An Act amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in general provisions, further providing for scope of subchapter, providing for definitions, further providing for establishment and designation, providing for emergency meetings by authorized telecommunications device, repealing provisions relating to exercise of powers and functions, further providing for declaration of policy and for definitions, repealing provisions relating to enabling authority for emergency interim successors for local offices, further providing for emergency interim successors for local officers and for succession period and repealing provisions relating to term and removal of designees.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Jun 2022
House Passage
May 2022
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 14, 2022
Last action Jun 1, 2022
Floor votes · House May 25, 2022
How they voted
188–0
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 193
May 25, 2022
D
Democratic85
96% Yea
R
Republican108
98% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
10
Key actions
3
Committee
4
Amendments
1
Jun 1, 2022
Committee
Referred to LOCAL GOVERNMENT
upper
May 25, 2022
Lower · Passed
Third consideration and final passage
lower
May 25, 2022
Lower · Passed
Re-reported as committed
lower
May 24, 2022
Committee
Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS
lower
Apr 27, 2022
Lower · Passed
PN 3053 Reported as amended
lower
Jan 14, 2022
Committee
PN 2609 Referred to LOCAL GOVERNMENT
lower
1 primary · 4 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jerry Knowles
RRepublican
Co
Bob Freeman
DDemocratic
Co
Christina Sappey
DDemocratic
Co
Dan Moul
RRepublican
Co
Lee James
RRepublican
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