---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act providing for filing and recording by municipalities of condemnation orders and for statements of vacated condemnation orders."
description: "An Act providing for filing and recording by municipalities of condemnation orders and for statements of vacated condemnation orders."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 940"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 940 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Disanto"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-11-18T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-10-29T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8d30741d-fb3a-4fe0-af06-e67c71e186f3"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=940"
source_hash: "b806d9870d697c6d4b3394b46c4e43e2188165d6a2884e121c5467ffacabd60a"
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 940 (2019-2020) — An Act providing for filing and recording by municipalities of condemnation orders and for statements of vacated condemnation orders.

## Version chain

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

1. **House Amendment A07202** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=S&type=B&bn=0940&pn=1766&aYear=2019&an=07202)
2. **Printer's No. 1385** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0940&pn=1385)
3. **Printer's No. 1766** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0940&pn=1766)
4. **Printer's No. 1951** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0940&pn=1951)
5. **Senate Amendment A05802** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=S&type=B&bn=0940&pn=1385&aYear=2019&an=05802)

## Votes

- CONCUR IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **17–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **202–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (URBAN AFFAIRS AND HOUSING): Reported as Amended — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Disanto — primary (person)
- Argall — cosponsor (person)
- Brewster — cosponsor (person)
- Browne — cosponsor (person)
- J. Ward — cosponsor (person)
- K. Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Mastriano — cosponsor (person)
- Mensch — cosponsor (person)
- Yudichak — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-11-18T05:00:00+00:00** PN 1385 Referred to URBAN AFFAIRS AND HOUSING `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-09T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1766 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2020-06-09T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2020-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2020-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2020-07-14T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-07-22T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to URBAN AFFAIRS `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-17T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1951 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2020-09-17T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2020-09-17T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2020-09-29T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2020-09-30T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2020-09-30T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2020-10-19T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2020-10-19T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-10-20T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2020-10-20T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2020-10-20T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments
- **2020-10-20T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2020-10-20T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2020-10-21T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-10-29T04:00:00+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/8d30741d-fb3a-4fe0-af06-e67c71e186f3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).