l9n/ Pennsylvania

2021–2022 Regular Session

House Bill 637

An Act authorizing the Department of Environmental Protection to conduct a public comment process on and submit to the General Assembly a measure or action intended to abate, control or limit carbon dioxide emissions by imposing a revenue-generating tax or fee on carbon dioxide emissions; and making an appropriation.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Environmental Resources & Energy Committee on April 1, 2022. The 2021–2022 session has ended.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

29 co-sponsors

DONNA OBERLANDER, Pam Snyder, DARYL D. METCALFE, Carrie Lewis DelRosso, MARTIN T. CAUSER, Greg Rothman, TINA PICKETT, Bud Cook, Joe Hamm, Louis C. Schmitt Jr., ROB W. KAUFFMAN, GEORGE DUNBAR, R. Lee James, DAVID R. MILLARD, David H. Zimmerman, STANLEY E. SAYLOR, DAN MOUL, DOYLE M. HEFFLEY, Tommy Sankey, Jonathan Fritz, CHRISTOPHER SAINATO, David H. Rowe, Brian Smith, FRANK J. BURNS, Mike Armanini, Marci Mustello, Eric R. Nelson, Abby Major, Eric Davanzo

Its course

February 24, 2021 to April 1, 2022, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action17 actions on 8 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 24 to Mar 30399 days

Environmental Resources & EnergyFeb 24 to Jun 8104 days

RulesJun 8 to Sep 1599 days

AppropriationsFeb 9 to Mar 3049 days

In the SenateMar 30 to Apr 1 · stopped2 days

Environmental Resources & EnergyApr 1 to Apr 1 · stopped0 days

Votes

Yeas to nays, as the General Assembly recorded them. Committee votes are set in.

  • House of Representatives, third reading126–72

    Passed · Mar 30, 2022

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives committee amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Mar 30, 2022

  • House of Representatives committee amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Mar 30, 2022

Text

Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

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What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Feb 24 – Mar 30, 2022

  1. Feb 24Sent to ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY
  2. Jun 8ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY recommended it
  3. Sent to RULES
  4. Sep 15RULES recommended it
  5. Feb 9, 2022Read a second time
  6. Sent to APPROPRIATIONS
  7. Mar 30, 2022Amended in APPROPRIATIONS
  8. APPROPRIATIONS recommended it as amended
  9. Passed the House of Representatives, 126 to 72

In the Senate Apr 1, 2022

  1. Apr 1, 2022Arrived in the Senate
  2. Sent to ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY
All 17 actions, as published
  1. Feb 24Referred to ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY, Feb. 24, 2021 [House]House of Representatives
  2. Jun 8Reported as committed, June 8, 2021 [House]House of Representatives
  3. Jun 8First consideration, June 8, 2021 [House]House of Representatives
  4. Jun 8Re-committed to RULES, June 8, 2021 [House]House of Representatives
  5. Sep 15Re-reported as committed, Sept. 15, 2021 [House]House of Representatives
  6. Sep 15Laid on the table, Sept. 15, 2021 [House]House of Representatives
  7. Nov 10Removed from table, Nov. 10, 2021 [House]House of Representatives
  8. Nov 10Laid on the table, Nov. 10, 2021 [House]House of Representatives
  9. Feb 8, 2022Removed from table, Feb. 8, 2022 [House]House of Representatives
  10. Feb 9, 2022Second consideration, Feb. 9, 2022 [House]House of Representatives
  11. Feb 9, 2022Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS, Feb. 9, 2022 [House]House of Representatives
  12. Mar 30, 2022Amended in House Committee on APPROPRIATIONS, March 30, 2022 [House]House of Representatives
  13. Mar 30, 2022Re-reported as amended, March 30, 2022 [House]House of Representatives
  14. Mar 30, 2022Third consideration and final passage, March 30, 2022 (126-72) [House]House of Representatives
  15. Mar 30, 2022(Remarks see House Journal Page 230-231), March 30, 2022 [House]House of Representatives
  16. Apr 1, 2022In the Senate [Senate]Senate
  17. Apr 1, 2022Referred to ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY, April 1, 2022 [Senate]Senate