---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending the act of April 27, 1966 (1st Sp.Sess., P.L.31, No.1), known as The Bituminous Mine Subsidence and Land Conservation Act, providing for planned subsidence and for retroactivity."
description: "An Act amending the act of April 27, 1966 (1st Sp.Sess., P.L.31, No.1), known as The Bituminous Mine Subsidence and Land Conservation Act, providing for planned subsidence and for retroactivity."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 624"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 624 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Scarnati"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2017-04-13T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-07-22T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/72a8046e-2224-435c-99f8-61dfbaa87622"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=624"
source_hash: "a5557dfcf7fe760a22ab538283a952e59672892cbf2300716e894b72b71b1c57"
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 624 (2017-2018) — An Act amending the act of April 27, 1966 (1st Sp.Sess., P.L.31, No.1), known as The Bituminous Mine Subsidence and Land Conservation Act, providing for planned subsidence and for retroactivity.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 0697** (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=0624&pn=0697)
2. **Printer's No. 1000** (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=0624&pn=1000)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **120–77** (pass) · lower
- SB 624 PN 697, 2017 A2182, CARROLL — **168–24** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **32–17** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **12–6** (pass) · upper
- SB 624 PN 1000, MOT CONST, VITALI — **136–61** (pass) · lower
- SB 624 PN 697, 2017 A1311, VITALI — **44–148** (fail) · lower
- Committee vote (ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY): Reported as Committed — **8–4** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS — **28–21** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **19–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Scarnati — primary (person)
- Yaw — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** PN 0697 Referred to ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2017-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2017-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-05T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-07T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2017-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2017-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2017-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1000 Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2017-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-26T04:00:00+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`
- **2017-07-22T04:00:00+00:00** Became Law without Governor's signature `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/72a8046e-2224-435c-99f8-61dfbaa87622`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).