---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in facilities and supplies, providing for additional surcharge; in limitation of time, providing for real estate appraisals; and making a related repeal."
description: "An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in facilities and supplies, providing for additional surcharge; in limitation of time, providing for real estate appraisals; and making a related repeal."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 1255"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 1255 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lewis"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-04-21T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-12-22T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b0b6fd63-32d7-432c-8fc5-06644c4b0a71"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2021&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=1255"
source_hash: "47f9139443182f778c59ea0d522d1289dc49fd0d2e0ccee9660763df05789d50"
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 1255 (2021-2022) — An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in facilities and supplies, providing for additional surcharge; in limitation of time, providing for real estate appraisals; and making a related repeal.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 1329** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2021&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=1255&pn=1329)
2. **Printer's No. 2382** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2021&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=1255&pn=2382)
3. **Printer's No. 2532** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2021&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=1255&pn=2532)

## Votes

- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Amended — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (JUDICIARY): Adopt Amendment A02915 — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (JUDICIARY): Reported as Amended A02915 — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Adopt Amendment A03141 — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 1255 PN 2532, Final Passage — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **201–0** (pass) · lower
- HB 1255 PN 2532, CONCUR — **200–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lewis — primary (person)
- Briggs — cosponsor (person)
- Dowling — cosponsor (person)
- Hamm — cosponsor (person)
- Hershey — cosponsor (person)
- James — cosponsor (person)
- Kauffman — cosponsor (person)
- Keefer — cosponsor (person)
- Knowles — cosponsor (person)
- Mentzer — cosponsor (person)
- Millard — cosponsor (person)
- Moul — cosponsor (person)
- Rothman — cosponsor (person)
- Rowe — cosponsor (person)
- Saylor — cosponsor (person)
- Schemel — cosponsor (person)
- Zimmerman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-21T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1329 Referred to JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-15T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-06-15T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2021-06-15T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-23T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-06-23T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2021-06-23T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2021-11-09T05:00:00+00:00** PN 2382 Reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2021-11-09T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2021-11-10T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2021-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-12-14T05:00:00+00:00** PN 2532 Re-reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2021-12-14T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-12-15T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-12-15T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-12-15T05:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **2021-12-15T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2021-12-15T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2021-12-16T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-12-22T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-12-22T05:00:00+00:00** Act No. 93 of 2021

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b0b6fd63-32d7-432c-8fc5-06644c4b0a71`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).