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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An act establishing intergovernmental cooperation authorities for certain cities of the third class; providing for powers and duties; and making an appropriation."
+description: "An act establishing intergovernmental cooperation authorities for certain cities of the third class; providing for powers and duties; and making an appropriation."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
+legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
+session: "2017-2018"
+identifier: "HB 2557"
+citation: "Pennsylvania HB 2557 (2017-2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Rothman"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 23
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2018-10-02T04:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2018-10-24T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f4be307-6e87-45f8-9bf2-19f748233016"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=2557"
+source_hash: "f8d8a6377b89edb0d8b3c9a77481f66f106e53bca643d9315625f177724f8e19"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-pa"]
+---
+
+# Pennsylvania HB 2557 (2017-2018) — An act establishing intergovernmental cooperation authorities for certain cities of the third class; providing for powers and duties; and making an appropriation.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Printer's No. 4139** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=2557&pn=4139)
+2. **Printer's No. 4196** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=2557&pn=4196)
+3. **Printer's No. 4247** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=2557&pn=4247)
+
+## Votes
+
+- FINAL PASSAGE — **185–5** (pass) · lower
+- FINAL PASSAGE — **48–1** (pass) · upper
+- Committee vote (LOCAL GOVERNMENT): Reported as Committed — **10–2** (pass) · upper
+- HB 2557 PN 4196, 2017 A10338, KIM — **190–0** (pass) · lower
+- HB 2557 PN 4247, FINAL PASSAGE-RECONSIDERED — **46–3** (pass) · upper
+- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **25–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Rothman — primary (person)
+- A. Harris — cosponsor (person)
+- Bloom — cosponsor (person)
+- Comitta — cosponsor (person)
+- Dermody — cosponsor (person)
+- Diamond — cosponsor (person)
+- Frankel — cosponsor (person)
+- Freeman — cosponsor (person)
+- Grove — cosponsor (person)
+- Helm — cosponsor (person)
+- Kauffman — cosponsor (person)
+- Keefer — cosponsor (person)
+- Kim — cosponsor (person)
+- Klunk — cosponsor (person)
+- Millard — cosponsor (person)
+- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
+- Phillips-Hill — cosponsor (person)
+- Ryan — cosponsor (person)
+- Schlossberg — cosponsor (person)
+- Schweyer — cosponsor (person)
+- Tobash — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-10-02T04:00:00+00:00** PN 4139 Referred to LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
+- **2018-10-09T04:00:00+00:00** PN 4196 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
+- **2018-10-09T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
+- **2018-10-09T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
+- **2018-10-10T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
+- **2018-10-11T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
+- **2018-10-11T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2018-10-15T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2018-10-15T04:00:00+00:00** PN 4247 Third consideration, with amendments `reading-3`
+- **2018-10-15T04:00:00+00:00** Final passage `passage`
+- **2018-10-15T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
+- **2018-10-15T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2018-10-15T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
+- **2018-10-16T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
+- **2018-10-16T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2018-10-16T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
+- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Vote on final passage reconsidered
+- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Final passage `passage`
+- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
+- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
+- **2018-10-18T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-10-24T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0f4be307-6e87-45f8-9bf2-19f748233016`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).
+