republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2017-2018/hb-653.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 68 (Real and Personal Property) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in real property, providing for real estate foreclosure of vacant and abandoned property and for sheriff's commission and creditor attorney fees."
description: "An Act amending Title 68 (Real and Personal Property) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in real property, providing for real estate foreclosure of vacant and abandoned property and for sheriff's commission and creditor attorney fees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 653"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 653 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Masser"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 28
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2017-02-28T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-06-19T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4a35b291-9eaa-4b07-8452-ae3e588a513d"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=653"
source_hash: "61b9992a7a7340fbd188f9297fb7e18b2a8739c28d771a8fcd421561a16049db"
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 HB 653 (2017-2018) — An Act amending Title 68 (Real and Personal Property) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in real property, providing for real estate foreclosure of vacant and abandoned property and for sheriff's commission and creditor attorney fees.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 0692** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0653&pn=0692)
2. **Printer's No. 3613** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0653&pn=3613)

## Votes

- HB 653 PN 692, A5635, HUGHES AMENDMENT NO. A-5635 — **16–33** (fail) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **195–0** (pass) · lower
- HB 653 PN 692, A5634, LEACH AMENDMENT NO. A-5634 — **16–33** (fail) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **47–2** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (URBAN AFFAIRS AND HOUSING): Reported as Committed — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 653 PN 3613, CONCUR — **191–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 653 PN 692, 2017 A1054, SUSP RULES, DELUCA — **79–112** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Masser — primary (person)
- A. Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Barbin — cosponsor (person)
- Barrar — cosponsor (person)
- Cox — cosponsor (person)
- Day — cosponsor (person)
- Dunbar — cosponsor (person)
- Helm — cosponsor (person)
- Irvin — cosponsor (person)
- James — cosponsor (person)
- Kortz — cosponsor (person)
- Longietti — cosponsor (person)
- M. K. Keller — cosponsor (person)
- Millard — cosponsor (person)
- Neilson — cosponsor (person)
- Pashinski — cosponsor (person)
- Schlossberg — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Solomon — cosponsor (person)
- Staats — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Watson — cosponsor (person)
- Zimmerman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0692 Referred to URBAN AFFAIRS `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2017-04-25T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2017-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2017-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2017-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to URBAN AFFAIRS AND HOUSING `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2017-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2017-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2018-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2018-06-05T04:00:00+00:00** PN 3613 Amended on third consideration
- **2018-06-05T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2018-06-05T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **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 `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **2018-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2018-06-12T04:00:00+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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4a35b291-9eaa-4b07-8452-ae3e588a513d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).