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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act amending the act of September 24, 1968 (P.L.1040, No.318), known as the Coal Refuse Disposal Control Act, further providing for designating areas unsuitable for coal refuse disposal."
+description: "An Act amending the act of September 24, 1968 (P.L.1040, No.318), known as the Coal Refuse Disposal Control Act, further providing for designating areas unsuitable for coal refuse disposal."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
+legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
+session: "2019-2020"
+identifier: "HB 1557"
+citation: "Pennsylvania HB 1557 (2019-2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Gabler"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2019-06-04T04:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2019-10-04T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc15a829-c42e-4d0b-ae2b-9352a82399c9"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=1557"
+source_hash: "395b977a23d3193835c25d610c0444abbad0585e443fb73a206e1114bfad584a"
+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 HB 1557 (2019-2020) — An Act amending the act of September 24, 1968 (P.L.1040, No.318), known as the Coal Refuse Disposal Control Act, further providing for designating areas unsuitable for coal refuse disposal.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **House Amendment A02178** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=H&type=B&bn=1557&pn=1996&aYear=2019&an=02178)
+2. **Printer's No. 1996** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=1557&pn=1996)
+3. **Printer's No. 2193** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=1557&pn=2193)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Committee vote (ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY): Reported as Committed — **9–2** (pass) · upper
+- HB 1557 PN 1996, 2019 A2178, GABLER — **200–0** (pass) · lower
+- FINAL PASSAGE — **192–0** (pass) · lower
+- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **23–0** (pass) · upper
+- FINAL PASSAGE — **46–3** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Gabler — primary (person)
+- Bernstine — cosponsor (person)
+- Borowicz — cosponsor (person)
+- Burns — cosponsor (person)
+- Causer — cosponsor (person)
+- Cook — cosponsor (person)
+- Dunbar — cosponsor (person)
+- Dush — cosponsor (person)
+- Fritz — cosponsor (person)
+- Heffley — cosponsor (person)
+- Irvin — cosponsor (person)
+- Kail — cosponsor (person)
+- Kortz — cosponsor (person)
+- Marshall — cosponsor (person)
+- Masser — cosponsor (person)
+- Metcalfe — cosponsor (person)
+- Metzgar — cosponsor (person)
+- Moul — cosponsor (person)
+- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
+- O'Neal — cosponsor (person)
+- Ortitay — cosponsor (person)
+- Pyle — cosponsor (person)
+- Roae — cosponsor (person)
+- Sankey — cosponsor (person)
+- Schemel — cosponsor (person)
+- Snyder — cosponsor (person)
+- Struzzi — cosponsor (person)
+- Topper — cosponsor (person)
+- Warner — cosponsor (person)
+- Zimmerman — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-06-04T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1996 Referred to ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2019-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
+- **2019-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2019-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** PN 2193 Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
+- **2019-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2019-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
+- **2019-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
+- **2019-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2019-09-23T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2019-09-25T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-09-25T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
+- **2019-09-25T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
+- **2019-09-26T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-10-04T04:00:00+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/dc15a829-c42e-4d0b-ae2b-9352a82399c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).
+