---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending the act of July 7, 2008 (P.L.654, No.55), known as the Bituminous Coal Mine Safety Act, in diesel-powered equipment, further providing for schedule of maintenance."
description: "An Act amending the act of July 7, 2008 (P.L.654, No.55), known as the Bituminous Coal Mine Safety Act, in diesel-powered equipment, further providing for schedule of maintenance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 115"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 115 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Patrick Stefano"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-12T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bfca512e-8a51-40e8-9ae6-95f0b46c86d0"
source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=38&rollcallid=268&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0"
source_hash: "593fe17320f09a4c7d1319b23212c2dcc095073f497f427295fbe99848020c7f"
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 115 (2023-2024) — An Act amending the act of July 7, 2008 (P.L.654, No.55), known as the Bituminous Coal Mine Safety Act, in diesel-powered equipment, further providing for schedule of maintenance.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. PN0041** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0115/PN0041)

## Votes

- Committee vote (Environmental Resources & Energy): Reported as Committed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **200–1** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Transportation): Report Bill As Committed — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — **37–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Patrick Stefano — primary (person)
- Camera Bartolotta — cosponsor (person)
- Cris Dush — cosponsor (person)
- Elder Vogel — cosponsor (person)
- Greg Rothman — cosponsor (person)
- Judy Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Hutchinson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-12T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Environmental Resources & Energy `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-18T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-18T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2023-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2023-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-05T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-06-05T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2023-06-05T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2024-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2024-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2024-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2024-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 9 of 2024

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bfca512e-8a51-40e8-9ae6-95f0b46c86d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).