Senate Passes Impact Fee On 31-19 Vote

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Scott Detrow is a congressional correspondent for NPR. He also co-hosts the NPR Politics Podcast.

Detrow joined NPR in 2015 to cover the presidential election. He focused on the Republican side of the 2016 race, spending time on the campaign trail with Donald Trump, and also reported on the election's technology and data angles.

Detrow worked as a statehouse reporter for member stations WITF in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and KQED in San Francisco, California. He has also covered energy policy for NPR's StateImpact project, where his reports on Pennsylvania's hydraulic fracturing boom won a DuPont-Columbia and national Edward R. Murrow Award in 2013.

February 7, 2012 | 12:14 PM

A natural gas drilling impact fee is now one step away from Governor Corbett’s desk.
The Senate approved the wide-ranging measure this morning on a 31-19 vote. The House is expected to vote on the bill later today or tomorrow. In his Budget Address, Corbett told legislators he looks forward to signing the bill into law.
Looking for details on the measure? Check out our story on yesterday’s conference committee vote and our summary of its local zoning restrictions.
We’ll have more information on the impact fee vote later today, including an interview with impact fee author Joe Scarnati and a look at how lawmakers voted on the legislation.