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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in general provisions, providing for ten-year limitation for acquiring title to vacant land for gardens in cities of the first class."
+description: "An Act amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in general provisions, providing for ten-year limitation for acquiring title to vacant land for gardens in cities of the first class."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
+legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "SB 645"
+citation: "Pennsylvania SB 645 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Vincent Hughes"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 25
+vote_count: 8
+first_action: "2023-04-20T04:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2024-07-08T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/88c5cb80-877d-46b4-a89d-786586cb2a7c"
+source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=62&rollcallid=2225&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0"
+source_hash: "00cfe76cad18c1857b81756f401357ceebe200ba5745b4951b27edf3c278e6d5"
+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 SB 645 (2023-2024) — An Act amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in general provisions, providing for ten-year limitation for acquiring title to vacant land for gardens in cities of the first class.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Printer's No. PN0618** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0645/PN0618)
+2. **Printer's No. PN0686** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0645/PN0686)
+3. **Printer's No. PN1789** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0645/PN1789)
+4. **Senate Amendment A00355** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A00355)
+5. **Senate Amendment A05135** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A05135)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Committee vote (Judiciary): Reported as Committed — **14–0** (pass) · upper
+- FINAL PASSAGE — **42–7** (pass) · upper
+- HUGHES AMENDMENT NO. A-355 — **47–3** (pass) · upper
+- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — **22–2** (pass) · upper
+- Committee vote (Housing & Community Development): Report Bill As Committed — **14–9** (pass) · lower
+- LAUGHLIN AMENDMENT NO. A-5135 — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+- FINAL PASSAGE — **102–100** (pass) · lower
+- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — **37–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Vincent Hughes — primary (person)
+- Nikil Saval — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2023-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
+- **2023-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** Amended on second consideration `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2024-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2024-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
+- **2024-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
+- **2024-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
+- **2024-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Amended on third consideration `amendment-passage`
+- **2024-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
+- **2024-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Housing & Community Development `referral-committee`
+- **2024-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2024-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
+- **2024-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
+- **2024-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
+- **2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
+- **2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2024-07-01T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2024-07-01T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
+- **2024-07-01T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
+- **2024-07-02T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
+- **2024-07-02T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-07-08T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2024-07-08T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 50 of 2024
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/88c5cb80-877d-46b4-a89d-786586cb2a7c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).
+