN: 82)   (PN 82) Amends Title 30 (Fish) adding a chapter to provide for at-risk, derelict and abandoned boats; and imposing penalties. Provides definitions. Outlines the qualifications for a boat to be presumed abandoned. Authorizes investigations. Requires notices to the commission and the owner, as well as public notice. Provides for actions by the owner within 10 days of receipt of the notice. Specifies recovery costs. Provides for the development, posting and submittal of forms. Provides for nuisances. Provides rules and regulations. Effective in 180 days.

(PN 134) Amends Title 30 (Fish), in preliminary provisions relating to boats and boating, further providing for registrations, licenses, permits, plates and statistics. Restricts the commission from promulgating regulations or requiring a permit or other related registrations of a boat not equipped with a motor in any park, forest or waters of the commonwealth. Effective in 60 days.

(PN 600) Amends Title 30 (Fish), in Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC), further providing for waterways patrolmen and employees. Requires each full-time waterways conservation officer, whose duty it is to enforce this title, to be classified in the same manner as members of the Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) for purposes of compensation. Effective in 60 days.

(PN 772) Amends Titles 30 (Fish) and 34 (Game), in Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC), further providing for organization of commission; and, in Pennsylvania Game Commission (PGC), further providing for organization of commission. Revises the composition of PFBC and PGC to establish qualifications. Requires departmental notification to sportsmen groups relating to PFBC and PGC. Provides several definitions. Applies amendments of the act to members of PFBC and PGC who, beginning on the effective date of this section, are starting a new term or are filling a vacancy due to the death, resignation or removal from office of a member. Stipulates that the Governor’s Advisory Council for Hunting, Fishing and Conservation established by Executive Order No. 2015-13, 4 Pa. Code Ch. 6 Subch. AAA has no authority to select and appoint commissioners of the PGC or PFBC. The addition of 30 Pa.C.S. § 301(a)(3)(v) and 34 Pa.C.S. § 301(a)(3)(v) are effective immediately. Sections 3 and 4 of this act are effective immediately. Section 5 is effective immediately. The remainder of this act is effective in one year.

(PN 787) Amends the Dam Safety and Encroachments Act, further providing for permit issuance and conditions and for enforcement orders. Prohibits the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission from having authority or jurisdiction related to stream maintenance or clearing activities. Provides that no approval or authorization from the commission is required for any stream maintenance or clearing activities. Prohibits the Department of Environmental Protection from delegating its authority related to stream maintenance or clearing activities to the commission. Provides that the commission may enforce stream maintenance or clearing activities only when there is a potential violation under 30 Pa.C.S. (relating to fish) due to a person not having a valid permit or conducting an activity that was not authorized by the permit. Prohibits the commission from finding that a stream maintenance or clearing activity violates 30 Pa.C.S. if the stream maintenance or clearing activity is general maintenance of a bridge or culvert. Prohibits the commission from enforcing a penalty for a violation under 30 Pa.C.S. until the commission contacts the department and the relevant county conservation district. Effective in 60 days.

(PN 1049) Amends Titles 30 (Fish) and 34 (Game), in fishing licenses, providing for active duty military fishing reciprocity and for disabled veteran annual fishing license reciprocity; and, in hunting and furtaking licenses, providing for active duty military hunting reciprocity and for disabled veteran annual hunting license reciprocity. Permits active duty military with a valid and lawfully issued active duty military fishing license or permit which has been issued under the laws of another state, regardless of whether a reciprocity agreement exists between the commonwealth and the state under subsection (b) to fish in any of the waters of the commonwealth or in any boundary waters. Lists conditions. Provides reciprocity.  Permits disabled veterans with a valid and lawfully issued disabled veteran annual fishing license or permit which has been issued under the laws of another state, regardless of whether a reciprocity agreement exists between the commonwealth and the state under subsection (b) to fish in any of the waters of the commonwealth or in any boundary waters. Lists conditions. Provides reciprocity. Permits active duty military with a valid and lawfully issued active military hunting license or permit which has been issued under the laws of another state, regardless of whether a reciprocity agreement exists between the commonwealth and the state under subsection (b) to hunt within the commonwealth. Lists conditions. Provides reciprocity. Permits disabled veterans with a valid and lawfully issued disabled veteran annual hunting license or permit which has been issued under the laws of another state, regardless of whether a reciprocity agreement exists between the commonwealth and the state under subsection (b) to hunt within the commonwealth. Lists conditions. Provides reciprocity. Effective in 60 days. 

(PN 1083) Amends Title 30 (Fish), in Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, further providing for Boating Advisory Board. Asserts the Boating Advisory Board will consist of the Secretary of Conservation and Natural Resources, or a designee of the Secretary of Conservation and Natural Resources, and the two at-large members of the commission as described in section 301(b). Effective in 60 days.

