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2023–2024 Regular Session

Senate Bill 1237

An Act amending the act of December 10, 1974 (P.L.852, No.287), referred to as the Underground Utility Line Protection Law, further providing for definitions, for duties of facility owners, for duties of designers, for duties of excavators, for duties of project owners, for damage prevention committee, for compliance orders and for administrative penalties; providing for action for recovery of penalty or forfeiture; and further providing for expiration of act.

Became law as Act 127 of 2024, signed October 29, 2024, 145 days after it was filed.

Sponsors

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

In the Senate

7 co-sponsors

Camera Bartolotta, Steven J. Santarsiero, Jay Costa, Judith L. Schwank, Judy Ward, Nick Miller, Lynda Schlegel Culver

Its course

June 6 to October 29, 2024, 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 action30 actions on 11 days

In the SenateJun 6 to Oct 1117 days

Consumer Protection & Professional LicensureJun 6 to Sep 17103 days

AppropriationsSep 30 to Sep 300 days

In the House of RepresentativesOct 1 to Oct 2221 days

Consumer Protection, Technology & UtilitiesOct 2 to Oct 75 days

AppropriationsOct 8 to Oct 2214 days

Back in the SenateOct 22 to Oct 231 day

Waiting to be sentOct 23 to Oct 230 days

With the GovernorOct 23 to Oct 296 days

Votes

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

  • Senate, amendment48–0

    Sep 30

  • Senate, third reading48–0

    Passed · Oct 1

  • House of Representatives, third reading196–6

    Passed · Oct 22

  • Senate, concurrence50–0

    Agreed to the other chamber's changes · Oct 22

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • Senate committee amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Sep 17

  • Senate floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Sep 30

  • House of Representatives floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Oct 8

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 Senate Jun 6 – Oct 1

  1. Jun 6Sent to CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE
  2. Sep 17CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE recommended it as amended
  3. Sep 18Read a second time
  4. Sep 30Sent to APPROPRIATIONS
  5. APPROPRIATIONS recommended it
  6. Amended on the floor
  7. Oct 1Passed the Senate, 48 to 0

In the House of Representatives Oct 2 – Oct 22

  1. Oct 2Arrived in the House of Representatives
  2. Sent to CONSUMER PROTECTION, TECHNOLOGY AND UTILITIES
  3. Oct 7CONSUMER PROTECTION, TECHNOLOGY AND UTILITIES recommended it
  4. Oct 8Amended and read a second time
  5. Sent to APPROPRIATIONS
  6. Oct 22APPROPRIATIONS recommended it
  7. Passed the House of Representatives, 196 to 6

Back in the Senate Oct 22 – Oct 23

  1. Oct 22Returned to the Senate
  2. Sent to RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS
  3. The Senate agreed to the other chamber's changes, 50 to 0
  4. Oct 23Signed in the Senate

To the Governor Oct 23 – Oct 29

  1. Oct 23Signed in the House of Representatives
  2. Sent to the Governor
  3. Oct 29Signed by the Governor
  4. Became Act 127 of 2024
All 30 actions, as published
  1. Jun 6Referred to CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE, June 6, 2024 [Senate]Senate
  2. Sep 17Reported as amended, Sept. 17, 2024 [Senate]Senate
  3. Sep 17First consideration, Sept. 17, 2024 [Senate]Senate
  4. Sep 18Second consideration, Sept. 18, 2024 [Senate]Senate
  5. Sep 30Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS, Sept. 30, 2024 [Senate]Senate
  6. Sep 30Re-reported as committed, Sept. 30, 2024 [Senate]Senate
  7. Sep 30Amended on third consideration, Sept. 30, 2024 (48-0) [Senate]Senate
  8. Oct 1Third consideration and final passage, Oct. 1, 2024 (48-0) [Senate]Senate
  9. Oct 1(Remarks see Senate Journal Page ....), Oct. 1, 2024 [Senate]Senate
  10. Oct 2In the House [House]House of Representatives
  11. Oct 2Referred to CONSUMER PROTECTION, TECHNOLOGY AND UTILITIES, Oct. 2, 2024 [House]House of Representatives
  12. Oct 7Reported as committed, Oct. 7, 2024 [House]House of Representatives
  13. Oct 7First consideration, Oct. 7, 2024 [House]House of Representatives
  14. Oct 7Laid on the table, Oct. 7, 2024 [House]House of Representatives
  15. Oct 7Removed from table, Oct. 7, 2024 [House]House of Representatives
  16. Oct 8Second consideration, with amendments, Oct. 8, 2024 [House]House of Representatives
  17. Oct 8Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS, Oct. 8, 2024 [House]House of Representatives
  18. Oct 8(Remarks see House Journal Page ...), Oct. 8, 2024 [House]House of Representatives
  19. Oct 22Re-reported as committed, Oct. 22, 2024 [House]House of Representatives
  20. Oct 22Third consideration and final passage, Oct. 22, 2024 (196-6) [House]House of Representatives
  21. Oct 22(Remarks see House Journal Page ...), Oct. 22, 2024 [House]House of Representatives
  22. Oct 22In the Senate [Senate]Senate
  23. Oct 22Referred to RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS, Oct. 22, 2024 [Senate]Senate
  24. Oct 22Re-reported on concurrence, as committed, Oct. 22, 2024 [Senate]Senate
  25. Oct 22Senate concurred in House amendments, Oct. 22, 2024 (50-0) [Senate]Senate
  26. Oct 23Signed in Senate, Oct. 23, 2024 [Senate]Senate
  27. Oct 23Signed in House, Oct. 23, 2024 [House]House of Representatives
  28. Oct 23Presented to the Governor, Oct. 23, 2024Governor
  29. Oct 29Approved by the Governor, Oct. 29, 2024Governor
  30. Oct 29Act No. 127 of 2024, Oct. 29, 2024Governor