---
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).