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Act 21 of 2025 (SB 232) Replaced the free annual disabled veteran fishing license with a free lifetime license at 100 percent

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Expands and restricts Makes the lifetime license free at 100 percent and widens the $1 license, but repeals the free annual one.

Amended 30 Pa.C.S. 2707: repealed the free annual license for war-incurred or 100 percent disabilities, made the lifetime license free at a 100 percent rating on VA’s letter without proof of permanence, dropped the wartime-injury test from the $1 license at 60 to 99 percent, and widened the $1 license for deployed Guard members. Approved June 30, 2025; effective in 60 days.

Progress

Path to law: Bill in a two-chamber legislature

  1. Introduced Done, Senate
  2. In committee Done, Senate Game and Fisheries and Appropriations, then House Game and Fisheries and Appropriations
  3. Passed one chamber Done, Senate, 50-0
  4. Passed both chambers Done, House, 202-0
  5. Signed by the governor Done,
  6. In effect Done,

Sponsors

  • Tracy PennycuickSponsor, Republican, Senate, District 24
  • Greg RothmanCo-sponsor, Republican, Senate, District 34
  • Michele BrooksCo-sponsor, Republican, Senate, District 50
  • Wayne FontanaCo-sponsor, Democratic, Senate, District 42
  • Wayne LangerholcCo-sponsor, Republican, Senate, District 35
  • Rosemary BrownCo-sponsor, Republican, Senate, District 40
  • Camera BartolottaCo-sponsor, Republican, Senate, District 46
  • Jay CostaCo-sponsor, Democratic, Senate, District 43
  • Judy WardCo-sponsor, Republican, Senate, District 30
  • Patrick StefanoCo-sponsor, Republican, Senate, District 32
  • Doug MastrianoCo-sponsor, Republican, Senate, District 33
  • Frank FarryCo-sponsor, Republican, Senate, District 6
  • Maria CollettCo-sponsor, Democratic, Senate, District 12
  • Lindsey WilliamsCo-sponsor, Democratic, Senate, District 38

What it touches

  • 30 Pa.C.S. § 2707
  • 30 Pa.C.S. § 2707.1

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Official record

Read Act 21 of 2025 (SB 232) on the jurisdiction's own record