Pennsylvania 2025-2026 Regular Session Status: In Committee 6 R cosponsors

HB 871 — An Act amending the act of June 22, 1937 (P.L.1987, No.394), known as The Clean Streams Law, in other pollutions and potential pollution, providing for notice of discharge endangering public health or environment.

Last action — Referred to Environmental & Natural Resource Protection

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed House
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill is in committee in the House. Introduced March 11, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

Next likely step: a committee vote, then a floor vote in the House.

Prognosis

Stalled 26% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

Low

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  • In Committee

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 7 sponsors

    1 primary, 6 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (6 R).

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Bill Text

How this bill changes current law

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The bill adds a requirement for notice of certain discharges into the waters of Pennsylvania that may endanger public health or the environment.

  • The Clean Streams Law

    Section 404. Notice of Discharge Endangering Public Health or Environment.--(a) A person who spills, discharges or releases a substance into the waters of this Commonwealth, or on a location from which the substance is likely to enter the waters of this Commonwealth, taking into account any control and remedial measures, shall notify the department if the spill, discharge or release is not authorized by a permit from the department and is likely to render the receiving waters harmful to public health or the environment as determined by reportable quantities or other readily ascertainable standards adopted by regulation under subsection (c). (b) No later than one hundred eighty days after the effective date of this section, the Environmental Quality Board shall publish for public comment proposed regulations establishing reportable quantities or other readily ascertainable standards by which a person under subsection (a) may determine whether a spill, discharge or release is likely to render the receiving waters harmful to public health or the environment. (c) No later than three hundred sixty-five days after the effective date of this section, the Environmental Quality Board shall promulgate final regulations establishing reportable quantities or other readily ascertainable standards by which a person under subsection (a) may determine whether a spill, discharge or release is likely to render the receiving waters harmful to public health or the environment.

    This change establishes a formal process for notifying authorities about discharges that pose risks to health or the environment.

Action History

  1. Referred to Environmental & Natural Resource Protection

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 6 co-sponsors · 246 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (6)

Not signed on (246)

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Subjects

public-safety environment
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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 871?
HB 871 is sponsored by Seth Grove, David H. Zimmerman (Republican), Joe Hamm (Republican), Keith J. Greiner (Republican), Tina Pickett (Republican), Charity Grimm Krupa (Republican), and Wendy Fink (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 871?
This bill is in committee in the House. Introduced March 11, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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