republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2021-2022/hb-2644.md

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Bill	An Act amending Title 58 (Oil and Gas) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for oil and gas well plugging oversight; in development, further providing for bonding and for well plugging funds; establishing the Oil and Gas Well Plugging Grant Program; and making a related repeal.	An Act amending Title 58 (Oil and Gas) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for oil and gas well plugging oversight; in development, further providing for bonding and for well plugging funds; establishing the Oil and Gas Well Plugging Grant Program; and making a related repeal.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2021-2022	HB 2644	Pennsylvania HB 2644 (2021-2022)	bill		enacted	Causer	2	25	6	2022-06-02T04:00:00+00:00	2022-07-19T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/91063a52-b4e0-4340-9d04-89b9a625d531	http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2021&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=2644	c6163d0e4f9fc9149bb8930664b39e23eae995b809fe3df955d71953e18404ea	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania HB 2644 (2021-2022) — An Act amending Title 58 (Oil and Gas) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for oil and gas well plugging oversight; in development, further providing for bonding and for well plugging funds; establishing the Oil and Gas Well Plugging Grant Program; and making a related repeal.

Version chain

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

1. Printer's No. 3187 (committee substitute) — source
2. Printer's No. 3364 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FINAL PASSAGE — 109–91 (pass) · lower
• HB 2644 PN 3187, 2021 A5366, YAW Amendment No. A-5366 — 30–20 (pass) · upper
• HB 2644 PN 3364, CONCUR — 115–85 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — 15–9 (pass) · upper
• HB 2644 PN 3364, Final Passage — 29–21 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY): Reported as Committed — 7–4 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Causer — primary (person)
• Armanini — cosponsor (person)
• Brooks — cosponsor (person)
• Hennessey — cosponsor (person)
• Hershey — cosponsor (person)
• James — cosponsor (person)
• Metcalfe — cosponsor (person)
• Moul — cosponsor (person)
• Oberlander — cosponsor (person)
• Owlett — cosponsor (person)
• Pickett — cosponsor (person)
• Rapp — cosponsor (person)
• Ryan — cosponsor (person)
• Smith — cosponsor (person)
• Zimmerman — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-06-02T04:00:00+00:00 PN 3187 Referred to ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY referral-committee
• 2022-06-07T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2022-06-07T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2022-06-07T04:00:00+00:00 Re-committed to RULES referral-committee
• 2022-06-15T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2022-06-15T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2022-06-15T04:00:00+00:00 Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2022-06-20T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2022-06-20T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2022-06-21T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY referral-committee
• 2022-06-30T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2022-06-30T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2022-07-06T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2022-07-06T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2022-07-06T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2022-07-07T04:00:00+00:00 PN 3364 Amended on third consideration
• 2022-07-07T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2022-07-07T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to RULES referral-committee
• 2022-07-07T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported on concurrence, as committed committee-passage
• 2022-07-07T04:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Senate amendments
• 2022-07-07T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2022-07-07T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2022-07-08T04:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2022-07-19T04:00:00+00:00 Became Law without Governor's signature became-law
• 2022-07-19T04:00:00+00:00 Act No. 96 of 2022

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/91063a52-b4e0-4340-9d04-89b9a625d531. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).