(1640) Amends Title 30 (Fish), in preliminary provisions relating to boats and boating, further providing for boating education. Exempts a person who operates a motorboat powered by a motor of 25 horsepower or less that is not a personal watercraft from boating education requirements. Removes the requirement for the commission to make boating safety instruction and certification programs take place at convenient times and locations to maximize attendance. Directs the commission to issue a certificate of boating safety education to a person who pays the fee under section 5104 (relating to fees). Removes the requirement to provide boating safety education materials to individuals who plan to take boating safety courses. Removes the requirement to replace a lost or destroyed certificate. Removes the requirement to establish reasonable charges for individuals who take boating safety education courses conducted by the commission or commission volunteers. Effective in 60 days.

Requires that full-time Waterways Conservation Officers are compensated on the same pay scale as that of Pennsylvania State Police Officers.

Aims to increase the penalty for abandoning a boat from a summary offense to a third-degree misdemeanor. 

Aims to amend Titles 30 (Fish and Boat Code) and 34 (Game and Wildlife Code) of the PA Consolidated Statutes to allow local sportsmen and sportswomen to be more involved in the selection of those who represent them on aquatic and wildlife resource commission boards.

Aims to exempt non-motor-powered boats from licensing, registration, or permitting requirements. 

Aims to amend the Right to Know Law, allowing the request of records created by the Fish & Boat Commission noncriminal investigations.

Aims to amend Titles 30 (Fish) and 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes to provide for reciprocal agreements with other states to allow certain veteran and military fishing and hunting licenses or permits to be recognized as resident licenses in any state participating in such agreements. 

Offers a reduced fee for hunting and fishing licenses for law enforcement, including Local Police Officers, State Troopers, and Correction Officers. 

Exempts persons who are paraplegic or similarly disabled in the lower extremities from obtaining a fishing license to lawfully fish in our state.

Specifies that the PA Fish and Boat Commission has no authority for permitting or enforcement related to stream clearing or maintenance activities, giving authority to the Department of Environmental Protection and the County Conservation Districts as appropriate.

Resolution to designate May as "Water Safety Month."

Resolution directing the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to conduct a study on the salaries and benefits of conservation officers in Pennsylvania compared to conservation officers in neighboring states.  

Aims to ensure the availability of voter registration applications any time that a hunting or fishing license is applied for.

Provides indigenous Americans in Pennsylvania with hunting and fishing licenses at no cost upon proof of indigenous ancestry.

Aims to create the Fish PA license plate.

A resolution that designates September 27, 2025, as “National Hunting & Fishing Day” in Pennsylvania.

(PN 1264) Resolution recognizing the month of May 2025 as "National Water Safety Month" in Pennsylvania.

(PN 1554) Resolution directing the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to conduct a study and issue a report on the compensation and benefits packages given to game wardens, waterways conservation officers and Department of Conservation and Natural Resources rangers.

(PN 185) Amends Title 30 (Fish), in fishing licenses, further providing for disabled veterans and former prisoners of war and for deployed Pennsylvania National Guard members and repealing provisions relating to reserve component of armed forces members. Repeals general rules provisions for disabled veterans. Provides the disability is service-connected. Requires documentation from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Revises eligibility requirements for a lifetime license. Includes licenses for reserve component of armed forces members. Repeals section 2707.2 of Title 30. Effective in 60 days.

(PN 329) An Act authorizing an easement and release of Project 70 restrictions on certain land owned by the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission in Overfield Township, Wyoming County. Provides description and slope assessment of the property. Effective immediately.

(PN 360) Amends Titles 30 (Fish) and 34 (Game), in fishing licenses, providing for volunteer firefighters, volunteer special fire police officers and volunteer emergency medical service technicians; and, in hunting and furtaking licenses, further providing for resident license and fee exemptions and for license costs and fees. Provides for an annual resident fishing license at a cost of $1 issued by the commission or a county treasurer to any person eligible for the license who provides documentation that for at least the previous 12 months the person has been a volunteer firefighter, volunteer special fire police officer or volunteer emergency medical service technician in good standing in the state. Allows the commission to promulgate regulations to implement this section. Effective in 60 days.

(PN 423) Amends Titles 30 (Fish) and 34 (Game), in fishing licenses, providing for law enforcement; and, in hunting and furtaking licenses, further providing for resident license and fee exemptions and for license costs and fees. Establishes a $1 fishing license fee issued to any person eligible for the license under section 2701 (relating to resident fishing licenses) who provides that the person is employed as an officer in the state. Allows the commission to promulgate regulations to implement this section. Adds definitions. Provides that law enforcement hunting licenses are issued to any person otherwise eligible for a resident hunting license in the state who provides documentation that the person is employed as an officer in the state. Adds further definitions. Provides for a $1 law enforcement hunting license fee. Effective in 60 days.

(PN 431) Amends Title 30 (Fish), in preliminary provisions relating to boats and boating, further providing for boating education. Removes engine requirements and time and location options from the boating education exemptions. Strikes language regarding boating safety education materials to a person taking the boating safety course under commission duties. Effective in 60 days.

