---
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 township and special tax levies."
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 township and special tax levies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 1133"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 1133 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rosemary Brown"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-10-31T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3113d0e3-97c0-4c71-88d1-9a4be1235998"
source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=30&rollcallid=2364&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0"
source_hash: "2220113a34145de8c7c78e154e4525c7d9033c9c037a9e2442b351ef46fb0362"
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 1133 (2023-2024) — 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 township and special tax levies.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. PN1471** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB1133/PN1471)
2. **Printer's No. PN1581** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB1133/PN1581)
3. **Senate Amendment A04236** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A04236)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- 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 (Local Government): Reported as Committed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Local Government): Report Bill As Committed — **25–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **200–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rosemary Brown — primary (person)
- Elder Vogel — cosponsor (person)
- Judy Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Lynda Schlegel Culver — cosponsor (person)
- Michele Brooks — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy Kearney — cosponsor (person)
- Tracy Pennycuick — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2024-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2024-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Amended on third consideration `amendment-passage`
- **2024-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2024-09-30T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-09-30T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2024-09-30T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2024-10-21T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2024-10-22T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2024-10-22T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-10-23T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-10-23T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-10-23T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2024-10-23T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2024-10-23T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-10-31T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-10-31T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 140 of 2024

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3113d0e3-97c0-4c71-88d1-9a4be1235998`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).