---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in employees, further providing for definitions and for powers and duties of commission."
description: "An Act amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in employees, further providing for definitions and for powers and duties of commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 836"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 836 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Frank Farry"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-06-20T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-10-11T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/36f53085-54e7-4e37-8013-b56a572eefc5"
source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=60&rollcallid=743&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0"
source_hash: "6836631d621c2dfba0c1f2096c4cc4295ff5c3d9aa4eee4843c8dad26f22955b"
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 836 (2023-2024) — An Act amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in employees, further providing for definitions and for powers and duties of commission.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. PN0925** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0836/PN0925)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **202–1** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Judiciary): Report Bill As Committed — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — **37–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Law & Justice): Reported as Committed — **11–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Frank Farry — primary (person)
- James Brewster — cosponsor (person)
- Judith Schwank — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Regan — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Law & Justice `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2023-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2023-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2023-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2023-07-06T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2023-09-27T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2023-09-27T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-10-02T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-10-02T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-10-03T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2023-10-03T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2023-10-04T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-10-11T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-11T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 10 of 2023

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/36f53085-54e7-4e37-8013-b56a572eefc5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).