---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in alteration of territory or corporate entity and dissolution, providing for municipal boundary change; in consolidated county assessment, further providing for definitions, for changes in assessed valuation and for abstracts of building and demolition permits to be forwarded to the county assessment office; and making related repeals."
description: "An Act amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in alteration of territory or corporate entity and dissolution, providing for municipal boundary change; in consolidated county assessment, further providing for definitions, for changes in assessed valuation and for abstracts of building and demolition permits to be forwarded to the county assessment office; and making related repeals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 477"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 477 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Ward"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-03-31T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-07-07T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58440585-515c-4e16-ac84-05e98fa378dd"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2021&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=477"
source_hash: "0dc200d37a21d4b9c4aa40c7375ce95e5cf5e6256df66951b93d13091b84999f"
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 477 (2021-2022) — An Act amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in alteration of territory or corporate entity and dissolution, providing for municipal boundary change; in consolidated county assessment, further providing for definitions, for changes in assessed valuation and for abstracts of building and demolition permits to be forwarded to the county assessment office; and making related repeals.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 0502** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2021&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0477&pn=0502)
2. **Printer's No. 0689** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2021&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0477&pn=0689)
3. **Printer's No. 1783** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2021&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0477&pn=1783)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **199–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 477 PN 1783, Concur in House Amendments — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (LOCAL GOVERNMENT): Reported as Amended — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (LOCAL GOVERNMENT): A00814 — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 477 PN 689, Final Passage — **46–1** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **16–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- J. Ward — primary (person)
- Dush — cosponsor (person)
- Hutchinson — cosponsor (person)
- Kearney — cosponsor (person)
- Schwank — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** PN 0502 Referred to LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-28T04:00:00+00:00** PN 0689 Reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2021-04-28T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2021-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2021-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-06-07T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-08T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-15T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1783 Reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2022-06-15T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2022-06-15T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2022-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2022-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2022-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments
- **2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2022-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2022-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-07-07T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-07-07T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 41 of 2022

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/58440585-515c-4e16-ac84-05e98fa378dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).