republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2017-2018/sb-690.md

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Bill	An Act amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in home rule and optional plan government, further providing for procedure for amendment of charter or optional plan.	An Act amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in home rule and optional plan government, further providing for procedure for amendment of charter or optional plan.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2017-2018	SB 690	Pennsylvania SB 690 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Eichelberger	1	18	3	2017-05-15T04:00:00+00:00	2017-10-30T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/5b2645c0-c18a-492b-a7e2-3aa4db86f4dd	http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=690	78c6c44cb41a1b580e52fce094521e411ae5b2ac0db5b09a4fd349de98c0a9a9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania SB 690 (2017-2018) — An Act amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in home rule and optional plan government, further providing for procedure for amendment of charter or optional plan.

Version chain

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

1. Printer's No. 0848 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FINAL PASSAGE — 189–0 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE — 50–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (LOCAL GOVERNMENT): Reported as Committed — 12–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Eichelberger — primary (person)
• Blake — cosponsor (person)
• Hutchinson — cosponsor (person)
• Mcgarrigle — cosponsor (person)
• Schwank — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-05-15T04:00:00+00:00 PN 0848 Referred to LOCAL GOVERNMENT referral-committee
• 2017-06-06T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2017-06-06T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2017-06-14T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2017-06-29T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2017-06-30T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to LOCAL GOVERNMENT referral-committee
• 2017-10-04T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2017-10-04T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2017-10-04T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2017-10-16T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2017-10-17T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2017-10-17T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2017-10-18T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2017-10-18T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2017-10-23T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2017-10-24T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2017-10-24T04:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-10-30T04:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5b2645c0-c18a-492b-a7e2-3aa4db86f4dd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).