(PN 1010) Amends Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses), 30 (Fish), 34 (Game) and 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure), and 61 (Prisons and Parole) in wiretapping and electronic surveillance, further providing for definitions and repealing provisions relating to public access; in enforcement relating to fish, further providing for powers and duties of waterways conservation officers and deputies; in enforcement relating to game, further providing for powers and duties of enforcement officers; in recordings by law enforcement officers, further providing for definitions and for audio recording or video recording policies; in Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole, further providing for powers and duties of the Department of Corrections (DOC); and making transfers between the State Gaming Fund and certain restricted accounts. Redefines “oral communication” and the meaning of “law enforcement officer” in section 5702 of Title 18 and “law enforcement officer” in section 67A01 of Title 42, and provides that the individual is not intercepting the communication from inside the residence of an employee of DOC without the consent of the employee or prior court approval. Authorizes deputy law enforcement officers with the Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission (PFBC), deputy law enforcement officers with the Pennsylvania Game Commission (PGC) and Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) rangers and State Park Officers to wear body cameras. Establishes powers and duties for DOC. Transfers $213,200 from the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PBCB) to the Public Protection Law Enforcement Restricted Account to implement the provisions of the act by the Office of the Attorney General and $719,550 from the PGCB to the State Parks User Fees Restricted Receipts Account to implement provisions of the act by DCNR. Effective in 60 days. (Prior PN: 1008, 489)   (PN 1008) Amends Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses), 30 (Fish), 34 (Game) and 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure), in wiretapping and electronic surveillance, further providing for definitions and repealing provisions relating to public access; in enforcement relating to fish, further providing for powers and duties of waterways conservation officers and deputies; in enforcement relating to game, further providing for powers and duties of enforcement officers; in recordings by law enforcement officers, further providing for definitions and for audio recording or video recording policies; and making transfers between the State Gaming Fund and certain restricted accounts. Redefines “oral communication” and the meaning of “law enforcement officer” in section 5702 of Title 18 and “law enforcement officer” in section 67A01 of Title 42. Authorizes deputy law enforcement officers with the Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission (PFBC), deputy law enforcement officers with the Pennsylvania Game Commission (PGC) and Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) rangers and State Park Officers to wear body cameras. Transfers $213,200 from the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PBCB) to the Public Protection Law Enforcement Restricted Account to implement the provisions of the act by the Office of the Attorney General and $719,550 from the PGCB to the State Parks User Fees Restricted Receipts Account to implement provisions of the act by DCNR. Effective in 60 days. (Prior PN: 489)   (PN 489) Amends Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses), 30 (Fish), 34 (Game) and 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure), in wiretapping and electronic surveillance, further providing for definitions and repealing provisions relating to public access; in enforcement relating to fish, further providing for powers and duties of waterways conservation officers and deputies; in enforcement relating to game, further providing for powers and duties of enforcement officers; in recordings by law enforcement officers, further providing for definitions and for audio recording or video recording policies. Redefines “oral communication” and the meaning of “law enforcement officer” in section 5702 of Title 18 and “law enforcement officer” in section 67A01 of Title 42. Authorizes deputy law enforcement officers with the Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission (PFBC), deputy law enforcement officers with the Pennsylvania Game Commission (PGC) and Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) rangers and State Park Officers to wear body cameras. Effective in 60 days.

(PN 861) Amends Title 30 (Fish), in fiscal affairs, further providing for establishment and use of Fish Fund and for establishment and use of Boat Fund. Extends the general rules for the Fish and Boat Funds to include any expenses required for the business of the commissions. Requires the maintenance of records for all funds expended and to provide annual reports to the chairperson and minority chairperson of the Game and Fisheries Committee of the Senate, the chairperson and minority chairperson of the Game and Fisheries Committee of the House of Representatives, the chairperson and minority chairperson of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate and the chairperson and minority chairperson of the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives. Effective in 60 days.

(PN 932) Amends Title 30 (Fish), in preliminary provisions, providing for prevention of electric shock, electrocution or injuries to users of marinas and docks. Establishes requirements for the prevention of electric shock, electrocution or injuries to users of marinas and docks for all boat dock operators and marina operators. Adds definitions. Effective in 60 days.

Offers reduced fees for hunting and fishing licenses to law enforcement officers, including local police, state troopers, and corrections officers. 

Offers a reduced fee for hunting and fishing licenses for volunteer firefighters, volunteer emergency medical service technicians, and volunteer special fire police officers.

 Amends the State’s boating safety requirements to better align with federal regulations by modernizing its requirements around registration, safety education certificates, life jackets, and more.

Increases the penalty for abandoning a boat from a summary offense to a third-degree misdemeanor. 

Permits Fish Fund dollars to be used for expenditures and programs that benefit boaters and Boat Fund dollars to be used for expenditures and programs that benefit anglers, so long as they also benefit the original intent of the respective funds.

(PN 923) Resolution designating the week of June 8 through 14, 2025, as "Chesapeake Bay Awareness Week" in Pennsylvania.