---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in general provisions relating to home rule and optional plan government, further providing for limitation on municipal powers."
description: "An Act amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in general provisions relating to home rule and optional plan government, further providing for limitation on municipal powers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 86"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 86 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Martin"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-22T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-23T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dfc77047-1452-45e8-b62e-9c7c049066f4"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2021&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=86"
source_hash: "16a432ea737b97ed82fe13359fc76fb6c7013e797c00f2fd81f9155d82ff00f1"
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 86 (2021-2022) — An Act amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in general provisions relating to home rule and optional plan government, further providing for limitation on municipal powers.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 0068** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2021&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0086&pn=0068)

## Votes

- SB 86 PN 68, Final Passage — **39–9** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (JUDICIARY): Reported as Committed — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **171–30** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Martin — primary (person)
- Argall — cosponsor (person)
- Baker — cosponsor (person)
- Browne — cosponsor (person)
- Mensch — cosponsor (person)
- Phillips-Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Pittman — cosponsor (person)
- Scavello — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-22T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0068 Referred to JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2021-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2021-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2021-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2021-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2021-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2021-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 9 of 2021

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dfc77047-1452-45e8-b62e-9c7c049066f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).