Tracking List: Oil Gas


HB43 - An Act amending Title 58 (Oil and Gas) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in development, further providing for well permits.
Sponsor: Rep. Scott Conklin (D)
Summary: (PN 22) Amends Title 58 (Oil and Gas), in development, further providing for well permits to require the well operator to give public notice by publication in a general circulation newspaper of the locality where the permit is applied for once a week for four consecutive weeks when a natural gas drilling permit application has been filed. Effective in 60 days.
Position: No position selected.
Bill History:
01/08/2025 
H - Introduced
01/10/2025 
H - Referred to - House Environmental and Natural Resource Protection
03/05/2025 
H - Meeting Scheduled - 03/18/2025, 10:00 AM - Voting Meeting (House Environmental and Natural Resource Protection), Room 60, East Wing
03/18/2025 
H - Passed over in committee - House Environmental and Natural Resource Protection
HB84 - An Act amending the act of July 7, 1980 (P.L.380, No.97), known as the Solid Waste Management Act, in general provisions, further providing for definitions; and, in residual waste, providing for prohibition on road spreading and land application of oil and gas wastewater.
Sponsor: Rep. Greg Vitali (D)
Summary: (PN 38) Amends the Solid Waste Management Act, in general provisions, further providing for the definition of “residual waste” to include oil-related and gas-related wastewater, tophole water, production water of any type, brine or wastewater sludge from conventional or unconventional oil and gas wells; and, in residual waste, providing for prohibition on road spreading and land application of oil and gas wastewater. Prohibits a person or municipality from disposing of, processing, beneficially using or reusing certain residual waste by application, dumping, spreading or land application except for the land application of tophole water at a well site. Prohibits a vehicle used to transport certain residual waste from being equipped with a mechanism that allows the road spreading of the residual waste. Provides that certain residual waste proposed to be used or being used for dust suppression, road deicing or road bed stabilization shall not be considered a coproduct. Effective in 60 days.
Position: No position selected.
Bill History:
01/10/2025 
H - Introduced
01/13/2025 
H - Referred to - House Environmental and Natural Resource Protection
HB88 - An Act amending the act of June 28, 1995 (P.L.89, No.18), known as the Conservation and Natural Resources Act, in Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, providing for money collected from oil or gas leases under publicly owned streambeds.
Sponsor: Rep. Clint Owlett (R)
Summary: (PN 71) Amends the Conservation and Natural Resources Act, in Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, adding a section to provide for money collected from oil or gas leases under publicly owned streambeds. Specifies that the department shall estimate the amount of money collected by the department beginning Jan. 1, 2014, and ending on the effective date, from an oil or gas lease under a publicly owned streambed in each county where such a streambed is located, outlining how money shall be distributed. Provides that the department shall distribute the money collected by the department after the effective date from an oil or gas lease under a publicly owned streambed to the county where the streambed is located. Asserts that a county that is the recipient of money shall use the money solely for maintaining creeks and streams within the county at the county’s discretion. Effective immediately.
Position: No position selected.
Bill History:
01/10/2025 
H - Introduced
01/14/2025 
H - Referred to - House Environmental and Natural Resource Protection
HB347 - An Act providing for the leasing of subsurface rights on State forest and park property for oil and natural gas development; establishing a restricted account within the Oil and Gas Lease Fund; making an appropriation; and abrogating an executive order and other orders and administrative policies.
Sponsor: Rep. Clint Owlett (R)
Summary: (PN 302) The Subsurface Oil and Gas Lease Act provides for the leasing of subsurface rights on state forest and park property for oil and natural gas development; establishes a restricted account within the Oil and Gas Lease Fund; makes an appropriation; and abrogates an executive order and other orders and administrative policies. Provides definitions. Requires the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) to establish a program to review submissions or nominations by companies for the leasing of subsurface rights under state first and park property for oil and gas development. Outlines lease approval, resubmission upon disapproval and disapproval reason requirements. Requires DCNR to implement and post notices about the program within 90 days of the effective date. Provides for submissions and nominations and competitive bidding processes. Establishes the Oil and Gas Lease Fund, adding that all revenue generated from the leases shall be deposited into the fund. Adds that money in the restricted account is appropriated on a continuing basis to the department for the grant program. Outlines the grant program requirements including providing prioritization in awarding money to projects designed to mitigate the risk of flooding, projects that have the potential to preserve farmland or residential property from flooding and projects from areas of the state that have been under federal or state disaster emergency related to flooding in the last five years. Provides that a proposed project within a single county or municipality shall not receive more than 10% of the money under the grant program in a given year. Adds that the act abrogates Executive Order 2015-03 and any other order or administrative policy in conflict with this act. Effective immediately.
Position: No position selected.
Bill History:
01/24/2025 
H - Introduced
01/27/2025 
H - Referred to - House Environmental and Natural Resource Protection
HB364 - An Act amending Title 58 (Oil and Gas) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in development, further providing for bonding.
