---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending the act of July 31, 1968 (P.L.805, No.247), known as the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, in general provisions, providing for certain transmittals and submissions to governmental bodies."
description: "An Act amending the act of July 31, 1968 (P.L.805, No.247), known as the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, in general provisions, providing for certain transmittals and submissions to governmental bodies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1477"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 1477 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ismail Smith-Wade-El"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-06-21T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-07-08T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b3211db-e187-42b3-b432-740c0ca5c652"
source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=30&rollcallid=1025&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0"
source_hash: "daf24649fcd0a11bc7e08381fd4d81d8fa77197385fc07d4baa6d50d2461b2af"
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 1477 (2023-2024) — An Act amending the act of July 31, 1968 (P.L.805, No.247), known as the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, in general provisions, providing for certain transmittals and submissions to governmental bodies.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. PN1663** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/HB1477/PN1663)

## Votes

- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — **37–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Local Government): Report Bill As Committed — **25–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **203–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Local Government): Reported as Committed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ismail Smith-Wade-El — primary (person)
- Christina Sappey — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Moul — cosponsor (person)
- R. Lee James — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Freeman — cosponsor (person)
- Tina Davis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2023-10-18T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-10-18T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2023-10-18T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2023-10-31T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2023-11-13T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2023-11-13T05:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-11-14T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-11-14T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-11-21T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2024-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2024-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-03T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-07-01T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-07-02T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2024-07-02T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2024-07-03T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-07-08T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-07-08T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 44 of 2024

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2b3211db-e187-42b3-b432-740c0ca5c652`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).