republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2019-2020/hb-548.md

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Bill	An Act amending Titles 8 (Boroughs and Incorporated Towns) and 11 (Cities) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in mayor, further providing for president or vice president of council to act as mayor; in taxation and finance, further providing for tax levy and for tax ordinance; in ordinances, further providing for ordinances and resolutions, for enactment, approval and veto, for recording, advertising and proof and for codification of ordinances; in council, further providing for ordinances and resolutions, for journal of proceedings, recording and withholding of vote, for records of ordinances maintained by city clerk and for time ordinances go into effect; and, in taxation, further providing for tax levies.	An Act amending Titles 8 (Boroughs and Incorporated Towns) and 11 (Cities) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in mayor, further providing for president or vice president of council to act as mayor; in taxation and finance, further providing for tax levy and for tax ordinance; in ordinances, further providing for ordinances and resolutions, for enactment, approval and veto, for recording, advertising and proof and for codification of ordinances; in council, further providing for ordinances and resolutions, for journal of proceedings, recording and withholding of vote, for records of ordinances maintained by city clerk and for time ordinances go into effect; and, in taxation, further providing for tax levies.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2019-2020	HB 548	Pennsylvania HB 548 (2019-2020)	bill		enacted	Emrick	7	20	4	2019-02-19T05:00:00+00:00	2019-07-02T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/363ac24e-d957-4632-91d0-87753f003866	http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=548	24752c88ab0de3eff5fa8a6a895aed3725eaa9f8e3687a7db1671df962556e94	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania HB 548 (2019-2020) — An Act amending Titles 8 (Boroughs and Incorporated Towns) and 11 (Cities) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in mayor, further providing for president or vice president of council to act as mayor; in taxation and finance, further providing for tax levy and for tax ordinance; in ordinances, further providing for ordinances and resolutions, for enactment, approval and veto, for recording, advertising and proof and for codification of ordinances; in council, further providing for ordinances and resolutions, for journal of proceedings, recording and withholding of vote, for records of ordinances maintained by city clerk and for time ordinances go into effect; and, in taxation, further providing for tax levies.

Version chain

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

1. House Amendment A00100 (committee substitute) — source
2. House Amendment A00166 (committee substitute) — source
3. House Amendment A00167 (committee substitute) — source
4. House Amendment A00177 (committee substitute) — source
5. House Amendment A00277 (committee substitute) — source
6. Printer's No. 0539 (committee substitute) — source
7. Printer's No. 0887 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FINAL PASSAGE — 50–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 195–1 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — 24–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (LOCAL GOVERNMENT): Reported as Committed — 11–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Emrick — primary (person)
• Masser — cosponsor (person)
• Millard — cosponsor (person)
• Neilson — cosponsor (person)
• Pickett — cosponsor (person)
• Simmons — cosponsor (person)
• Zimmerman — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-19T05:00:00+00:00 PN 0539 Referred to LOCAL GOVERNMENT referral-committee
• 2019-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 PN 0887 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/363ac24e-d957-4632-91d0-87753f003866. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).