An Act amending the act of May 1, 1933 (P.L.103, No.69), known as The Second Class Township Code, in election of officers and vacancies in office, further providing for vacancies in general.
This bill updates the laws governing how Pennsylvania second-class townships handle empty seats on their boards of supervisors. It creates a new "vacancy board" made up of the supervisors and one community member to fill vacancies within fifteen days if the supervisors do not act within the first thirty days. If the vacancy board cannot fill the seat or if most supervisor seats are empty at once, the court of common pleas will step in to appoint a replacement. The changes take effect sixty days after the bill is passed.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jul 2024
Committee Review
Oct 2024
Senate Passage
Oct 2024
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Jul 12, 2024
Last action Oct 8, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Oct 7, 2024
How they voted
40–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 42
Oct 7, 2024
D
Democratic16
87% 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 8, 2024
Committee
Referred to Local Government
lower
Oct 7, 2024
Upper · Passed
Third consideration and final passage
upper
Sep 30, 2024
Upper · Passed
Re-reported as committed
upper
Sep 18, 2024
Committee
Re-referred to Appropriations
upper
Sep 17, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported as committed
upper
Jul 12, 2024
Committee
Referred to Local Government
upper
0 primary · 4 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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