republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2019-2020/hb-18.md

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Bill	An Act authorizing the release of Project 70 restrictions on certain lands owned by the Borough of Topton, Berks County, in exchange for the imposition of Project 70 restrictions on other lands to be acquired by the Borough of Topton, Berks County; authorizing the transfer of title for certain Project 70 lands owned by Lehigh County to Whitehall Township, Lehigh County; authorizing the release of Project 70 restrictions on certain lands owned by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, acting by and through the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, in exchange for the imposition of Project 70 restrictions on other lands to be acquired by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, acting by and through the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources; authorizing the Department of General Services, with the approval of the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs and the Governor, to grant and convey to Monroe County Municipal Waste Management Authority, or its successors or assigns, certain lands, buildings and improvements situate in Stroud Township, Monroe County; and authorizing the Department of General Services and East Stroudsburg University of the State System of Higher Education, with the approval of the Governor, to grant and convey to East Stroudsburg Borough, a certain permanent public sanitary sewer easement and certain permanent public water supply system easements situate in East Stroudsburg Borough, Monroe County.	An Act authorizing the release of Project 70 restrictions on certain lands owned by the Borough of Topton, Berks County, in exchange for the imposition of Project 70 restrictions on other lands to be acquired by the Borough of Topton, Berks County; authorizing the transfer of title for certain Project 70 lands owned by Lehigh County to Whitehall Township, Lehigh County; authorizing the release of Project 70 restrictions on certain lands owned by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, acting by and through the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, in exchange for the imposition of Project 70 restrictions on other lands to be acquired by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, acting by and through the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources; authorizing the Department of General Services, with the approval of the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs and the Governor, to grant and convey to Monroe County Municipal Waste Management Authority, or its successors or assigns, certain lands, buildings and improvements situate in Stroud Township, Monroe County; and authorizing the Department of General Services and East Stroudsburg University of the State System of Higher Education, with the approval of the Governor, to grant and convey to East Stroudsburg Borough, a certain permanent public sanitary sewer easement and certain permanent public water supply system easements situate in East Stroudsburg Borough, Monroe County.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2019-2020	HB 18	Pennsylvania HB 18 (2019-2020)	bill		enacted	Mackenzie	3	21	4	2019-01-28T05:00:00+00:00	2019-04-18T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/997638a3-7b00-4de3-9522-03bf31608277	http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=18	193f4f9639d1644bdada9a893d14a6de844dcfcbe622b165af24d9ee4fbdd3c5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania HB 18 (2019-2020) — An Act authorizing the release of Project 70 restrictions on certain lands owned by the Borough of Topton, Berks County, in exchange for the imposition of Project 70 restrictions on other lands to be acquired by the Borough of Topton, Berks County; authorizing the transfer of title for certain Project 70 lands owned by Lehigh County to Whitehall Township, Lehigh County; authorizing the release of Project 70 restrictions on certain lands owned by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, acting by and through the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, in exchange for the imposition of Project 70 restrictions on other lands to be acquired by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, acting by and through the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources; authorizing the Department of General Services, with the approval of the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs and the Governor, to grant and convey to Monroe County Municipal Waste Management Authority, or its successors or assigns, certain lands, buildings and improvements situate in Stroud Township, Monroe County; and authorizing the Department of General Services and East Stroudsburg University of the State System of Higher Education, with the approval of the Governor, to grant and convey to East Stroudsburg Borough, a certain permanent public sanitary sewer easement and certain permanent public water supply system easements situate in East Stroudsburg Borough, Monroe County.

Version chain

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

1. Printer's No. 0038 (committee substitute) — source
2. Printer's No. 1001 (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate Amendment A00273 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FINAL PASSAGE — 193–0 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (STATE GOVERNMENT): Reported as Amended — 10–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 45–0 (pass) · upper
• HB 18 PN 1001, CONCUR — 191–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Mackenzie — primary (person)
• Caltagirone — cosponsor (person)
• Gillen — cosponsor (person)
• James — cosponsor (person)
• Jozwiak — cosponsor (person)
• Kauffman — cosponsor (person)
• Kortz — cosponsor (person)
• Millard — cosponsor (person)
• Ryan — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-28T05:00:00+00:00 PN 0038 Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT referral-committee
• 2019-01-30T05:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2019-01-30T05:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2019-01-30T05:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2019-01-30T05:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2019-02-04T05:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2019-02-04T05:00:00+00:00 Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2019-02-05T05:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2019-02-05T05:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2019-02-08T05:00:00+00:00 Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT referral-committee
• 2019-03-19T04:00:00+00:00 PN 1001 Reported as amended committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2019-03-19T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2019-03-20T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2019-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2019-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to RULES referral-committee
• 2019-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported on concurrence, as committed committee-passage
• 2019-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Senate amendments
• 2019-03-27T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2019-04-08T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2019-04-08T04:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2019-04-18T04:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/997638a3-7b00-4de3-9522-03bf31608277. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).