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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act amending the act of May 1, 1933 (P.L.103, No.69), known as The Second Class Township Code, in ordinances, further providing for ordinances."
+description: "An Act amending the act of May 1, 1933 (P.L.103, No.69), known as The Second Class Township Code, in ordinances, further providing for ordinances."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
+legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "HB 209"
+citation: "Pennsylvania HB 209 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Lisa Borowski"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 21
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2025-01-17T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2025-06-27T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ab9d1713-f598-4922-9cd1-c2d56cab84fa"
+source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=30&rollcallid=79&sessYr=2025&sessInd=0"
+source_hash: "5091d9389cc53de291cd163a0e13e5f7fbcf95bb9d433143c06463f01d184350"
+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 209 (2025-2026) — An Act amending the act of May 1, 1933 (P.L.103, No.69), known as The Second Class Township Code, in ordinances, further providing for ordinances.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Printer's No. PN0157** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2025/0/HB0209/PN0157)
+
+## Votes
+
+- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–1** (pass) · upper
+- Committee vote (Local Government): Report Bill As Committed — **26–0** (pass) · lower
+- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — **37–0** (pass) · lower
+- Committee vote (Local Government): Reported as Committed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
+- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — **22–0** (pass) · upper
+- FINAL PASSAGE — **194–7** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Lisa Borowski — primary (person)
+- Benjamin Sanchez — cosponsor (person)
+- Carol Hill-Evans — cosponsor (person)
+- G. Roni Green — cosponsor (person)
+- Jeremy Shaffer — cosponsor (person)
+- Jim Haddock — cosponsor (person)
+- Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz — cosponsor (person)
+- Jose Giral — cosponsor (person)
+- Keith Harris — cosponsor (person)
+- Melissa Cerrato — cosponsor (person)
+- Paul Takac — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-17T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2025-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
+- **2025-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
+- **2025-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
+- **2025-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2025-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2025-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
+- **2025-06-23T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
+- **2025-06-23T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2025-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
+- **2025-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
+- **2025-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 3 of 2025
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ab9d1713-f598-4922-9cd1-c2d56cab84fa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).
+