Effective environmental health policies are essential for protecting public health and ensuring sustainable, safe communities. Public input is vital in shaping these policies, as it helps ensure they address the real needs and concerns of those most affected. Join us in advocating for stronger environmental health protections by staying informed and actively participating in the legislative process.
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Explore bills related to environmental health introduced to the PA House and Senate. Legislation presence on this page does not imply endorsement.
An Act amending the act of November 3, 2022 (P.L.2135, No.150), known as the Childhood Blood Lead Test Act. This legislation will ensure a parent or legal guardian is offered a blood lead test for their child by nine months of age, regardless of whether the child is considered at risk.
Introduced April 21, 2025
House Bill 1270An Act amending the Air Pollution Control Act further providing for powers and duties of the Department of Environmental Protection and for civil penalties.
Introduced April 9, 2025
House Bill 1187This legislation directs the DEP to conduct a study on PFAS in biosolids in Pennsylvania to better understand the potential risks that land-applied biosolids pose to the accumulation of PFAS in the environment, our food and water supply and potential mitigation measures to reduce PFAS levels in biosolids.
Introduced April 3, 2025
House Bill 1116This legislation aims to restrict waste disposal sites from being location, reopened, or expanded if it is within three (3) miles of the border of any municipality which has a population density of 1000 or more people per square mile.
Introduced March 17, 2025
House Bill 935This legislation would lower the acceptable limit of lead in playgrounds and athletic fields to 200 ppm.
Introduced February 12, 2025
House Bill 580This legislation will require radon testing, and subsequent mitigation, for schools that have elevated radon levels at or above 4.0 pCi/L. Additionally, it will require any newly constructed or remodeled school buildings conduct a test within 19 months of completion.
Introduced January 23, 2025
House Bill 289This legislation would give the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection the authority to designate environmental justice areas in communities with increased pollution burdens and vulnerable populations.
Introduced January 16, 2025
House Bill 109Legislation to ensure the appeal process for certain categories of permitting decisions made by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) are consistent with federal law.
Introduced May 16, 2024
Senate Bill 1216Legislation to prohibit the spreading of oil and gas wastewater on all land, developed or undeveloped. This bill would also prohibit wastewater transport vehicles from having oil and gas wastewater spreading equipment installed on the vehicle.
Introduced May 14, 2024
House Bill 2384Legislation that will direct the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee (LBFC) to conduct a comprehensive study and review of the permits issued and authorized by the DEP.
Introduced April 16, 2024
House Resolution 468Twenty years ago, Pennsylvania established the Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards (AEPS), which promoted new and innovative forms of energy generation in our Commonwealth. PRESS continues all of the elements of AEPS, adding nuclear power and next generation technologies like fusion, as well as incentivizing lower emissions for gas-fired power plants.
Introduced March 20, 2024
Senate Bill 1190We provide rigorous scientific evidence to inform public environmental health policies, ensuring they are grounded in data and effectively protect community health. View our public testimony and comments on the federal, state, and local levels below.
March 24, 2024
Docket ID EPA-HQ-OAR-2017-0183-0001
June 27, 2023
Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2019-0178-0154
June 27, 2023
Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2022-0730
September 17, 2021
NOT-ES-21-009
April 25, 2020
Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OPPT-2019-0500
June 27, 2023
Senate Bill 514
January 27, 2022
November 17, 2021
April 6, 2020
Act 2
April 12, 2023
May 19, 2022
Philadelphia Bill No. 220221
October 13, 2021
August 13, 2019
March 17, 2019
Philadelphia Bill No. 180936-A
November 27. 2017
Philadelphia Bills No. 170903, 170898
July 20, 2017
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