An Act amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in general provisions relating to home rule and optional plan government, further providing for definitions, providing for appointment of government study commission in distressed municipality and further providing for first meeting of commission, for function and duty of commission, for hearings and public forums, for report of findings and recommendations, for limitation on enactment of ordinance or filing of petition and for limitation on municipal powers.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2021
Committee Review
Oct 2022
Senate Passage
Oct 2022
House Passage
Governor
Introduced May 5, 2021
Last action Oct 20, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Oct 19, 2022
How they voted
47–0
Passed
Total votes 47
Oct 19, 2022
D
Democratic20
100% Yea
I
Independent1
100% Yea
R
Republican26
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
8
Key actions
3
Committee
5
Oct 20, 2022
Committee
Referred to LOCAL GOVERNMENT
lower
Oct 19, 2022
Upper · Passed
Third consideration and final passage
upper
Jul 7, 2022
Upper · Passed
Re-reported as committed
upper
Jan 26, 2022
Committee
Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS
upper
Jan 25, 2022
Upper · Passed
Reported as committed
upper
May 5, 2021
Committee
PN 0714 Referred to LOCAL GOVERNMENT
upper
1 primary · 4 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Tim Kearney
DDemocratic
Co
Cris Dush
RRepublican
Co
Judy Schwank
DDemocratic
Co
Judy Ward
RRepublican
Co
Scott Hutchinson
RRepublican
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