---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 3 (Agriculture) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, repealing provisions relating to fertilizer; providing for fertilizer; in soil and plant amendment, further providing for disposition of funds; in seed, further providing for disposition of funds; establishing the Agronomic Regulatory Account within the General Fund; imposing duties on the Department of Agriculture; and making conforming amendments."
description: "An Act amending Title 3 (Agriculture) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, repealing provisions relating to fertilizer; providing for fertilizer; in soil and plant amendment, further providing for disposition of funds; in seed, further providing for disposition of funds; establishing the Agronomic Regulatory Account within the General Fund; imposing duties on the Department of Agriculture; and making conforming amendments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 251"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 251 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Yaw"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-02-26T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-07-11T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ffdf08f7-d54d-4114-8878-e9f98841c497"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2021&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=251"
source_hash: "9f97316f1e24a4ce281ccf69093e4ce0568c84b81cedd93a5f485ba88439860c"
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 251 (2021-2022) — An Act amending Title 3 (Agriculture) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, repealing provisions relating to fertilizer; providing for fertilizer; in soil and plant amendment, further providing for disposition of funds; in seed, further providing for disposition of funds; establishing the Agronomic Regulatory Account within the General Fund; imposing duties on the Department of Agriculture; and making conforming amendments.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 0275** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2021&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0251&pn=0275)
2. **Printer's No. 1183** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2021&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0251&pn=1183)
3. **Printer's No. 1842** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2021&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0251&pn=1842)

## Votes

- Committee vote (RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **17–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 251 PN 1183, 2021 A5252 — **200–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS): Reported as Committed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **184–16** (pass) · lower
- SB 251 PN 1842, Concur in House Amendments — **49–1** (pass) · upper
- SB 251 PN 275, Final Passage — **47–1** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **23–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Yaw — primary (person)
- Baker — cosponsor (person)
- Comitta — cosponsor (person)
- Gordner — cosponsor (person)
- Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Schwank — cosponsor (person)
- Stefano — cosponsor (person)
- Street — cosponsor (person)
- Tartaglione — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0275 Referred to AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2021-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2021-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS `referral-committee`
- **2021-10-27T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1183 Reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2021-10-27T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2021-10-27T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2022-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2022-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2022-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2022-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1842 Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2022-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-07-01T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-07-01T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-07-06T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-07-06T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-07-06T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments
- **2022-07-06T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2022-07-07T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2022-07-07T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-07-11T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-07-11T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 83 of 2022

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ffdf08f7-d54d-4114-8878-e9f98841c497`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).