republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2023-2024/hb-797.md

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Bill	An Act amending the act of June 1, 1945 (P.L.1242, No.428), known as the State Highway Law, in construction, improvement, maintenance and repair of State highways, providing for native vegetation along highways.	An Act amending the act of June 1, 1945 (P.L.1242, No.428), known as the State Highway Law, in construction, improvement, maintenance and repair of State highways, providing for native vegetation along highways.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2023-2024	HB 797	Pennsylvania HB 797 (2023-2024)	bill		enacted	Brett Miller	3	24	9	2023-04-03T04:00:00+00:00	2024-07-01T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/fb94d8a0-834c-4f59-bd99-079c6c49d709	https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=38&rollcallid=35&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0	4052ede9f9d0b921d019ed953aa68b108625cee437151fff88e860a5b01f5cb5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania HB 797 (2023-2024) — An Act amending the act of June 1, 1945 (P.L.1242, No.428), known as the State Highway Law, in construction, improvement, maintenance and repair of State highways, providing for native vegetation along highways.

Version chain

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

1. Printer's No. PN0757 (committee substitute) — source
2. Printer's No. PN2002 (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate Amendment A01956 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — 37–0 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE — 201–0 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Amended — 23–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (Rules): Re-report Bill As Committed — 33–0 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE — 45–2 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (Transportation): Reported as Committed — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (Transportation): Report Bill As Committed — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• CONCURRENCE — 202–0 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (Appropriations): Adopt Amendment — 23–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Brett Miller — primary (person)
• Barbara Gleim — cosponsor (person)
• Ben Waxman — cosponsor (person)
• Benjamin Sanchez — cosponsor (person)
• Chris Pielli — cosponsor (person)
• David Zimmerman — cosponsor (person)
• Ed Neilson — cosponsor (person)
• Joe Ciresi — cosponsor (person)
• Joe Hogan — cosponsor (person)
• Joe Webster — cosponsor (person)
• Keith Greiner — cosponsor (person)
• Lisa Borowski — cosponsor (person)
• Liz Hanbidge — cosponsor (person)
• Mary Jo Daley — cosponsor (person)
• Marylouise Isaacson — cosponsor (person)
• Melissa Shusterman — cosponsor (person)
• Perry A. Stambaugh — cosponsor (person)
• R. Lee James — cosponsor (person)
• Steve Samuelson — cosponsor (person)
• Steven Mentzer — cosponsor (person)
• Tim Brennan — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-04-03T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to Transportation referral-committee
• 2023-04-24T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2023-04-24T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2023-04-24T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2023-05-22T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2023-05-22T04:00:00+00:00 Re-committed to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2023-05-23T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2023-05-23T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2023-06-02T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to Transportation referral-committee
• 2023-06-27T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2023-06-27T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2023-06-28T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2023-06-28T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2023-09-19T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as amended amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2023-09-20T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2023-09-22T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2024-06-25T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported on concurrence, as committed committee-passage
• 2024-06-25T04:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Senate amendments
• 2024-06-26T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2024-06-26T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2024-06-27T04:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-07-01T04:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor executive-signature
• 2024-07-01T04:00:00+00:00 Act No. 37 of 2024

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fb94d8a0-834c-4f59-bd99-079c6c49d709. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).