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type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending the act of July 10, 1987 (P.L.246, No.47), known as the Municipalities Financial Recovery Act, in Early Intervention Program, further providing for definitions, for program objectives and for authorization; in municipal financial distress, further providing for limitation of status; and making an editorial change."
description: "An Act amending the act of July 10, 1987 (P.L.246, No.47), known as the Municipalities Financial Recovery Act, in Early Intervention Program, further providing for definitions, for program objectives and for authorization; in municipal financial distress, further providing for limitation of status; and making an editorial change."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 275"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 275 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mehaffie"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-29T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-06-12T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cc944ece-d6a1-435f-9eb5-c03d3415ee85"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=275"
source_hash: "ddbe46e65d57d17baf3f546f97b0c2cb111d3323db98b011ac25af1aa169ef3e"
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 275 (2019-2020) — An Act amending the act of July 10, 1987 (P.L.246, No.47), known as the Municipalities Financial Recovery Act, in Early Intervention Program, further providing for definitions, for program objectives and for authorization; in municipal financial distress, further providing for limitation of status; and making an editorial change.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Printer's No. 0246** (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=0275&pn=0246)
## Votes
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **193–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (LOCAL GOVERNMENT): Reported as Committed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Mehaffie — primary (person)
- Burgos — cosponsor (person)
- Freeman — cosponsor (person)
- Hill-Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Kinsey — cosponsor (person)
- Millard — cosponsor (person)
- Murt — cosponsor (person)
- Pickett — cosponsor (person)
- Rothman — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan — cosponsor (person)
- Saylor — cosponsor (person)
- Schweyer — cosponsor (person)
- Solomon — cosponsor (person)
- Ullman — cosponsor (person)
- Wheeland — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0246 Referred to LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2019-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2019-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2019-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2019-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-03T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-04T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2019-06-04T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2019-06-04T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-12T04:00:00+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/cc944ece-d6a1-435f-9eb5-c03d3415ee85`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).