---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in employees, further providing for commission members."
description: "An Act amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in employees, further providing for commission members."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 403"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 403 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brewster"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 27
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-02-27T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-10-24T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dcf3a44d-2b88-4889-b0d5-bbf911d44bcf"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=403"
source_hash: "add14ffaaeab462404bb0a42246e316ed9b4c3bf3fa84c842257185ed628641c"
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 403 (2017-2018) — An Act amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in employees, further providing for commission members.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Printer's No. 0401** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0403&pn=0401)
2. **Printer's No. 1228** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0403&pn=1228)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **182–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (LAW AND JUSTICE): Reported as Committed — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brewster — primary (person)
- Blake — cosponsor (person)
- Greenleaf — cosponsor (person)
- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Mensch — cosponsor (person)
- Rafferty — cosponsor (person)
- Reschenthaler — cosponsor (person)
- Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Yudichak — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0401 Referred to LAW AND JUSTICE `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2017-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2017-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2017-07-08T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2017-07-09T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-07-11T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2017-10-04T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1228 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2017-10-04T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2017-10-04T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2017-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2018-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2018-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2018-06-18T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2018-06-18T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2018-10-11T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2018-10-11T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2018-10-16T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2018-10-16T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+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** Senate concurred in House amendments
- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **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/dcf3a44d-2b88-4889-b0d5-bbf911d44bcf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).