---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 3 (Agriculture) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in soil and conservation, providing for Conservation Excellence Grant Program; and making an editorial change."
description: "An Act amending Title 3 (Agriculture) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in soil and conservation, providing for Conservation Excellence Grant Program; and making an editorial change."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 634"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 634 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Yaw"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-05-13T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-07-01T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c7c3660-4af1-435f-9a11-578c74dbf442"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=634"
source_hash: "8676fd9424d88c462c3c4aa47ddc15f39f7c0c8830cddc20466e7a4eed551339"
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 634 (2019-2020) — An Act amending Title 3 (Agriculture) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in soil and conservation, providing for Conservation Excellence Grant Program; and making an editorial change.

## Version chain

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

1. **House Amendment A02204** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=S&type=B&bn=0634&pn=0995&aYear=2019&an=02204)
2. **Printer's No. 0779** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0634&pn=0779)
3. **Printer's No. 0860** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0634&pn=0860)
4. **Printer's No. 0995** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0634&pn=0995)
5. **Printer's No. 1035** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0634&pn=1035)
6. **Senate Amendment A01522** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=S&type=B&bn=0634&pn=0779&aYear=2019&an=01522)
7. **Senate Amendment A01996** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=S&type=B&bn=0634&pn=0860&aYear=2019&an=01996)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–1** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **201–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **17–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Amended — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS): Reported as Amended — **11–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Yaw — primary (person)
- J. Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Laughlin — cosponsor (person)
- Stefano — cosponsor (person)
- Yudichak — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-13T04:00:00+00:00** PN 0779 Referred to AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-04T04:00:00+00:00** PN 0860 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-04T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-06-05T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2019-06-05T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-17T04:00:00+00:00** PN 0995 Re-reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-18T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1035 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2019-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2019-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2019-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-26T04:00:00+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** Referred to RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments
- **2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **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/6c7c3660-4af1-435f-9a11-578c74dbf442`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).