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type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 68 (Real and Personal Property) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in creation, alteration and termination of condominiums, further providing for contents of declaration and all condominiums and for amendment of declaration; in management of the condominium, further providing for bylaws; in protection of purchasers, further providing for public offering statement and general provisions; in creation, alteration and termination of cooperatives, further providing for contents of declaration and for amendment of declaration; in management of cooperatives, further providing for bylaws; in protection of cooperative interest purchasers, further providing for public offering statement and general provisions; in creation, alteration and termination of planned communities, further providing for contents of declaration and all planned communities and for amendment of declaration; in management of planned community, further providing for bylaws; and, in protection of purchasers, further providing for public offering statement and general provisions."
description: "An Act amending Title 68 (Real and Personal Property) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in creation, alteration and termination of condominiums, further providing for contents of declaration and all condominiums and for amendment of declaration; in management of the condominium, further providing for bylaws; in protection of purchasers, further providing for public offering statement and general provisions; in creation, alteration and termination of cooperatives, further providing for contents of declaration and for amendment of declaration; in management of cooperatives, further providing for bylaws; in protection of cooperative interest purchasers, further providing for public offering statement and general provisions; in creation, alteration and termination of planned communities, further providing for contents of declaration and all planned communities and for amendment of declaration; in management of planned community, further providing for bylaws; and, in protection of purchasers, further providing for public offering statement and general provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1578"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 1578 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Helm"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-06-07T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-03-27T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e1b972f-c6a5-4313-9f7a-e46468c8affc"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=1578"
source_hash: "08d8f4801fdbaa29da5605d2b9d2ace62f1581c1db8e16c591e51eda483d8474"
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 1578 (2019-2020) — An Act amending Title 68 (Real and Personal Property) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in creation, alteration and termination of condominiums, further providing for contents of declaration and all condominiums and for amendment of declaration; in management of the condominium, further providing for bylaws; in protection of purchasers, further providing for public offering statement and general provisions; in creation, alteration and termination of cooperatives, further providing for contents of declaration and for amendment of declaration; in management of cooperatives, further providing for bylaws; in protection of cooperative interest purchasers, further providing for public offering statement and general provisions; in creation, alteration and termination of planned communities, further providing for contents of declaration and all planned communities and for amendment of declaration; in management of planned community, further providing for bylaws; and, in protection of purchasers, further providing for public offering statement and general provisions.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Printer's No. 2044** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=1578&pn=2044)
## Votes
- FINAL PASSAGE — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **199–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (URBAN AFFAIRS AND HOUSING): Reported as Committed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Helm — primary (person)
- Caltagirone — cosponsor (person)
- James — cosponsor (person)
- Keefer — cosponsor (person)
- Kortz — cosponsor (person)
- Millard — cosponsor (person)
- Moul — cosponsor (person)
- Schmitt — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-06-07T04:00:00+00:00** PN 2044 Referred to URBAN AFFAIRS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-07-08T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to URBAN AFFAIRS AND HOUSING `referral-committee`
- **2019-10-23T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-10-23T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-11-19T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2019-11-19T05:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2020-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2020-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-27T04:00:00+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/8e1b972f-c6a5-4313-9f7a-e46468c8affc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).