Bill > SB682

This bill renames the Department of Environmental Protection to the Department of Environmental Services, implementing a comprehensive transition plan that ensures minimal disruption to existing operations. The bill provides detailed guidance for the renaming process, including provisions that allow the department to continue using its current name on existing documents, badges, licenses, contracts, and stationery until supplies are exhausted. It also mandates a gradual transition for signage and computer systems, to be updated only during routine replacements or upgrades. The legislation preserves the department's existing powers, duties, and functions, and transfers all previously held responsibilities, including those from the Pennsylvania Energy Office, to the newly named Department of Environmental Services. Administrative officers currently serving will continue in their roles, and all existing regulations, funds, and agreements will remain in effect under the new department name. The bill ensures a smooth administrative transition by deeming all references to the Department of Environmental Protection as references to the Department of Environmental Services, and it will take effect 60 days after passage.

Agriculture and Natural Resources, Budget and Finance

https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2025&sind=0&body=S&type=B&bn=682