---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending the act of June 30, 1981 (P.L.128, No.43), known as the Agricultural Area Security Law, further providing for purchase of agricultural conservation easements."
description: "An Act amending the act of June 30, 1981 (P.L.128, No.43), known as the Agricultural Area Security Law, further providing for purchase of agricultural conservation easements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 370"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 370 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Klunk"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-02-04T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-07-01T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e70ef1c-2dba-4a9f-8698-ed9d6abd7d97"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=370"
source_hash: "5ec629a8a95dd63390a5d388adc2e7b059bb355f3e94102271d87c29ec516568"
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 370 (2019-2020) — An Act amending the act of June 30, 1981 (P.L.128, No.43), known as the Agricultural Area Security Law, further providing for purchase of agricultural conservation easements.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 0338** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0370&pn=0338)
2. **Printer's No. 0360** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0370&pn=0360)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **194–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS): Reported as Committed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Klunk — primary (person)
- Bernstine — cosponsor (person)
- Causer — cosponsor (person)
- Cox — cosponsor (person)
- James — cosponsor (person)
- Keefer — cosponsor (person)
- Lawrence — cosponsor (person)
- Longietti — cosponsor (person)
- Millard — cosponsor (person)
- Moul — cosponsor (person)
- Murt — cosponsor (person)
- Neilson — cosponsor (person)
- Pashinski — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan — cosponsor (person)
- Saylor — cosponsor (person)
- Warner — cosponsor (person)
- Wheeland — cosponsor (person)
- Zimmerman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0338 Referred to TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0360 Corrective Reprint, Printer's No. 360
- **2019-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2019-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2019-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2019-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-04T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-04T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2019-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-18T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2019-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-01T04:00:00+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/6e70ef1c-2dba-4a9f-8698-ed9d6abd7d97`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).