republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2017-2018/sb-948.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, further providing for suits and property.	An Act amending the act of June 24, 1931 (P.L.1206, No.331), known as The First Class Township Code, further providing for suits and property.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2017-2018	SB 948	Pennsylvania SB 948 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Hutchinson	1	20	4	2017-11-15T05:00:00+00:00	2018-10-24T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/7f68f47e-69cc-42d5-9f80-f1440443b0ad	http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=948	f9057a25beaf249ad0ac92e43192942601433ec34371029705ff9190259ec1e7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania SB 948 (2017-2018) — An Act amending the act of June 24, 1931 (P.L.1206, No.331), known as The First Class Township Code, further providing for suits and property.

Version chain

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

1. Printer's No. 1331 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FINAL PASSAGE — 181–0 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (LOCAL GOVERNMENT): Reported as Committed — 12–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — 25–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 49–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

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

Timeline

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

• 2017-11-15T05:00:00+00:00 PN 1331 Referred to LOCAL GOVERNMENT referral-committee
• 2018-01-23T05:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2018-01-23T05:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2018-01-29T05:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2018-01-29T05:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2018-05-21T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2018-06-05T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2018-06-08T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to LOCAL GOVERNMENT referral-committee
• 2018-06-20T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2018-06-20T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2018-06-20T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2018-10-15T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2018-10-16T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2018-10-16T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2018-10-17T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2018-10-18T04:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2018-10-24T04:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7f68f47e-69cc-42d5-9f80-f1440443b0ad. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).