---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in employees, further providing for powers and duties of commission."
description: "An Act amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in employees, further providing for powers and duties of commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 863"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 863 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dan Williams"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2023-04-10T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-12-14T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d24221f-5df3-4175-ab19-80609c072c04"
source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=60&rollcallid=905&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0"
source_hash: "6447ba6fb5c9eb0006f66fe6d4b1089edd90fc32497296bbe87a72ac1c0b80e1"
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 863 (2023-2024) — An Act amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in employees, further providing for powers and duties of commission.

## Version chain

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

1. **House Amendment A02766** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A02766)
2. **Printer's No. PN0839** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/HB0863/PN0839)
3. **Printer's No. PN2105** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/HB0863/PN2105)
4. **Printer's No. PN2285** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/HB0863/PN2285)
5. **Printer's No. PN2410** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/HB0863/PN2410)
6. **Senate Amendment A03263** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A03263)

## Votes

- Committee vote (Judiciary): Adopt Amendment — **25–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Law & Justice): Adopt Amendment — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Law & Justice): Reported as Amended — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- A2766 — **102–101** (pass) · lower
- CONCURRENCE — **118–85** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **115–88** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — **22–15** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Rules): Re-report Bill As Committed — **33–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Judiciary): Report Bill As Amended — **15–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dan Williams — primary (person)
- Benjamin Sanchez — cosponsor (person)
- G. Roni Green — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Webster — cosponsor (person)
- Maureen Madden — cosponsor (person)
- Morgan Cephas — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Kinsey — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-10-04T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2023-10-04T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2023-10-04T04:00:00+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, with amendments `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`
- **2023-11-28T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Law & Justice `referral-committee`
- **2023-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2023-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2023-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2023-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **2023-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2023-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2023-12-14T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-12-14T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-12-14T05:00:00+00:00** Act No. 37 of 2023

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9d24221f-5df3-4175-ab19-80609c072c04`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).