republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2019-2020/hb-547.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, in corporate powers, further providing for ordinances and resolutions; and, in finance and taxation, further providing for tax levies and for tax rates to be expressed in dollars and cents.	An Act amending the act of June 24, 1931 (P.L.1206, No.331), known as The First Class Township Code, in corporate powers, further providing for ordinances and resolutions; and, in finance and taxation, further providing for tax levies and for tax rates to be expressed in dollars and cents.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2019-2020	HB 547	Pennsylvania HB 547 (2019-2020)	bill		enacted	Emrick	5	20	4	2019-02-19T05:00:00+00:00	2019-07-02T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/8edb4343-7f4e-45aa-936e-a795cead79a9	http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=547	4d3e140ceb31b7c221d189e9bbb255fe7c9475882344e080575181c6571b42bc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania HB 547 (2019-2020) — An Act amending the act of June 24, 1931 (P.L.1206, No.331), known as The First Class Township Code, in corporate powers, further providing for ordinances and resolutions; and, in finance and taxation, further providing for tax levies and for tax rates to be expressed in dollars and cents.

Version chain

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

1. House Amendment A00101 (committee substitute) — source
2. House Amendment A00176 (committee substitute) — source
3. House Amendment A00275 (committee substitute) — source
4. Printer's No. 0538 (committee substitute) — source
5. Printer's No. 0886 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Committee vote (LOCAL GOVERNMENT): Reported as Committed — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — 24–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 196–0 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE — 50–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Emrick — primary (person)
• Bernstine — cosponsor (person)
• Ciresi — cosponsor (person)
• Heffley — cosponsor (person)
• Millard — cosponsor (person)
• Pickett — cosponsor (person)
• Roae — cosponsor (person)
• Zimmerman — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-19T05:00:00+00:00 PN 0538 Referred to LOCAL GOVERNMENT referral-committee
• 2019-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 PN 0886 Reported as amended committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2019-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2019-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2019-03-20T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2019-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2019-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2019-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2019-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2019-03-29T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to LOCAL GOVERNMENT referral-committee
• 2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2019-04-30T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2019-05-06T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2019-05-06T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2019-06-03T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2019-06-25T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2019-06-25T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2019-07-02T04:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8edb4343-7f4e-45aa-936e-a795cead79a9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).