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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act amending the act of July 7, 1980 (P.L.380, No.97), known as the Solid Waste Management Act, in general provisions, further providing for definitions."
+description: "An Act amending the act of July 7, 1980 (P.L.380, No.97), known as the Solid Waste Management Act, in general provisions, further providing for definitions."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
+legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
+session: "2017-2018"
+identifier: "SB 497"
+citation: "Pennsylvania SB 497 (2017-2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Vogel"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2017-03-10T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3d0178e3-3e74-45c7-a138-c247f4596b00"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=497"
+source_hash: "787be97fbd4c0f77c94f735bc015fe37f7355b046b6af3ef94e3c1a919c048c1"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-pa"]
+---
+
+# Pennsylvania SB 497 (2017-2018) — An Act amending the act of July 7, 1980 (P.L.380, No.97), known as the Solid Waste Management Act, in general provisions, further providing for definitions.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Printer's No. 0497** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0497&pn=0497)
+2. **Printer's No. 0748** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0497&pn=0748)
+3. **Printer's No. 0876** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0497&pn=0876)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Committee vote (ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY): Reported as Amended — **12–0** (pass) · upper
+- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+- FINAL PASSAGE — **187–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Vogel — primary (person)
+- Bartolotta — cosponsor (person)
+- Hutchinson — cosponsor (person)
+- Mensch — cosponsor (person)
+- Reschenthaler — cosponsor (person)
+- Scarnati — cosponsor (person)
+- Vulakovich — cosponsor (person)
+- Ward — cosponsor (person)
+- White — cosponsor (person)
+- Yaw — cosponsor (person)
+- Yudichak — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0497 Referred to ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY `referral-committee`
+- **2017-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** PN 0748 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
+- **2017-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
+- **2017-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** PN 0876 Amended on second consideration
+- **2017-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
+- **2017-06-05T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY `referral-committee`
+- **2017-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2017-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
+- **2017-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
+- **2018-01-22T05:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
+- **2018-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
+- **2018-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2018-01-24T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2018-01-24T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
+- **2018-01-24T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
+- **2018-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
+- **2018-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3d0178e3-3e74-45c7-a138-c247f4596b00`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).
+