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type: "Bill"
title: "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."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 2644"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 2644 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Causer"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-06-02T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-07-19T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/91063a52-b4e0-4340-9d04-89b9a625d531"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2021&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=2644"
source_hash: "c6163d0e4f9fc9149bb8930664b39e23eae995b809fe3df955d71953e18404ea"
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 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](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2021&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=2644&pn=3187)
2. **Printer's No. 3364** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2021&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=2644&pn=3364)
## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/91063a52-b4e0-4340-9d04-89b9a625d531`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).