republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2021-2022/sb-251.md

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Bill	An Act amending Title 3 (Agriculture) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, repealing provisions relating to fertilizer; providing for fertilizer; in soil and plant amendment, further providing for disposition of funds; in seed, further providing for disposition of funds; establishing the Agronomic Regulatory Account within the General Fund; imposing duties on the Department of Agriculture; and making conforming amendments.	An Act amending Title 3 (Agriculture) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, repealing provisions relating to fertilizer; providing for fertilizer; in soil and plant amendment, further providing for disposition of funds; in seed, further providing for disposition of funds; establishing the Agronomic Regulatory Account within the General Fund; imposing duties on the Department of Agriculture; and making conforming amendments.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2021-2022	SB 251	Pennsylvania SB 251 (2021-2022)	bill		enacted	Yaw	3	26	7	2021-02-26T05:00:00+00:00	2022-07-11T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/ffdf08f7-d54d-4114-8878-e9f98841c497	http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2021&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=251	9f97316f1e24a4ce281ccf69093e4ce0568c84b81cedd93a5f485ba88439860c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania SB 251 (2021-2022) — An Act amending Title 3 (Agriculture) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, repealing provisions relating to fertilizer; providing for fertilizer; in soil and plant amendment, further providing for disposition of funds; in seed, further providing for disposition of funds; establishing the Agronomic Regulatory Account within the General Fund; imposing duties on the Department of Agriculture; and making conforming amendments.

Version chain

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

1. Printer's No. 0275 (committee substitute) — source
2. Printer's No. 1183 (committee substitute) — source
3. Printer's No. 1842 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Committee vote (RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — 17–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 251 PN 1183, 2021 A5252 — 200–0 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS): Reported as Committed — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 184–16 (pass) · lower
• SB 251 PN 1842, Concur in House Amendments — 49–1 (pass) · upper
• SB 251 PN 275, Final Passage — 47–1 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — 23–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Yaw — primary (person)
• Baker — cosponsor (person)
• Comitta — cosponsor (person)
• Gordner — cosponsor (person)
• Martin — cosponsor (person)
• Schwank — cosponsor (person)
• Stefano — cosponsor (person)
• Street — cosponsor (person)
• Tartaglione — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-26T05:00:00+00:00 PN 0275 Referred to AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS referral-committee
• 2021-03-23T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2021-03-23T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2021-04-19T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2021-04-19T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2021-05-10T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2021-05-11T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2021-05-14T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS referral-committee
• 2021-10-27T04:00:00+00:00 PN 1183 Reported as amended amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2021-10-27T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2021-10-27T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2022-01-25T05:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2022-01-25T05:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2022-06-20T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2022-06-30T04:00:00+00:00 PN 1842 Second consideration, with amendments reading-2
• 2022-06-30T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2022-07-01T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2022-07-01T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2022-07-06T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS referral-committee
• 2022-07-06T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported on concurrence, as committed committee-passage
• 2022-07-06T04:00:00+00:00 Senate concurred in House amendments
• 2022-07-06T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2022-07-07T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2022-07-07T04:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2022-07-11T04:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor executive-signature
• 2022-07-11T04:00:00+00:00 Act No. 83 of 2022

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ffdf08f7-d54d-4114-8878-e9f98841c497. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).