---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in nuisances, further providing for the offense of scattering rubbish; in rules of the road in general, providing for duty of driver in litter enforcement corridors; and, in powers of department and local authorities, providing for designation of litter enforcement corridors and further providing for specific powers of department and local authorities."
description: "An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in nuisances, further providing for the offense of scattering rubbish; in rules of the road in general, providing for duty of driver in litter enforcement corridors; and, in powers of department and local authorities, providing for designation of litter enforcement corridors and further providing for specific powers of department and local authorities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 431"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 431 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Scavello"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-02-27T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-06-28T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e99c77c7-6b2d-4a1c-8844-667f4e5b1cde"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=431"
source_hash: "f15d9441c27bf8acb9f612f33f665cccfd44df6366820b02d7d867b00b3b7568"
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 431 (2017-2018) — An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in nuisances, further providing for the offense of scattering rubbish; in rules of the road in general, providing for duty of driver in litter enforcement corridors; and, in powers of department and local authorities, providing for designation of litter enforcement corridors and further providing for specific powers of department and local authorities.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 0423** (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=0431&pn=0423)
2. **Printer's No. 0825** (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=0431&pn=0825)
3. **Printer's No. 0948** (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=0431&pn=0948)
4. **Printer's No. 1872** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/BI/FN/2017/0/SB0431P1872.pdf)

## Votes

- Committee vote (RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **18–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (TRANSPORTATION): Reported as Amended — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **194–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Scavello — primary (person)
- Blake — cosponsor (person)
- Brewster — cosponsor (person)
- Haywood — cosponsor (person)
- Reschenthaler — cosponsor (person)
- Schwank — cosponsor (person)
- White — cosponsor (person)
- Yudichak — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0423 Referred to TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** PN 0825 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2017-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2017-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** PN 0948 Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2017-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-07-08T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-07-09T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1872 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2018-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2018-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2018-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2018-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2018-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments
- **2018-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2018-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2018-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-28T04:00:00+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/e99c77c7-6b2d-4a1c-8844-667f4e5b1cde`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).