republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2017-2018/hb-544.md

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Bill	An Act amending the act of February 2, 1966 (1965 P.L.1860, No.586), entitled "An act encouraging landowners to make land and water areas available to the public for recreational purposes by limiting liability in connection therewith, and repealing certain acts," further providing for liability for landowners to recreational users.	An Act amending the act of February 2, 1966 (1965 P.L.1860, No.586), entitled "An act encouraging landowners to make land and water areas available to the public for recreational purposes by limiting liability in connection therewith, and repealing certain acts," further providing for liability for landowners to recreational users.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2017-2018	HB 544	Pennsylvania HB 544 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Moul	4	28	7	2017-03-01T05:00:00+00:00	2018-10-24T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/bc6f8c5a-d122-458c-8818-bd046f8e3b95	http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=544	0c279bd87f17153f016774a76b2eccf91c134333a1ad98ea078b50008b556d29	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania HB 544 (2017-2018) — An Act amending the act of February 2, 1966 (1965 P.L.1860, No.586), entitled "An act encouraging landowners to make land and water areas available to the public for recreational purposes by limiting liability in connection therewith, and repealing certain acts," further providing for liability for landowners to recreational users.

Version chain

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

1. Printer's No. 0710 (committee substitute) — source
2. Printer's No. 2193 (committee substitute) — source
3. Printer's No. 3213 (committee substitute) — source
4. Printer's No. 4273 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — 26–0 (pass) · upper
• HB 544 PN 4273, CONCUR — 181–0 (pass) · lower
• HB 544 PN 710, 2017 A2257, LONGIETTI — 172–25 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE — 187–0 (pass) · lower
• HB 544 PN 710, 2017 A1763, MAHER — 198–0 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE — 49–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY): Reported as Amended — 11–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Moul — primary (person)
• A. Harris — cosponsor (person)
• Barbin — cosponsor (person)
• Boback — cosponsor (person)
• Causer — cosponsor (person)
• Everett — cosponsor (person)
• Gabler — cosponsor (person)
• Gillen — cosponsor (person)
• Goodman — cosponsor (person)
• Greiner — cosponsor (person)
• Heffley — cosponsor (person)
• Hickernell — cosponsor (person)
• James — cosponsor (person)
• Jozwiak — cosponsor (person)
• Kauffman — cosponsor (person)
• Mackenzie — cosponsor (person)
• Mentzer — cosponsor (person)
• Millard — cosponsor (person)
• Ortitay — cosponsor (person)
• Pickett — cosponsor (person)
• Saylor — cosponsor (person)
• Tallman — cosponsor (person)
• Topper — cosponsor (person)
• Ward — cosponsor (person)
• Zimmerman — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-03-01T05:00:00+00:00 PN 0710 Referred to TOURISM AND RECREATIONAL DEVELOPMENT referral-committee
• 2017-06-06T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2017-06-06T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2017-06-06T04:00:00+00:00 Re-committed to RULES referral-committee
• 2017-06-27T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2017-06-29T04:00:00+00:00 PN 2193 Second consideration, with amendments reading-2
• 2017-06-29T04:00:00+00:00 Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2017-12-05T05:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2017-12-05T05:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2017-12-08T05:00:00+00:00 Referred to ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY referral-committee
• 2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 PN 3213 Reported as amended committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2018-06-04T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2018-06-04T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2018-06-22T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2018-06-22T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2018-10-03T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2018-10-03T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2018-10-15T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2018-10-16T04:00:00+00:00 PN 4273 Amended on third consideration
• 2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to RULES referral-committee
• 2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported on concurrence, as committed committee-passage
• 2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Senate amendments
• 2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2018-10-18T04:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2018-10-24T04:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bc6f8c5a-d122-458c-8818-bd046f8e3b95. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).