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Pennsylvania · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 2076: An Act providing for geothermal energy development; imposing duties on the Department of Environmental Protection; promulgating regulations; establishing the Geothermal Energy Development Fund; and imposing penalties.

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 2076 is a bill introduced in the Pennsylvania House on December 3, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: An Act providing for geothermal energy development; imposing duties on the Department of Environmental Protection; promulgating regulations; establishing the Geothermal Energy Development Fund; and imposing penalties. Primary sponsor: Arvind Venkat (Democratic). It lists 17 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 7, 2026): Referred to Environmental Resources & Energy.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 17 · Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Arvind VenkatPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse30
Heather BoydCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse163
Joe CiresiCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse146
Scott ConklinCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse77
Tina DavisCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse141
Elizabeth FiedlerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse184
Dan FrankelCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse23
Roni GreenCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse190
Carol Hill-EvansCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse95
John InglisCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse38
Bob MerskiCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse2
Nikki RiveraCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse96
Ben SanchezCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse153
Mandy SteeleCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse33
Paul TakacCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse82
Ben WaxmanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse182
Joe WebsterCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse150
Craig WilliamsCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse160

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Referred to Environmental Resources & Energy
  2. Third consideration and final passage
  3. Re-reported as committed
  4. Re-committed to Appropriations
  5. Second consideration, with amendments
  6. Removed from table
  7. Laid on the table
  8. First consideration
  9. Reported as amended
  10. Referred to Energy

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source