republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2023-2024/sb-831.md

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Bill	An Act providing for the injection of carbon dioxide into an underground reservoir for the purpose of carbon sequestration, for the ownership of pore space in strata below surface lands and waters of the Commonwealth, for conveyance of the surface ownership of real property; imposing duties on the Department of Environmental Protection and the Environmental Hearing Board; and establishing the Carbon Dioxide Storage Facility Fund.	An Act providing for the injection of carbon dioxide into an underground reservoir for the purpose of carbon sequestration, for the ownership of pore space in strata below surface lands and waters of the Commonwealth, for conveyance of the surface ownership of real property; imposing duties on the Department of Environmental Protection and the Environmental Hearing Board; and establishing the Carbon Dioxide Storage Facility Fund.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2023-2024	SB 831	Pennsylvania SB 831 (2023-2024)	bill		enacted	Gene Yaw	10	30	14	2023-06-20T04:00:00+00:00	2024-07-17T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/20c373a3-f9b2-4a78-88f4-c8c72850c1b1	https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=62&rollcallid=2333&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0	cb77c4ee2d73b5c60a6e096eb1757ef57e76e8c2ad08b1f9bb8fc13f543826ea	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania SB 831 (2023-2024) — An Act providing for the injection of carbon dioxide into an underground reservoir for the purpose of carbon sequestration, for the ownership of pore space in strata below surface lands and waters of the Commonwealth, for conveyance of the surface ownership of real property; imposing duties on the Department of Environmental Protection and the Environmental Hearing Board; and establishing the Carbon Dioxide Storage Facility Fund.

Version chain

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

1. House Amendment A05223 (committee substitute) — source
2. Printer's No. PN0921 (committee substitute) — source
3. Printer's No. PN1434 (committee substitute) — source
4. Printer's No. PN1514 (committee substitute) — source
5. Printer's No. PN1774 (committee substitute) — source
6. Printer's No. PN1793 (committee substitute) — source
7. Senate Amendment A03616 (committee substitute) — source
8. Senate Amendment A03729 (committee substitute) — source
9. Senate Amendment A03920 (committee substitute) — source
10. Senate Amendment A03948 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Committee vote (Consumer Protection, Technology & Utilities): Adopt Amendment — 25–0 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (Consumer Protection, Technology & Utilities): Report Bill As Amended — 25–0 (pass) · lower
• YAW AMENDMENT NO. A-3920 — 27–21 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — 37–0 (pass) · lower
• MOTION TO TABLE MUTH AMENDMENT NO. A-3729 — 27–21 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 127–75 (pass) · lower
• CONCUR IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS — 37–12 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 30–20 (pass) · upper
• A5223 — 197–5 (pass) · lower
• YAW AMENDMENT NO. A-3616 — 49–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (Rules & Executive Nominations): Re-Reported as Committed — 16–1 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (Environmental Resources & Energy): Reported as Committed — 7–4 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — 15–9 (pass) · upper
• MOTION TO TABLE MUTH AMENDMENT NO. A-3948 — 28–22 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Gene Yaw — primary (person)
• Devlin Robinson — cosponsor (person)
• Elder Vogel — cosponsor (person)
• Patrick Stefano — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-06-20T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to Environmental Resources & Energy referral-committee
• 2023-06-21T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2023-06-21T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2023-09-20T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table (Pursuant to Senate Rule 9)
• 2023-11-13T05:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2023-11-14T05:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2024-03-18T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2024-03-18T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2024-03-19T04:00:00+00:00 Amended on third consideration amendment-passage
• 2024-04-08T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-04-08T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2024-04-08T04:00:00+00:00 Amended on third consideration amendment-passage
• 2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2024-04-10T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to Consumer Protection, Technology & Utilities referral-committee
• 2024-06-25T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as amended amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2024-06-25T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2024-06-25T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2024-06-27T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration, with amendments reading-2
• 2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-07-11T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2024-07-11T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2024-07-11T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to Rules & Executive Nominations referral-committee
• 2024-07-11T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported on concurrence, as committed committee-passage
• 2024-07-11T04:00:00+00:00 Senate concurred in House amendments
• 2024-07-11T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2024-07-11T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2024-07-11T04:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-07-17T04:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor executive-signature
• 2024-07-17T04:00:00+00:00 Act No. 87 of 2024

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/20c373a3-f9b2-4a78-88f4-c8c72850c1b1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).