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Pennsylvania · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 712: An Act amending Title 58 (Oil and Gas) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in development, further providing for definitions and for plugging requirements.

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 712 is a bill introduced in the Pennsylvania Senate on May 2, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: An Act amending Title 58 (Oil and Gas) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in development, further providing for definitions and for plugging requirements. Primary sponsor: Gene Yaw (Republican). It lists 6 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (February 5, 2026): 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 7

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Gene YawPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate23
Camera BartolottaCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate46
Cris DushCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate25
Scott HutchinsonCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate21
Dan LaughlinCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate49
Doug MastrianoCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate33
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