republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2017-2018/hb-422.md

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Bill	An Act amending the act of June 24, 1931 (P.L.1206, No.331), known as The First Class Township Code, in election of officers and vacancies in office, further providing for electors only eligible and for vacancies in general.	An Act amending the act of June 24, 1931 (P.L.1206, No.331), known as The First Class Township Code, in election of officers and vacancies in office, further providing for electors only eligible and for vacancies in general.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2017-2018	HB 422	Pennsylvania HB 422 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Gabler	2	18	3	2017-02-10T05:00:00+00:00	2017-07-20T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/345a786d-b34b-4984-bba3-e57a82ff8476	http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=422	799db169074c82232a269edf121d212baa990a33be4256e99d7802cdc64e6c4d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania HB 422 (2017-2018) — An Act amending the act of June 24, 1931 (P.L.1206, No.331), known as The First Class Township Code, in election of officers and vacancies in office, further providing for electors only eligible and for vacancies in general.

Version chain

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

1. Printer's No. 0438 (committee substitute) — source
2. Printer's No. 1058 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FINAL PASSAGE — 49–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 191–0 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (LOCAL GOVERNMENT): Reported as Committed — 12–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Gabler — primary (person)
• English — cosponsor (person)
• Gillen — cosponsor (person)
• Irvin — cosponsor (person)
• Longietti — cosponsor (person)
• Miccarelli — cosponsor (person)
• Ward — cosponsor (person)
• Wheeland — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-10T05:00:00+00:00 PN 0438 Referred to LOCAL GOVERNMENT referral-committee
• 2017-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 PN 1058 Reported as amended committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2017-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2017-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2017-04-03T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2017-04-04T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2017-04-04T04:00:00+00:00 Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2017-04-05T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2017-04-05T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2017-04-06T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to LOCAL GOVERNMENT referral-committee
• 2017-06-13T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2017-06-13T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2017-06-26T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2017-07-08T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2017-07-09T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2017-07-09T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2017-07-10T04:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-07-20T04:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/345a786d-b34b-4984-bba3-e57a82ff8476. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).