HB 872 — An Act amending the act of October 4, 1978 (P.L.864, No.167), known as the Storm Water Management Act, further providing for watershed storm water plans and contents.
Congress · introduced 2025-03-11
Latest action: — Referred to ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL RESOURCE PROTECTION, March 11, 2025
Sponsors
- David H. Zimmerman (R, PA-99) — sponsor · 2025-03-11
- Joe Hamm (R, PA-84) — cosponsor · 2025-03-11
- R. Lee James (R, PA-64) — cosponsor · 2025-03-11
- Tina Pickett (R, PA-110) — cosponsor · 2025-03-11
- Barbara Gleim (R, PA-199) — cosponsor · 2025-03-11
- Mark M. Gillen (R, PA-128) — cosponsor · 2025-03-11
- Jamie Walsh (R, PA-117) — cosponsor · 2025-03-11
Action timeline
- · house — Referred to ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL RESOURCE PROTECTION, March 11, 2025
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Bill text
Printer's No. 0908 · 2,176 characters · source document
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PRINTER'S NO. 908
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 872
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY ZIMMERMAN, HAMM, JAMES, PICKETT, GLEIM, GROVE AND
GILLEN, MARCH 11, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL RESOURCE
PROTECTION, MARCH 11, 2025
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of October 4, 1978 (P.L.864, No.167), entitled
2 "An act providing for the regulation of land and water use
3 for flood control and storm water management purposes,
4 imposing duties and conferring powers on the Department of
5 Environmental Resources, municipalities and counties,
6 providing for enforcement, and making appropriations,"
7 further providing for watershed storm water plans and
8 contents.
9 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
10 hereby enacts as follows:
11 Section 1. Section 5(a) of the act of October 4, 1978
12 (P.L.864, No.167), known as the Storm Water Management Act, is
13 amended to read:
14 Section 5. Watershed storm water plans and contents.
15 (a) Within two years following the promulgation of
16 guidelines by the department pursuant to section 14, each county
17 shall prepare and adopt a watershed storm water management plan
18 for each watershed located in the county as designated by the
19 department, in consultation with the municipalities located
20 within each watershed, and shall periodically review and revise
1 such plan at least every five years. The department may, for
2 good cause shown, grant an extension of time to any county for
3 the preparation and adoption of a watershed storm water
4 management plan. A municipality that does not have a public
5 water or sewer system shall be exempt from participating in the
6 watershed storm water management plan.
7 * * *
8 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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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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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 | David H. Zimmerman (R, state_lower PA-99) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Barbara Gleim (R, state_lower PA-199) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Jamie Walsh (R, state_lower PA-117) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Joe Hamm (R, state_lower PA-84) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Mark M. Gillen (R, state_lower PA-128) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | R. Lee James (R, state_lower PA-64) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | 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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