2025–2026 Regular Session · House of Representatives bill

HB 522

An Act authorizing the Department of Environmental Protection, in consultation with the Department of General Services to lease certain submerged lands within Erie County and associated wind, water and solar resources for the assessment, development, construction and operation of utility scale offshore wind, solar or kinetic energy generation facilities; providing for collection of certain lease and royalty payments; establishing the Lake Erie Large-Scale Energy System Development Fund; and providing for distributions and transfers from the fund.

In committee Last action February 5, 2025: Referred to Environmental & Natural Resource Protection

Official bill page and text: palegis.us

Sponsors 13

Prime sponsor

Robert Merski

Cosponsors (12)

Ben Waxman, Benjamin Sanchez, Carol Hill-Evans, Chris Pielli, Danielle Friel Otten, Joe Webster, Jose Giral, Joseph Hohenstein, Malcolm Kenyatta, Maureen Madden, Patrick Harkins, Tarik Khan

Status

In committee as of February 5, 2025. Session ends November 30, 2026; the 2027–2028 session begins in January 2027.

Roll-call votes 0

No roll-call votes recorded for this measure.

Timeline 1

Date	Chamber	Action
February 5, 2025	House	Referred to Environmental & Natural Resource Protection

Data: Open States (API v3; public data, attribution appreciated), updated November 5, 2026. Official record: palegis.us. Bill pages link to the official text, not copied.