Loading chat...

PA HB692

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/21/2025

Primary Sponsor

David Zimmerman

Click for details

Origin

House of Representatives

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Amends Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes to expand and clarify the definition of "exotic wildlife" in Section 2961

  • Adds nonhuman primates (order Primates) and bobcats to the list of animals classified as exotic wildlife, alongside bears, wolves, coyotes, and large cats already covered

  • Explicitly includes snow leopards and clouded leopards to the existing list of regulated big cats (lions, tigers, leopards, jaguars, cheetahs, cougars)

  • Creates new exemptions from the exotic wildlife definition for birds, domestic animals, and common pets including horses, camels, deer, cattle, rats, mice, chinchillas, rabbits, hedgehogs, sugar gliders, ferrets, and guinea pigs

  • Takes effect 60 days after enactment

Legislative Description

In permits relating to wildlife, further providing for definitions.

Last Action

Referred to Game & Fisheries

2/21/2025

Committee Referrals

Game & Fisheries2/21/2025

Full Bill Text

No bill text available