Sponsor: Rep. Greg Vitali (D)
Summary: (PN 320) Amends Title 58 (Oil and Gas), in development, further providing for bonding. Establishes the general rule relative to bonding. Removes the authority’s restrictions to adjust the bond amount. Requires the department to conduct a study of its experience in implementing this section, report its findings to the governor and the General Assembly and make recommendations for program amendments within 12 months of the effective date of this clause. Provides study contents. Effective in 60 days.
Position: No position selected.
Bill History:
01/27/2025 
H - Introduced
01/27/2025 
H - Referred to - House Environmental and Natural Resource Protection
HB514 - An Act amending Title 58 (Oil and Gas) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in development, providing for brine.
Sponsor: Rep. Martin T. Causer (R)
Summary: (PN 496) Amends Title 58 (Oil and Gas), in development, providing for brine. Allows a municipality to spread brine drilled or otherwise obtained from a conventional municipal oil or gas well on a municipality’s roads for the purpose of dust suppression or road stabilization with no state approval necessary in order to do so. Directs brine to not be spread on municipality’s roads if they are within 150 feet from a water source. Effective immediately.
Position: No position selected.
Bill History:
02/05/2025 
H - Introduced
02/05/2025 
H - Referred to - House Environmental and Natural Resource Protection
HB642 - An Act amending Title 58 (Oil and Gas) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in development, further providing for penalties.
Sponsor: Rep. Kristine C. Howard (D)
Summary: (PN 652) Amends Title 58 (Oil and Gas), in development, further providing for penalties. Increases fines for general violations to not more than $2,000 and willful violations to not more than $10,000. Authorizes the Attorney General to institute a criminal proceeding against a person under subsection (a) or (b). Prohibits the department from waiving fines for general or willful violations. Effective in 60 days.
Position: No position selected.
Bill History:
02/14/2025 
H - Introduced
02/20/2025 
H - Referred to - House Environmental and Natural Resource Protection
HB671 - An Act providing for plain language requirements in oil and gas real property contracts, for remedies and for penalties.
Sponsor: Rep. Joe Webster (D)
Summary: (PN 678) The Plain Language Oil and Gas Real Property Contract Act provides for plain language requirements in oil and gas real property contracts, for remedies and for penalties. Defines “contract” and “landowner.” Requires a contract to be written, organized and designed so that the contract is easy to read and understand. Specifies what language and visual guidelines a court shall consider in determining whether a contract meets the requirements. Mandates notarization of contracts. Provides for damage, other remedies and enforcement. Establishes limitations on liability. Provides the applicability of the act. Effective in one year.
Position: No position selected.
Bill History:
02/19/2025 
H - Introduced
02/20/2025 
H - Referred to - House Judiciary
HCO362 - Prohibition of Land Spreading of Oil & Gas Wastewater
Sponsor: Rep. Greg Vitali (D)
Summary: Aims to amend Act 97 of 1980 (Solid Waste Management Act) by prohibiting the spreading of production brine on all land, developed or undeveloped.
Position: No position selected.
Bill History:
12/06/2024 
H - Cosponsor memo filed
01/10/2025 
H - Introduced HB84
HCO571 - Conventional Oil and Gas Well Bonding
Sponsor: Rep. Greg Vitali (D)
Summary: Aims to amend Title 58 (Oil & Gas) to restore the authority of the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and the Environmental Quality Board (EQB) to adjust bonding amounts for conventional oil and gas wells.
Position: No position selected.
Bill History:
12/12/2024 
H - Cosponsor memo filed
01/27/2025 
H - Introduced HB364
HCO619 - Funding County Stream Maintenance Through State Gas Leases – Former HB 2603
Sponsor: Rep. Clint Owlett (R)
Summary: Directs all of the lease and royalty payments that the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) collects from these streambed leases that are outside of the state forest to the counties where the oil or gas production is occurring.
Position: No position selected.
Bill History:
12/16/2024 
H - Cosponsor memo filed
01/10/2025 
H - Introduced HB88
HCO843 - Allowing Nonsurface Drilling on State Lands to Stop Reliance on Russian Energy (Former HB 55)
Sponsor: Rep. Clint Owlett (R)
Summary: Aims to require the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to establish a program to lease the subsurface rights under state lands for oil and gas development.
Position: No position selected.
Bill History:
01/02/2025 
H - Cosponsor memo filed
01/24/2025 
H - Introduced HB347
HCO1361 - Establishing Plain Language in Oil and Gas Property Contracts
Sponsor: Rep. Joe Webster (D)
Summary: Provides for plain language in oil and gas property contracts. 
Position: No position selected.
Bill History:
01/29/2025 
H - Cosponsor memo filed
02/21/2025 
H - Introduced HB671
SB102 - An Act amending Title 58 (Oil and Gas) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in unconventional gas well fee, further providing for distribution of fee.
