---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending the act of June 24, 1931 (P.L.1206, No.331), known as The First Class Township Code, in corporate powers, further providing for ordinances and resolutions; and, in finance and taxation, further providing for tax levies and for tax rates to be expressed in dollars and cents."
description: "An Act amending the act of June 24, 1931 (P.L.1206, No.331), known as The First Class Township Code, in corporate powers, further providing for ordinances and resolutions; and, in finance and taxation, further providing for tax levies and for tax rates to be expressed in dollars and cents."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 547"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 547 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Emrick"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-02-19T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-07-02T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8edb4343-7f4e-45aa-936e-a795cead79a9"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=547"
source_hash: "4d3e140ceb31b7c221d189e9bbb255fe7c9475882344e080575181c6571b42bc"
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 547 (2019-2020) — An Act amending the act of June 24, 1931 (P.L.1206, No.331), known as The First Class Township Code, in corporate powers, further providing for ordinances and resolutions; and, in finance and taxation, further providing for tax levies and for tax rates to be expressed in dollars and cents.

## Version chain

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

1. **House Amendment A00101** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=H&type=B&bn=0547&pn=0538&aYear=2019&an=00101)
2. **House Amendment A00176** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=H&type=B&bn=0547&pn=0538&aYear=2019&an=00176)
3. **House Amendment A00275** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=H&type=B&bn=0547&pn=0538&aYear=2019&an=00275)
4. **Printer's No. 0538** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0547&pn=0538)
5. **Printer's No. 0886** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0547&pn=0886)

## Votes

- Committee vote (LOCAL GOVERNMENT): Reported as Committed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **196–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Emrick — primary (person)
- Bernstine — cosponsor (person)
- Ciresi — cosponsor (person)
- Heffley — cosponsor (person)
- Millard — cosponsor (person)
- Pickett — cosponsor (person)
- Roae — cosponsor (person)
- Zimmerman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0538 Referred to LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** PN 0886 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2019-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2019-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2019-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-29T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2019-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-03T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-02T04:00:00+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/8edb4343-7f4e-45aa-936e-a795cead79a9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).