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Pennsylvania · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 682: An Act amending the act of June 28, 1995 (P.L.89, No.18), known as the Conservation and Natural Resources Act, in renaming Department of Environmental Resources and defining rulemaking authority of Department of Environmental Protection, repealing provisions relating to Department of Environmental Protection and providing for Department of Environmental Services; and making editorial changes.

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

SB 682 is a bill introduced in the Pennsylvania Senate on April 28, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: An Act amending the act of June 28, 1995 (P.L.89, No.18), known as the Conservation and Natural Resources Act, in renaming Department of Environmental Resources and defining rulemaking authority of Department of Environmental Protection, repealing provisions relating to Department of Environmental Protection and providing for Department of Environmental Services; and making editorial changes. Primary sponsor: Gene Yaw (Republican). It lists 3 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 4, 2025): Referred to Environmental & Natural Resource Protection.

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): Republican 4

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Gene YawPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate23
Cris DushCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate25
Tracy PennycuickCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate24
Pat StefanoCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate32

“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 & Natural Resource Protection
  2. Third consideration and final passage
  3. Re-reported as committed
  4. Re-referred to Appropriations
  5. Second consideration
  6. First consideration
  7. Reported as committed
  8. Referred to Environmental Resources & Energy

Sources

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