republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2017-2018/sb-242.md

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Bill	An Act amending the act of December 10, 1974 (P.L.852, No.287), referred to as the Underground Utility Line Protection Law, further providing for title and for definitions; providing for lawful start date; further providing for duties of facility owners, for duties of the One Call System, for duties of other parties, for duties of excavators, for duties of designers, for duties of project owners, for audits and for penalties; providing for enforcement, for damage prevention committee and for compliance; and further providing for One Call System authority and for expiration.	An Act amending the act of December 10, 1974 (P.L.852, No.287), referred to as the Underground Utility Line Protection Law, further providing for title and for definitions; providing for lawful start date; further providing for duties of facility owners, for duties of the One Call System, for duties of other parties, for duties of excavators, for duties of designers, for duties of project owners, for audits and for penalties; providing for enforcement, for damage prevention committee and for compliance; and further providing for One Call System authority and for expiration.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2017-2018	SB 242	Pennsylvania SB 242 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Baker	3	25	11	2017-01-26T05:00:00+00:00	2017-10-30T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/787fd1f2-9c27-44be-b211-5f8bf71f2f70	http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=242	4a9072df80479958b40edabb397b6c13cb7a60f5b66dc6255293f036517e5d0e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania SB 242 (2017-2018) — An Act amending the act of December 10, 1974 (P.L.852, No.287), referred to as the Underground Utility Line Protection Law, further providing for title and for definitions; providing for lawful start date; further providing for duties of facility owners, for duties of the One Call System, for duties of other parties, for duties of excavators, for duties of designers, for duties of project owners, for audits and for penalties; providing for enforcement, for damage prevention committee and for compliance; and further providing for One Call System authority and for expiration.

Version chain

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

1. Printer's No. 0223 (committee substitute) — source
2. Printer's No. 0984 (committee substitute) — source
3. Printer's No. 1227 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FINAL PASSAGE — 188–1 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE — 50–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 242 PN 1227, 2017 A3987, KRUEGER-BRANEKY — 83–104 (fail) · lower
• SB 242 PN 1227, 2017 A3855, M. QUINN — 95–94 (fail) · lower
• SB 242 PN 1227, 2017 A3850, NEUMAN — 88–100 (fail) · lower
• Committee vote (RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — 18–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE): Reported as Committed — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• CONCUR IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS — 50–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 242 PN 1227, 2017 A3855, M. QUINN — 81–104 (fail) · lower
• SB 242 PN 1227, 2017 A3855, MOT RECON, CAUSER — 109–79 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — 26–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Baker — primary (person)
• Brewster — cosponsor (person)
• Eichelberger — cosponsor (person)
• Greenleaf — cosponsor (person)
• Rafferty — cosponsor (person)
• Reschenthaler — cosponsor (person)
• Scavello — cosponsor (person)
• Schwank — cosponsor (person)
• Tomlinson — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-26T05:00:00+00:00 PN 0223 Referred to CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE referral-committee
• 2017-04-18T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2017-04-18T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2017-05-24T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2017-05-24T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2017-06-19T04:00:00+00:00 PN 0984 Second consideration, with amendments reading-2
• 2017-06-19T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2017-06-20T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2017-06-21T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to CONSUMER AFFAIRS referral-committee
• 2017-10-04T04:00:00+00:00 PN 1227 Reported as amended committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2017-10-04T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2017-10-04T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2017-10-16T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2017-10-17T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2017-10-17T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2017-10-18T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2017-10-18T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2017-10-23T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS referral-committee
• 2017-10-23T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported on concurrence, as committed committee-passage
• 2017-10-23T04:00:00+00:00 Senate concurred in House amendments
• 2017-10-23T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2017-10-24T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2017-10-24T04:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-10-30T04:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/787fd1f2-9c27-44be-b211-5f8bf71f2f70. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).