---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending the act of May 1, 1933 (P.L.103, No.69), known as The Second Class Township Code, in ordinances, further providing for ordinances."
description: "An Act amending the act of May 1, 1933 (P.L.103, No.69), known as The Second Class Township Code, in ordinances, further providing for ordinances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 209"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 209 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lisa Borowski"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-01-17T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-06-27T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ab9d1713-f598-4922-9cd1-c2d56cab84fa"
source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=30&rollcallid=79&sessYr=2025&sessInd=0"
source_hash: "5091d9389cc53de291cd163a0e13e5f7fbcf95bb9d433143c06463f01d184350"
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 209 (2025-2026) — An Act amending the act of May 1, 1933 (P.L.103, No.69), known as The Second Class Township Code, in ordinances, further providing for ordinances.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. PN0157** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2025/0/HB0209/PN0157)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–1** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Local Government): Report Bill As Committed — **26–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — **37–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Local Government): Reported as Committed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — **22–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **194–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lisa Borowski — primary (person)
- Benjamin Sanchez — cosponsor (person)
- Carol Hill-Evans — cosponsor (person)
- G. Roni Green — cosponsor (person)
- Jeremy Shaffer — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Haddock — cosponsor (person)
- Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz — cosponsor (person)
- Jose Giral — cosponsor (person)
- Keith Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Melissa Cerrato — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Takac — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-17T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2025-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2025-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2025-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2025-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2025-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2025-06-23T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2025-06-23T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2025-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2025-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2025-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 3 of 2025

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ab9d1713-f598-4922-9cd1-c2d56cab84fa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).