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type: "Bill"
title: "Amending the act of July 20, 1979 (P.L.183, No.60), known as the Oil and Gas Lease Act, providing for cross unit drilling for unconventional wells."
description: "Amending the act of July 20, 1979 (P.L.183, No.60), known as the Oil and Gas Lease Act, providing for cross unit drilling for unconventional wells."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 694"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 694 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Yaw"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-11-07T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2ac6811c-5160-470b-a1c4-30a5fa13d212"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=694"
source_hash: "90e6e389359eb165ceedc7b322b3531413f9dec86b48e4c2d889d9147f3a6d1f"
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 694 (2019-2020) — Amending the act of July 20, 1979 (P.L.183, No.60), known as the Oil and Gas Lease Act, providing for cross unit drilling for unconventional wells.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **House Amendment A03308** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=S&type=B&bn=0694&pn=1191&aYear=2019&an=03308)
2. **Printer's No. 0832** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0694&pn=0832)
3. **Printer's No. 1191** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0694&pn=1191)
4. **Printer's No. 1284** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0694&pn=1284)
5. **Senate Amendment A02554** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=S&type=B&bn=0694&pn=0832&aYear=2019&an=02554)
## Votes
- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **16–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY): Reported as Committed — **10–1** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **197–1** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Yaw — primary (person)
- Browne — cosponsor (person)
- Fontana — cosponsor (person)
- K. Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Regan — cosponsor (person)
- Yudichak — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** PN 0832 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`
- **2019-09-23T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2019-09-23T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-09-23T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-09-24T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1191 Amended on third consideration
- **2019-09-25T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-10-15T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY `referral-committee`
- **2019-10-22T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1284 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2019-10-22T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-10-22T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2019-10-28T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2019-10-28T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2019-10-28T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-10-29T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-10-29T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-10-29T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-10-29T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-10-29T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments
- **2019-10-29T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2019-10-30T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2019-10-30T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-11-07T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2ac6811c-5160-470b-a1c4-30a5fa13d212`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).