republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2017-2018/sb-851.md

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Bill	An Act amending the act of July 7, 1947 (P.L.1368, No.542), known as the Real Estate Tax Sale Law, in short title and definitions, further providing for definitions; and, in sale of property, further providing for repurchase by owner and providing for limitation on trusteeship and for ownership interests and responsibilities of delinquent property owner.	An Act amending the act of July 7, 1947 (P.L.1368, No.542), known as the Real Estate Tax Sale Law, in short title and definitions, further providing for definitions; and, in sale of property, further providing for repurchase by owner and providing for limitation on trusteeship and for ownership interests and responsibilities of delinquent property owner.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2017-2018	SB 851	Pennsylvania SB 851 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Argall	2	23	6	2017-09-12T04:00:00+00:00	2018-06-19T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/3c2f66dc-17d4-4130-b575-fe88f49b8486	http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=851	3c9f7b0c178234e1f8c0a1c7cf3f1edba76805a5c2bde06103d8cc5cc0b8c57c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania SB 851 (2017-2018) — An Act amending the act of July 7, 1947 (P.L.1368, No.542), known as the Real Estate Tax Sale Law, in short title and definitions, further providing for definitions; and, in sale of property, further providing for repurchase by owner and providing for limitation on trusteeship and for ownership interests and responsibilities of delinquent property owner.

Version chain

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

1. Printer's No. 1150 (committee substitute) — source
2. Printer's No. 1795 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — 26–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 50–0 (pass) · upper
• CONCUR IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS — 49–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — 18–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (URBAN AFFAIRS AND HOUSING): Reported as Committed — 12–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 195–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Argall — primary (person)
• Bartolotta — cosponsor (person)
• Browne — cosponsor (person)
• Mcgarrigle — cosponsor (person)
• Mensch — cosponsor (person)
• Rafferty — cosponsor (person)
• Reschenthaler — cosponsor (person)
• Vulakovich — cosponsor (person)
• Ward — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-09-12T04:00:00+00:00 PN 1150 Referred to URBAN AFFAIRS AND HOUSING referral-committee
• 2017-10-18T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2017-10-18T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2017-12-13T05:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2017-12-13T05:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2018-01-22T05:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2018-01-23T05:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2018-01-24T05:00:00+00:00 Referred to URBAN AFFAIRS referral-committee
• 2018-05-23T04:00:00+00:00 PN 1795 Reported as amended committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2018-05-23T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2018-05-23T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2018-05-24T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2018-06-04T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2018-06-04T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2018-06-06T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2018-06-06T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2018-06-11T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS referral-committee
• 2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported on concurrence, as committed committee-passage
• 2018-06-13T04:00:00+00:00 Senate concurred in House amendments
• 2018-06-13T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2018-06-13T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2018-06-13T04:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2018-06-19T04:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3c2f66dc-17d4-4130-b575-fe88f49b8486. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).