Pennsylvania House Bill 971 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 22-3)
Status: Introduced on March 9 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-03-09 - Referred to CONSUMER AFFAIRS
Pending: House Consumer Affairs 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, for well permits, for well location restrictions, for protection of fresh groundwater and casing requirements and for protection of water supplies; providing for hydraulic fracturing chemicals and surface impoundments, for hydraulic fracture fluids monitoring and for use of surface impoundments for temporary flowback storage; and further providing for bonding, for enforcement orders, for penalties, for civil penalties, for well plugging funds and for local ordinances.

Further providing for definitions, for well permits, for well location restrictions, for protection of fresh groundwater and casing requirements and for protection of water supplies; providing for hydraulic fracturing chemicals and surface impoundments, for hydraulic fracture fluids monitoring and for use of surface impoundments for temporary flowback storage; and further providing for bonding, for enforcement orders, for penalties, for civil penalties, for well plugging funds and for local ordinances.

Rep. Thomas Caltagirone [D]	Rep. Mark Cohen [D]	Rep. Anthony DeLuca [D]	Rep. Camille George [D]
Rep. Neal Goodman [D]	Rep. Gary Haluska [D]	Rep. Michael Hanna [D]	Rep. Dick Hess [R]
Rep. John Hornaman [D]	Rep. Babette Josephs [D]	Rep. Phyllis Mundy [D]	Rep. Thomas Murt [R]
Rep. Michael O'Brien [D]	Rep. Curt Schroder [R]	Rep. Ken Smith [D]	Rep. Michael Sturla [D]
Rep. Gregory Vitali [D]	Rep. Chelsa Wagner [D]	Rep. Rosita Youngblood [D]	Rep. Bryan Barbin [D]
Rep. Matthew Bradford [D]	Rep. Timothy Briggs [D]	Rep. Daniel Deasy [D]	Rep. Kevin Murphy [D]
Sen. Steven Santarsiero [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-03-09	House	Referred to CONSUMER AFFAIRS

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2011&sind=0&body=H&type=B&bn=971
Text	https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2011&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0971&pn=1062