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

---
type: "Bill"
title: "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."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 797"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 797 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brett Miller"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2023-04-03T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-07-01T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb94d8a0-834c-4f59-bd99-079c6c49d709"
source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=38&rollcallid=35&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0"
source_hash: "4052ede9f9d0b921d019ed953aa68b108625cee437151fff88e860a5b01f5cb5"
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 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](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/HB0797/PN0757)
2. **Printer's No. PN2002** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/HB0797/PN2002)
3. **Senate Amendment A01956** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A01956)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fb94d8a0-834c-4f59-bd99-079c6c49d709`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).