---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act Amending Title 3 (Agriculture) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, regulating controlled plants and noxious weeds; establishing the Controlled Plant and Noxious Weed Committee; providing for powers and duties of the Controlled Plant and Noxious Weed Committee; imposing powers and duties on the Secretary of Agriculture and municipalities; prescribing penalties; establishing a category of controlled plants and providing for the permitting of controlled plants; abrogating regulations; and making related repeals."
description: "An Act Amending Title 3 (Agriculture) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, regulating controlled plants and noxious weeds; establishing the Controlled Plant and Noxious Weed Committee; providing for powers and duties of the Controlled Plant and Noxious Weed Committee; imposing powers and duties on the Secretary of Agriculture and municipalities; prescribing penalties; establishing a category of controlled plants and providing for the permitting of controlled plants; abrogating regulations; and making related repeals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 790"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 790 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pashinski"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-03-10T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-10-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c94eafd3-61df-44ef-bad1-011d4578af8b"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=790"
source_hash: "ebcf79a1bb761281cb8a67687c7515d723a2b91488fae1801cd72f5b4b6f668d"
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 790 (2017-2018) — An Act Amending Title 3 (Agriculture) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, regulating controlled plants and noxious weeds; establishing the Controlled Plant and Noxious Weed Committee; providing for powers and duties of the Controlled Plant and Noxious Weed Committee; imposing powers and duties on the Secretary of Agriculture and municipalities; prescribing penalties; establishing a category of controlled plants and providing for the permitting of controlled plants; abrogating regulations; and making related repeals.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Printer's No. 0869** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0790&pn=0869)
2. **Printer's No. 1570** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0790&pn=1570)
3. **Printer's No. 1701** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0790&pn=1701)
4. **Printer's No. 2081** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0790&pn=2081)
5. **Printer's No. 2597** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0790&pn=2597)

## Votes

- Committee vote (AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS): Reported as Amended — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **194–0** (pass) · lower
- HB 790 PN 1570, 2017 A1177, CAUSER — **196–0** (pass) · lower
- HB 790 PN 2597, CONCUR — **184–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pashinski — primary (person)
- Barbin — cosponsor (person)
- Boyle — cosponsor (person)
- Briggs — cosponsor (person)
- Caltagirone — cosponsor (person)
- Causer — cosponsor (person)
- D. Costa — cosponsor (person)
- Daley — cosponsor (person)
- Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Donatucci — cosponsor (person)
- Everett — cosponsor (person)
- Flynn — cosponsor (person)
- Gainey — cosponsor (person)
- Haggerty — cosponsor (person)
- Kavulich — cosponsor (person)
- Kim — cosponsor (person)
- Kortz — cosponsor (person)
- Mccarter — cosponsor (person)
- Miccarelli — cosponsor (person)
- O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Rabb — cosponsor (person)
- Schweyer — cosponsor (person)
- Solomon — cosponsor (person)
- Sturla — cosponsor (person)
- V. Brown — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0869 Referred to AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1570 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2017-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2017-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2017-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2017-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1701 Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2017-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** PN 2081 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2017-07-08T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2017-07-08T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2017-10-16T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** PN 2597 Amended on third consideration
- **2017-10-18T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-10-18T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES `referral-committee`
- **2017-10-24T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-10-24T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **2017-10-24T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2017-10-25T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2017-10-25T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-10-30T04:00:00+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/c94eafd3-61df-44ef-bad1-011d4578af8b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).