---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending the act of January 24, 1966 (1965 P.L.1535, No.537), known as the Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act, further providing for official plans."
description: "An Act amending the act of January 24, 1966 (1965 P.L.1535, No.537), known as the Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act, further providing for official plans."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 144"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 144 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Yaw"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-01-19T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-07-20T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f015078b-6f01-4345-bfa0-db6abed59824"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=144"
source_hash: "2ba7d70fbaf28e32aa3315602bbabdb883aedf9397d34daba9eadc79b8e11990"
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 144 (2017-2018) — An Act amending the act of January 24, 1966 (1965 P.L.1535, No.537), known as the Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act, further providing for official plans.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 0096** (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=0144&pn=0096)
2. **Printer's No. 1051** (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=0144&pn=1051)

## Votes

- CONCUR IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS — **48–1** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY): Reported as Committed — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **18–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **188–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Yaw — primary (person)
- Bartolotta — cosponsor (person)
- Disanto — cosponsor (person)
- Folmer — cosponsor (person)
- Hutchinson — cosponsor (person)
- Mensch — cosponsor (person)
- Rafferty — cosponsor (person)
- Scarnati — cosponsor (person)
- Schwank — cosponsor (person)
- Vogel — cosponsor (person)
- Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Yudichak — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-19T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0096 Referred to ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2017-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2017-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1051 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2017-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2017-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2017-07-07T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2017-07-07T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2017-07-08T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-07-08T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-07-08T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2017-07-09T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-07-10T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments
- **2017-07-10T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2017-07-10T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2017-07-11T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-07-20T04:00:00+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/f015078b-6f01-4345-bfa0-db6abed59824`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).