---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 8 (Boroughs and Incorporated Towns) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in vacancies in office, further providing for filling vacancies in elective borough offices."
description: "An Act amending Title 8 (Boroughs and Incorporated Towns) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in vacancies in office, further providing for filling vacancies in elective borough offices."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 862"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 862 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Patty Kim"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-06-19T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f978261-6532-4953-973b-19bb1219ecdb"
source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=30&rollcallid=1566&sessYr=2025&sessInd=0"
source_hash: "4ae51159067a1bff3f4b0eca3e5e1fb367a120b53c3a5c36bc5a0256b982f585"
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 862 (2025-2026) — An Act amending Title 8 (Boroughs and Incorporated Towns) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in vacancies in office, further providing for filling vacancies in elective borough offices.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. PN0973** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2025/0/SB0862/PN0973)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **199–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — **22–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — **37–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Local Government): Report Bill As Committed — **26–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **48–2** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Local Government): Reported as Committed — **11–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Patty Kim — primary (person)
- Cris Dush — cosponsor (person)
- Dawn Keefer — cosponsor (person)
- Elder Vogel — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Costa — cosponsor (person)
- Judy Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Rosemary Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Hutchinson — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy Kearney — cosponsor (person)
- Tracy Pennycuick — cosponsor (person)
- Wayne Fontana — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2025-10-07T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2025-10-07T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2025-10-08T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2025-10-08T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2025-10-28T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2025-12-08T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-12-09T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2025-12-17T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2025-12-17T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2025-12-17T05:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2026-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2026-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2026-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 9 of 2026

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7f978261-6532-4953-973b-19bb1219ecdb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).