---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 3 (Agriculture) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in domestic animals, providing for posted notice with information on dangerous transmissible diseases."
description: "An Act amending Title 3 (Agriculture) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in domestic animals, providing for posted notice with information on dangerous transmissible diseases."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 979"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 979 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lynda Schlegel Culver"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-11-06T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-08T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4b9306de-fc31-4301-936c-60fefe65d89f"
source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=2&rollcallid=1331&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0"
source_hash: "138d68052f32b528fd476ec81645ea1d0ab4606bb759082f4326e2b776894b86"
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 979 (2023-2024) — An Act amending Title 3 (Agriculture) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in domestic animals, providing for posted notice with information on dangerous transmissible diseases.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. PN1206** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0979/PN1206)

## Votes

- Committee vote (Agriculture & Rural Affairs): Report Bill As Committed — **24–1** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — **37–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **166–34** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Agriculture & Rural Affairs): Reported as Committed — **11–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lynda Schlegel Culver — primary (person)
- Elder Vogel — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Costa — cosponsor (person)
- Judith Schwank — cosponsor (person)
- Rosemary Brown — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-11-06T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Agriculture & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-11-13T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-11-13T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2023-11-14T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2023-11-14T05:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Agriculture & Rural Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2024-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2024-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2024-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2024-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 15 of 2024

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4b9306de-fc31-4301-936c-60fefe65d89f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).