---
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 taxation and finance, further providing for annual budget."
description: "An Act amending the act of May 1, 1933 (P.L.103, No.69), known as The Second Class Township Code, in taxation and finance, further providing for annual budget."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 317"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 317 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gordner"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-02-22T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-11-27T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9dd18d4e-2be7-4dcd-9d21-98cfdd10f46d"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=317"
source_hash: "feb64c8f4ab4ba9b183924ebc229f94c64bbe9d6f6890d136ea4b4b63aa7a679"
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 317 (2019-2020) — An Act amending the act of May 1, 1933 (P.L.103, No.69), known as The Second Class Township Code, in taxation and finance, further providing for annual budget.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 0296** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0317&pn=0296)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **188–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (LOCAL GOVERNMENT): Reported as Committed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gordner — primary (person)
- Alloway — cosponsor (person)
- Baker — cosponsor (person)
- Blake — cosponsor (person)
- Browne — cosponsor (person)
- J. Ward — cosponsor (person)
- K. Ward — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0296 Referred to LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2019-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2019-10-30T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-10-30T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-10-30T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2019-11-19T05:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2019-11-20T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2019-11-20T05:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-11-21T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-11-21T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-11-21T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2019-11-21T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2019-11-22T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-11-27T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9dd18d4e-2be7-4dcd-9d21-98cfdd10f46d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).