Sunday hunting bill makes progress
By JEFF STITT
jstitt@yourmvi.com
State Sen. Jim Brewster, D-McKeesport, who co-authored Senate legislation to permit hunting on three Sundays per year, said he is encouraged that the bill is advancing toward a final vote in the state House of Representatives.
Brewster said the House Game and Fisheries Committee’s 21-4 approval of Senate Bill 147 is “an excellent step forward as the measure works its way through the legislative process.”
“There has been plenty of discussion and a thorough examination of this proposal in both the Senate and now the state House,” Brewster said. “House committee approval puts the legislation on a path toward it ultimately becoming law.”
Brewster, who worked with co-author Sen. Dan Laughlin, R-Erie, to push the measure through the Senate (36-14) earlier this year, said strong support from sportsmen and women plus changes made to the proposal to accommodate farmers and property owners helped build a strong coalition in support of Sunday hunting.
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