HB 514 — An Act amending Title 58 (Oil and Gas) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in development, providing for brine.
Congress · introduced 2025-02-05
Latest action: — Referred to ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL RESOURCE PROTECTION, Feb. 5, 2025
Sponsors
- Martin T. Causer (R, PA-67) — sponsor · 2025-02-05
- Tina Pickett (R, PA-110) — cosponsor · 2025-02-05
- Jacob D. Banta (R, PA-4) — cosponsor · 2025-02-05
- R. Lee James (R, PA-64) — cosponsor · 2025-02-05
- Joe Hamm (R, PA-84) — cosponsor · 2025-02-05
- Kathy L. Rapp (R, PA-65) — cosponsor · 2025-02-05
- David H. Rowe (R, PA-85) — cosponsor · 2025-02-05
- Brian Smith (R, PA-66) — cosponsor · 2025-02-05
- David H. Zimmerman (R, PA-99) — cosponsor · 2025-02-05
Action timeline
- · house — Referred to ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL RESOURCE PROTECTION, Feb. 5, 2025
Text versions
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Bill text
Printer's No. 0496 · 1,860 characters · source document
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PRINTER'S NO. 496
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 514
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY CAUSER, PICKETT, BANTA, JAMES, HAMM, RAPP, ROWE,
SMITH AND ZIMMERMAN, FEBRUARY 5, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL RESOURCE
PROTECTION, FEBRUARY 5, 2025
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 58 (Oil and Gas) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, in development, providing for brine.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. Title 58 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
6 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
7 § 3228. Brine.
8 (a) Permission.--A municipality may spread brine produced
9 from the drilling, alteration or operation of an oil or gas well
10 which is not an unconventional well on roads within the
11 municipality's boundaries for purposes of dust suppression or
12 road stabilization. A municipality may designate another person
13 to spread brine on the municipality's behalf only in a manner
14 instructed by the municipality.
15 (b) Authorization.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
16 law, no State agency, including the department, may require
17 authorization or approval from either the operator of a well or
1 a municipality for brine to be spread in accordance with
2 subsection (a).
3 (c) Distance restrictions.--Brine may not be spread within
4 150 feet of a stream, creek, lake or other body of water.
5 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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| date | type | to | amount | role | source |
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| — | 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 | Martin T. Causer (R, state_lower PA-67) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Brian Smith (R, state_lower PA-66) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | David H. Rowe (R, state_lower PA-85) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | David H. Zimmerman (R, state_lower PA-99) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Jacob D. Banta (R, state_lower PA-4) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Joe Hamm (R, state_lower PA-84) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Kathy L. Rapp (R, state_lower PA-65) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | R. Lee James (R, state_lower PA-64) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Tina Pickett (R, state_lower PA-110) | 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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