Pennsylvania House Bill 1800 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 47-1)
Status: Introduced on July 26 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-07-26 - Referred to ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY
Pending: House Environmental Resources & Energy Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act amending the act of December 19, 1984 (P.L.1140, No.223), known as the Oil and Gas Act, further providing for definitions and for well permits; providing for adoption of wells; further providing for well location restrictions; providing for roadway remediation; further providing for protection of fresh groundwater and casing requirements and for protection of water supplies; providing for use of surface impoundments for temporary flowback storage, for transportation records and hydraulic fracturing fluids and for well control emergency response; further providing for well reporting requirements, for bonding, for enforcement orders, for penalties and for civil penalties; providing for a severance tax and for a Marcellus Shale Job Creation Tax Credit; further providing for well plugging funds and for local ordinances; and providing for a moratorium.

Further providing for definitions and for well permits; providing for adoption of wells; further providing for well location restrictions; providing for roadway remediation; further providing for protection of fresh groundwater and casing requirements and for protection of water supplies; providing for use of surface impoundments for temporary flowback storage, for transportation records and hydraulic fracturing fluids and for well control emergency response; further providing for well reporting requirements, for bonding, for enforcement orders, for penalties and for civil penalties; providing for a severance tax and for a Marcellus Shale Job Creation Tax Credit; further providing for well plugging funds and for local ordinances; and providing for a moratorium.

Rep. Louise Bishop [D]	Rep. Ron Buxton [D]	Rep. Thomas Caltagirone [D]	Rep. Mike Carroll [D]
Rep. Mark Cohen [D]	Rep. Lawrence Curry [D]	Rep. Peter Daley [D]	Rep. Anthony DeLuca [D]
Rep. Eugene DePasquale [D]	Rep. William DeWeese [D]	Rep. Frank Dermody [D]	Rep. Florindo Fabrizio [D]
Rep. Dan Frankel [D]	Rep. Robert Freeman [D]	Rep. John Galloway [D]	Rep. Camille George [D]
Rep. Neal Goodman [D]	Rep. Michael Hanna [D]	Rep. Patrick Harkins [D]	Rep. Babette Josephs [D]
Rep. William Kortz [D]	Rep. Timothy Mahoney [D]	Rep. Jennifer Mann [D]	Rep. Joseph Markosek [D]
Rep. Phyllis Mundy [D]	Rep. John Myers [D]	Rep. Michael O'Brien [D]	Rep. Eddie Pashinski [D]
Rep. Harry Readshaw [D]	Rep. Dante Santoni [D]	Rep. Ken Smith [D]	Rep. Edward Staback [D]
Rep. Michael Sturla [D]	Rep. RoseMarie Swanger [R]	Rep. Chelsa Wagner [D]	Rep. Rosita Youngblood [D]
Rep. Timothy Briggs [D]	Rep. Frank Burns [D]	Rep. Dominic Costa [D]	Rep. Richard Mirabito [D]
Rep. Kevin Murphy [D]	Sen. Steven Santarsiero [D]	Rep. Adam Ravenstahl [D]	Rep. Michelle Brownlee [D]
Rep. Kevin Boyle [D]	Rep. Gerald Mullery [D]	Rep. Vanessa Brown [D]	Rep. Sid Kavulich [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-07-26	House	Referred to ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2011&sind=0&body=H&type=B&bn=1800
Text	https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2011&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=1800&pn=2305