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 Representative Art Hershey, Chairman of the Agriculture and Rural Affairs committee is the prime sponsor of House Bill #771, a Bill to designate the Hazleton soil as the State Soil of Pennsylvania.  

Read House Bill #771 

Please scroll to the bottom of this page for information on how to show your support of the Bill and learn more about the Hazleton State Soil

PAPSS Members NEED TO show support of the Bill to get the Bill out of the House and into the Senate by the end of June, so that we can have an "Official State Soil" by the Soil Congress in July!  There is a great probability that this can happen, if we start a letter writing campaign to House State Government Committee Chair representative Clymer and Senate State Government Chair Senator Lemmond.  Their contact information is below.

Profile Photograph of Typical Hazleton Soil Series

History of the Previous Bill #747:

HB 747 proposed the designation and adoption of the Hazleton Soil series as the official state soil of Pennsylvania.  The Bill has expired.  

    Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT, March 6, 2003
    Reported as committed, March 22, 2004
    First consideration, March 22, 2004
    Laid on the table, March 22, 2004
    Removed from table, April 14, 2004
    Second consideration, April 14, 2004
    Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS, April 14, 2004
    Re-reported as committed, May 10, 2004
    Third consideration and final passage, May 10, 2004 (177-22)                    
    Referred to SENATE STATE GOVERNMENT, May 12, 2004
    Bill expired.  The Bill was never put on the Senate State Government Committee Agenda.