l9n/ Pennsylvania

2025–2026 Regular Session

House Bill 426

An Act providing for duties of Commonwealth agencies regarding native plants and for duties of Department of Conservation and Natural Resources regarding pollinator habitats and native plants.

In the Senate's Environmental Resources & Energy Committee since June 25, 2026.

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

25 co-sponsors

Benjamin V. Sanchez, Jose Giral, Joe Webster, Carol Hill-Evans, GREG VITALI, Joe Ciresi, Joseph C. Hohenstein, ROBERT FREEMAN, STEVE SAMUELSON, Danielle Friel Otten, MaryLouise Isaacson, G. Roni Green, Michael H. Schlossberg, Maureen E. Madden, Tim Brennan, Kristine C. Howard, Malcolm Kenyatta, Tarah Probst, Mandy Steele, Christopher M. Rabb, SCOTT CONKLIN, Abigail Salisbury, Jeanne McNeill, Emily Kinkead, Paul Takac

Its course

January 31, 2025 to June 25, 2026, 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 action13 actions on 5 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 31 to Jun 23508 days

Environmental & Natural Resource ProtectionJan 31 to Jun 8493 days

RulesJun 8 to Jun 2214 days

AppropriationsJun 22 to Jun 231 day

In the SenateFrom Jun 23

Environmental Resources & EnergyFrom Jun 25

Votes

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

  • House of Representatives, third reading198–4

    Passed · Jun 23, 2026

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Jun 22, 2026

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 Jan 31 – Jun 23, 2026

  1. Jan 31Sent to ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL RESOURCE PROTECTION
  2. Jun 8, 2026ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL RESOURCE PROTECTION recommended it
  3. Sent to RULES
  4. Jun 22, 2026RULES recommended it
  5. Amended and read a second time
  6. Sent to APPROPRIATIONS
  7. Jun 23, 2026APPROPRIATIONS recommended it
  8. Passed the House of Representatives, 198 to 4

In the Senate Jun 25, 2026

  1. Jun 25, 2026Arrived in the Senate
  2. Sent to ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY
All 13 actions, as published
  1. Jan 31Referred to ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL RESOURCE PROTECTION, Jan. 31, 2025House of Representatives
  2. Jun 8, 2026Reported as committed, June 8, 2026House of Representatives
  3. Jun 8, 2026First consideration, June 8, 2026House of Representatives
  4. Jun 8, 2026Re-committed to RULES, June 8, 2026House of Representatives
  5. Jun 22, 2026Re-reported as committed, June 22, 2026House of Representatives
  6. Jun 22, 2026Second consideration, with amendments, June 22, 2026House of Representatives
  7. Jun 22, 2026Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS, June 22, 2026House of Representatives
  8. Jun 22, 2026(Remarks see House Journal Page ), June 22, 2026House of Representatives
  9. Jun 23, 2026Re-reported as committed, June 23, 2026House of Representatives
  10. Jun 23, 2026Third consideration and final passage, June 23, 2026 (198-4)House of Representatives
  11. Jun 23, 2026(Remarks see House Journal Page ), June 23, 2026House of Representatives
  12. Jun 25, 2026In the SenateSenate
  13. Jun 25, 2026Referred to ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY, June 25, 2026Senate