HB 43 — An Act amending Title 58 (Oil and Gas) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in development, further providing for well permits.
Congress · introduced 2025-01-10
Latest action: — Referred to ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL RESOURCE PROTECTION, Jan. 10, 2025
Sponsors
- Scott Conklin (D, PA-77) — sponsor · 2025-01-10
- Jose Giral (D, PA-180) — cosponsor · 2025-01-10
- Christopher M. Rabb (D, PA-200) — cosponsor · 2025-01-10
- Carol Hill-Evans (D, PA-95) — cosponsor · 2025-01-10
- Michael H. Schlossberg (D, PA-132) — cosponsor · 2025-01-10
- Tarik Khan (D, PA-194) — cosponsor · 2025-01-10
- G. Roni Green (D, PA-190) — cosponsor · 2025-01-10
Action timeline
- · house — Referred to ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL RESOURCE PROTECTION, Jan. 10, 2025
Text versions
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Bill text
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PRINTER'S NO. 22
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 43
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY CONKLIN, GIRAL, RABB, HILL-EVANS, SCHLOSSBERG AND
KHAN, JANUARY 10, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL RESOURCE
PROTECTION, JANUARY 10, 2025
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 58 (Oil and Gas) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, in development, further providing for well permits.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. Section 3211(b.1) of Title 58 of the Pennsylvania
6 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
7 § 3211. Well permits.
8 * * *
9 (b.1) Notification.--The applicant shall submit proof of
10 notification with the well permit application. Notification of
11 surface owners shall be performed by sending notice to those
12 persons to whom the tax notices for the surface property are
13 sent, as indicated in the assessment books in the county in
14 which the property is located. Notification of surface
15 landowners or water purveyors shall be on forms, and in a manner
16 prescribed by the department, sufficient to identify the rights
17 afforded those persons under section 3218 (relating to
1 protection of water supplies) and to advise them of the
2 advantages of taking their own predrilling or prealteration
3 survey. The well operator shall give public notice of the filing
4 by publication in a newspaper of general circulation, published
5 in the locality where the permit is applied for, once a week for
6 four consecutive weeks.
7 * * *
8 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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| date | type | to | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania House Environmental And Natural Resource Protection Committee | — | pa-leg |
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Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scott Conklin (D, state_lower PA-77) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Carol Hill-Evans (D, state_lower PA-95) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Christopher M. Rabb (D, state_lower PA-200) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | G. Roni Green (D, state_lower PA-190) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Jose Giral (D, state_lower PA-180) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Michael H. Schlossberg (D, state_lower PA-132) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Tarik Khan (D, state_lower PA-194) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
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0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
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