republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2019-2020/hb-1557.md

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Bill	An Act amending the act of September 24, 1968 (P.L.1040, No.318), known as the Coal Refuse Disposal Control Act, further providing for designating areas unsuitable for coal refuse disposal.	An Act amending the act of September 24, 1968 (P.L.1040, No.318), known as the Coal Refuse Disposal Control Act, further providing for designating areas unsuitable for coal refuse disposal.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2019-2020	HB 1557	Pennsylvania HB 1557 (2019-2020)	bill		enacted	Gabler	3	20	5	2019-06-04T04:00:00+00:00	2019-10-04T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/dc15a829-c42e-4d0b-ae2b-9352a82399c9	http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=1557	395b977a23d3193835c25d610c0444abbad0585e443fb73a206e1114bfad584a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania HB 1557 (2019-2020) — An Act amending the act of September 24, 1968 (P.L.1040, No.318), known as the Coal Refuse Disposal Control Act, further providing for designating areas unsuitable for coal refuse disposal.

Version chain

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

1. House Amendment A02178 (committee substitute) — source
2. Printer's No. 1996 (committee substitute) — source
3. Printer's No. 2193 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Committee vote (ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY): Reported as Committed — 9–2 (pass) · upper
• HB 1557 PN 1996, 2019 A2178, GABLER — 200–0 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE — 192–0 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — 23–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 46–3 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Gabler — primary (person)
• Bernstine — cosponsor (person)
• Borowicz — cosponsor (person)
• Burns — cosponsor (person)
• Causer — cosponsor (person)
• Cook — cosponsor (person)
• Dunbar — cosponsor (person)
• Dush — cosponsor (person)
• Fritz — cosponsor (person)
• Heffley — cosponsor (person)
• Irvin — cosponsor (person)
• Kail — cosponsor (person)
• Kortz — cosponsor (person)
• Marshall — cosponsor (person)
• Masser — cosponsor (person)
• Metcalfe — cosponsor (person)
• Metzgar — cosponsor (person)
• Moul — cosponsor (person)
• Nelson — cosponsor (person)
• O'Neal — cosponsor (person)
• Ortitay — cosponsor (person)
• Pyle — cosponsor (person)
• Roae — cosponsor (person)
• Sankey — cosponsor (person)
• Schemel — cosponsor (person)
• Snyder — cosponsor (person)
• Struzzi — cosponsor (person)
• Topper — cosponsor (person)
• Warner — cosponsor (person)
• Zimmerman — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-06-04T04:00:00+00:00 PN 1996 Referred to ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY referral-committee
• 2019-06-11T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2019-06-11T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2019-06-11T04:00:00+00:00 Re-committed to RULES referral-committee
• 2019-06-19T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2019-06-19T04:00:00+00:00 PN 2193 Second consideration, with amendments reading-2
• 2019-06-19T04:00:00+00:00 Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2019-06-21T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY referral-committee
• 2019-06-25T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2019-06-25T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2019-06-27T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2019-06-27T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2019-09-23T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2019-09-25T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2019-09-25T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2019-09-25T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2019-09-26T04:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2019-10-04T04:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dc15a829-c42e-4d0b-ae2b-9352a82399c9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).