By Gov. Rendell
- SB 297 of 2009 Oil and Gas Act – Requiring for natural gas well reporting;
- SB 298 of 2009 Farmland and Forest Land Assessment Act – Amends the Clean and Green law with regard to preferential tax assessment of land for agricultural use and roll-back taxes;
- *PHARE Law (worked with Legislature to help craft the law)
By Gov. Corbett
- SB 723 of 2011 – Designating the Market Street Bridge as the Carl E. Stotz Memorial Little League Bridge;
- SB 1174 of 2012 – Philadelphia Housing Authority Board Restructuring Law;
- SB 259 of 2013 Oil and Gas Lease – Providing for payment information to interest owners of leases regarding natural gas and oil;
- *SB 379 of 2013 Benevolent Gesture Legislation – worked in consultation with Sen. Pat Vance, prime sponsor of the legislation, to move the bill to the Governor’s desk;
- *Act 13 Law (worked with Legislature to help craft the law)
By Gov. Wolf
- SB 1202 of 2015 – Continuing Medical Education Requirements for Medical Professionals;
- SB 215 of 2016 – Creating the Pipeline Investment Program (PIPE) / amended into the Fiscal Code;
- SB 1202 of 2016 – Requires continuing education in pain management, addiction and dispensing for prescribers and dispensers;
- SB 1367 of 2016 – Limiting opioids to minors;
- SB 446 of 2017 – Setting Standards for Drug and Alcohol Recovery Houses (co-prime sponsor with Sen. McGarrigle);
- SB 728 of 2017 – Exempting Schedule V epilepsy drugs currently included in the PDMP requirements;
- SB 679 of 2018 – Increasing Access to Consumer Fireworks / amended into the Tax Code;
- SB 9 of 2019 – Designating the Eastern Hellbender as State Amphibian;
- SB 634 of 2019 – Creating Conservation Excellence Grants as part of the PA Farm Bill;
- SB 694 of 2019 – Reducing Surface Impacts from Unconventional Gas Wells;
- SB 420 of 2021 (Act 88) – Requires a district attorney to hold an active law license while in office and establishes procedures for when a district attorney is disbarred and another if their law license is suspended.
- SB 251 of 2022 (Act 83) – Repeals and makes updates to Pennsylvania’s Fertilizer Law.
- SB 832 of 2022 – Establishing a Clean Streams Fund for Pennsylvania / included as part of the 2022-23 State Budget.
- SB 465 of 2022 – Establishing an Agricultural Conservation Assistance Program / included as part of the 2022-23 State Budget.
By Gov. Shapiro
- SB 831 of 2023 (Act 87) – Carbon Dioxide Geologic Sequestration Primacy Act
- SB 185 of 2023 – Establishing a mechanism for expanded review of permits / included as part of the 2024-25 State Budget
- SB 1111 of 2024 (Act 16) – Strengthening Megan’s Law (co-prime sponsor with Sen. Baker)
- SB 1181 of 2024 – Expanding the Neighborhood Assistance Program / included as part of the 2024-25 State Budget
- SB 1272 of 2024 – Extension of the Rural Jobs and Investment Tax Credit Program / included as part of the 2024-25 State Budget
- Establishment of a $50 million annual recurring investment in the state’s Clean Streams Fund – worked in consultation with Sen. Scott Martin / included as part of the 2024-25 State Budget
- *Restructuring the Center for Rural Pennsylvania Board of Directors / Establishing the Rural Population Revitalization Commission – worked in consultation with Sen. Judy Schwank and the House of Representatives to move the bill to the Governor’s desk
*Denotes bills not sponsored by Sen. Yaw, but who had direct involvement with crafting the legislation.