An Act Amending Title 3 (Agriculture) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, regulating controlled plants and noxious weeds; establishing the Controlled Plant and Noxious Weed Committee; providing for powers and duties of the Controlled Plant and Noxious Weed Committee; imposing powers and duties on the Secretary of Agriculture and municipalities; prescribing penalties; establishing a category of controlled plants and providing for the permitting of controlled plants; abrogating regulations; and making related repeals.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2017
Committee Review
Oct 2017
House Passage
Oct 2017
Senate Passage
Oct 2017
Signed into Law
Oct 2017
Introduced Mar 10, 2017
Signed Oct 30, 2017
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
24
Key actions
9
Committee
10
Amendments
1
Oct 30, 2017
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor
lower
Oct 24, 2017
Lower · Passed
House concurred in Senate amendments
lower
Oct 24, 2017
Lower · Passed
Re-reported on concurrence, as committed
lower
Oct 18, 2017
Committee
Referred to RULES
lower
Oct 18, 2017
Upper · Passed
Third consideration and final passage
upper
Oct 17, 2017
Introduced
PN 2597 Amended on third consideration
upper
Oct 16, 2017
Upper · Passed
Re-reported as committed
upper
Jul 8, 2017
Committee
Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS
upper
Jun 20, 2017
Upper · Passed
PN 2081 Reported as amended
upper
May 31, 2017
Committee
Referred to AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS
upper
May 22, 2017
Lower · Passed
Third consideration and final passage
lower
May 22, 2017
Lower · Passed
Re-reported as committed
lower
May 9, 2017
Committee
Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS
lower
Apr 26, 2017
Lower · Passed
PN 1570 Reported as amended
lower
Mar 10, 2017
Committee
PN 0869 Referred to AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS
lower
1 primary · 17 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Eddie Pashinski
DDemocratic
Co
Bryan Barbin
DDemocratic
Co
Chris Rabb
DDemocratic
Co
Ed Gainey
DDemocratic
Co
Garth D. Everett
RRepublican
Co
Jared Solomon
DDemocratic
Co
Kevin Haggerty
DDemocratic
Co
Madeleine Dean
DDemocratic
Co
Marty Causer
RRepublican
Co
Marty Flynn
DDemocratic
Co
Mike Sturla
DDemocratic
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