(File Photo of the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission Logo)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Harrisburg, PA) A Pennsylvania House bill that would change how executive directors of the Pennsylvania Game Commission and Fish and Boat Commission are selected advanced one step in Harrisburg yesterday. 

The House Game and Fisheries Committee voted 14-12 to approve amended House Bill 2554 and send it to the full House for consideration. 

The bill, introduced by Rep. Jim Haddock, (D-Lackawanna/Luzerne,) would require both agencies to conduct a national search when hiring a new executive director. 

Currently, volunteer commissioners on the boards of both agencies select and hire their executive directors at their own discretion.