Pennsylvania House Bill 855 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on April 14 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-04-14 - Referred to CONSUMER AFFAIRS
Pending: House Consumer Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

An Act amending the act of December 22, 2011 (P.L.586, No.127), known as the Gas and Hazardous Liquids Pipelines Act, further providing for the title of the act; in preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions; in pipeline operators, further providing for registry of pipeline operators; in commission authority and enforcement, further providing for general powers of commission, for civil penalties, for jurisdiction and authority of commission and providing for certification of pipeline safety program and application for interstate agent status; replacing the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission with the Department of Environmental Protection; and making editorial changes.

Further providing for the title of the act; in preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions; in pipeline operators, further providing for registry of pipeline operators; in commission authority and enforcement, further providing for general powers of commission, for civil penalties, for jurisdiction and authority of commission and providing for certification of pipeline safety program and application for interstate agent status; replacing the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission with the Department of Environmental Protection; and making editorial changes.

Rep. Robert Godshall [R]	Rep. Anthony DeLuca [D]	Rep. Mark Cohen [D]	Rep. Daniel McNeill [D]
Rep. Katharine Watson [R]	Rep. Tina Pickett [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-04-14	House	Referred to CONSUMER AFFAIRS

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2015&sind=0&body=H&type=B&bn=855
Text	https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=PDF&sessYr=2015&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0855&pn=1207