PRINTER'S NO. 1661
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1475
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY WARREN, ISAACSON, MADDEN, VITALI, HILL-EVANS,
McNEILL, CERRATO, SCHLOSSBERG, HOWARD, MALAGARI, SANCHEZ,
TOMLINSON, M. JONES, ABNEY, HANBIDGE, FLEMING, BIZZARRO,
BRENNAN, SAMUELSON, HOGAN, FREEMAN, DEASY, BRIGGS, KHAN,
KINKEAD, O'MARA, MULLINS, SALISBURY, A. BROWN, SCHWEYER,
CIRESI AND PIELLI, JUNE 21, 2023
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GAME AND FISHERIES, JUNE 21, 2023
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in cruelty to animals, further
providing for definitions and providing for the offense of
the use of live pigeons for targets at trap shoot or block
shoot.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 5531 of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a definition to read:
§ 5531. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this subchapter
shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
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"Trap shoot" or "block shoot." A contest event during which
participants shoot or attempt to shoot targets for either
amusement or as a test of skill in marksmanship that are
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