SB 1431

                                                 PRINTER'S NO.     1902
                 THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
                    SENATE BILL
                    No. 1431
                                           Session of
                                             2026
 INTRODUCED BY LAUGHLIN, KEEFER, PENNYCUICK, STEFANO AND DUSH,
    AUGUST 11, 2026
 REFERRED TO GAME AND FISHERIES, AUGUST 11, 2026
                                AN ACT
1 Amending Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2    Statutes, in Pennsylvania Game Commission, further providing
3    for Game Commission officers and employees; and, in
4    enforcement, further providing for powers and duties of
5    enforcement officers.
6    The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8    Section 1.    Section 303(c) of Title 34 of the Pennsylvania
9 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
10 § 303.   Game Commission officers and employees.
11    * * *
12    (c)   Power and authority.--Every officer, employee or
13 representative of the commission in the exercise of their powers
14 and duties shall have the right and authority, with a valid
15 warrant or under a judicially recognized exception to the
16 warrant requirement, to go upon or enter any property, posted or
17 otherwise, outside of buildings.
18    Section 2.    Section 901 of Title 34 is amended by adding a
19 subsection to read:
1 § 901.   Powers and duties of enforcement officers.
2    * * *
3    (b.2)   Warrant requirement.--An officer shall obtain a valid
4 warrant before entering any property, posted or otherwise,
5 unless a judicially recognized exception to the warrant
6 requirement applies.
7    * * *
8    Section 3.   This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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