Sponsor: Sen. Camera Bartolotta (R)
Summary: (PN 113) Amends Title 58 (Oil and Gas), in unconventional gas well fee, further providing for distribution of fee. Requires the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) not to distribute revenue to municipalities that have enacted any ordinance that imposes a standard on unconventional natural gas wells that contradicts those in Chapter 32 (relating to development), limiting future developments. Directs PUC to set aside revenue intended for a municipality that has enacted any ordinance that limits future developments on well development or conflicts with Chapter 32 to be held in a separate account until the conclusion of litigation. Effective in 60 days.
Position: No position selected.
Bill History:
01/23/2025 
S - Introduced
01/23/2025 
S - Referred to - Senate Environmental Resources and Energy
SB453 - An Act amending Title 58 (Oil and Gas) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in development, further providing for relationship to solid waste and surface mining.
Sponsor: Sen. Katie J. Muth (D)
Summary: (PN 379) Amends Title 58 (Oil and Gas), in development, further providing for relationship to solid waste and surface mining. Removes conditional language under subsection (a) relating to relationship to solid waste and surface mining general rules. Adds that obligations are considered satisfied if the well is permitted under the requirements of section 3211 (relating to well permits) or registered under section 3213 (relating to well registration and identification) and if the owner or operator has satisfied the financial security requirements of section 3225 (relating to bonding) by obtaining a surety of collateral bond for the well and well site. Makes editorial changes. Effective in 60 days.
Position: No position selected.
Bill History:
03/17/2025 
S - Introduced
03/17/2025 
S - Referred to - Senate Environmental Resources and Energy
SB454 - An Act amending the act of July 7, 1980 (P.L.380, No.97), known as the Solid Waste Management Act, in general provisions, further providing for definitions; in applications and permits, further providing for permit and license application requirements; and making a repeal.
Sponsor: Sen. Katie J. Muth (D)
Summary: (PN 380) Amends the Solid Waste Management Act, in general provisions, further providing for definitions; in applications and permits, further providing for permit and license application requirements; and repealing the provisions of 58 Pa.C.S. § 3273.1 insofar as they are inconsistent with the amendment of the definition of "hazardous waste" in section 103 of the act. Revises the definition of “drill cuttings.” Adds drilling fluids, producing waters and other wastes associated with the exploration, development or production of crude oil, natural gas or geothermal energy to the definition of “hazardous waste.” Makes technical adjustments. Effective in 60 days.
Position: No position selected.
Bill History:
03/17/2025 
S - Introduced
03/17/2025 
S - Referred to - Senate Environmental Resources and Energy
SB455 - An Act amending the act of July 7, 1980 (P.L.380, No.97), known as the Solid Waste Management Act, in general provisions, further providing for definitions; in residual waste, further providing for disposal, processing and storage of residual waste and providing for exempt special wastes; and making an editorial change.
Sponsor: Sen. Katie J. Muth (D)
Summary: (PN 381) Amends the Solid Waste Management Act, in general provisions, further providing for definitions; in residual waste, further providing for disposal, processing and storage of residual waste and providing for exempt special wastes; and making an editorial change. Revises the definition of “drill cuttings,” adds a definition for “exempt special waste” and amends to definition of “solid waste” to include drill cuttings from geological formations that contain oil or gas deposits. Adds that it shall be unlawful for any person or municipality who stores, processes or disposes of residual waste to fail to test leachate prior to discharge requirements in accordance with National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System requirements for chloride, bromide, sulfate and nitrate; test leachate prior to discharge for hazardous characteristics requirement for toxicity, corrosivity, ignitability and reactivity; or test leachate prior to discharge requirements for naturally occurring radionuclides, including uranium, thorium, radium and their decay products, potassium-40 and lead-210.polonium-210. Outlines testing requirements and processes. Establishes reporting requirements for facilities. Prohibits a person or municipality, for the purpose of storage, processing or disposing, providing or receiving residual waste that exceeds permissible levels. Prohibits a person or municipality from receiving exempt special wastes unless it is determined to be nonradioactive and nonhazardous and outlines testing requirements. Establishes reporting requirements. Makes technical changes. Effective in 60 days.
Position: No position selected.
Bill History:
03/17/2025 
S - Introduced
03/17/2025 
S - Referred to - Senate Environmental Resources and Energy
SCO297 - Prohibiting counties that ban natural gas development from receiving county share of Impact Fee / MLF drilling funds
Sponsor: Sen. Gene Yaw (R)
Summary: Prohibits counties that ban natural gas development under county-owned land from receiving their county share of Impact Fee drilling funds or being eligible applicants for Marcellus Legacy Fund grants administered by the Commonwealth Financing Authority.
Position: No position selected.
Bill History:
12/09/2024 
S - Cosponsor memo filed
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