---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in municipal authorities, further providing for purposes and powers."
description: "An Act amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in municipal authorities, further providing for purposes and powers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 957"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 957 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Moul"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-03-17T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-06-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/25087115-8d54-4d07-940a-f3e35b663d30"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2021&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=957"
source_hash: "2a060ab2585a8c5453425198ccb034215ee80e8a1c27539d69704959778fbfb0"
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 957 (2021-2022) — An Act amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in municipal authorities, further providing for purposes and powers.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 0969** (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=0957&pn=0969)
2. **Printer's No. 1048** (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=0957&pn=1048)
3. **Printer's No. 1852** (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=0957&pn=1852)

## Votes

- HB 957 PN 1048, 2021 A1659, MOUL — **201–1** (pass) · lower
- HB 957 PN 1852, Final Passage — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (LOCAL GOVERNMENT): Reported as Committed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **200–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Moul — primary (person)
- B. Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Davanzo — cosponsor (person)
- Diamond — cosponsor (person)
- E. Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Ecker — cosponsor (person)
- Gleim — cosponsor (person)
- Hershey — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Jozwiak — cosponsor (person)
- Kaufer — cosponsor (person)
- M. Mackenzie — cosponsor (person)
- Maloney — cosponsor (person)
- Masser — cosponsor (person)
- Millard — cosponsor (person)
- Pickett — cosponsor (person)
- R. Mackenzie — cosponsor (person)
- Rothman — cosponsor (person)
- Rowe — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan — cosponsor (person)
- Saylor — cosponsor (person)
- Schemel — cosponsor (person)
- Schmitt — cosponsor (person)
- Staats — cosponsor (person)
- T. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Zimmerman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** PN 0969 Referred to LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1048 Reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2021-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2021-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2021-06-09T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2021-06-09T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2021-06-15T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2021-06-16T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1852 Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2021-06-16T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-23T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-06-23T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2021-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2021-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 43 of 2021

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/25087115-8d54-4d07-940a-f3e35b663d30`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).