HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A bill that would shift final decisions on designating Pennsylvania’s endangered species from the state’s wildlife and fish agencies to a panel of five political appointees advanced a step in the state House of Representatives on Wednesday.

The bill’s sponsor, Rep. Jeff Pyle, R-Armstrong, said after the 16-8 House Game and Fisheries Committee vote that the chamber’s Republican majority leaders have given him no assurances it will get a floor vote.