republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2021-2022/hb-1591.md

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Bill	An Act amending the act of August 9, 1955 (P.L.323, No.130), known as The County Code, in names and corporate powers, classification of counties, further providing for ascertainment, certification and effect of change of class; and making related repeals.	An Act amending the act of August 9, 1955 (P.L.323, No.130), known as The County Code, in names and corporate powers, classification of counties, further providing for ascertainment, certification and effect of change of class; and making related repeals.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2021-2022	HB 1591	Pennsylvania HB 1591 (2021-2022)	bill		enacted	Knowles	2	24	6	2021-06-10T04:00:00+00:00	2021-10-01T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/05b92ef4-ab21-43c8-88fd-1696fb09811f	http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2021&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=1591	79fdcfe621de6853fd710a01a2635be476dcb4843dfd383983058a7ba3e6275e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania HB 1591 (2021-2022) — An Act amending the act of August 9, 1955 (P.L.323, No.130), known as The County Code, in names and corporate powers, classification of counties, further providing for ascertainment, certification and effect of change of class; and making related repeals.

Version chain

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

1. Printer's No. 1754 (committee substitute) — source
2. Printer's No. 2139 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — 23–0 (pass) · upper
• HB 1591 PN 2139, CONCUR — 199–0 (pass) · lower
• HB 1591 PN 2139, Final Passage — 49–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (LOCAL GOVERNMENT): Adopted A02032 — 10–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 201–0 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (LOCAL GOVERNMENT): Reported as Amended — 10–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Knowles — primary (person)
• Freeman — cosponsor (person)
• James — cosponsor (person)
• Moul — cosponsor (person)
• Sappey — cosponsor (person)
• Warner — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-06-10T04:00:00+00:00 PN 1754 Referred to LOCAL GOVERNMENT referral-committee
• 2021-06-16T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2021-06-16T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2021-06-16T04:00:00+00:00 Re-committed to RULES referral-committee
• 2021-06-23T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2021-06-23T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2021-06-23T04:00:00+00:00 Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2021-06-25T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to LOCAL GOVERNMENT referral-committee
• 2021-09-21T04:00:00+00:00 PN 2139 Reported as amended amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2021-09-21T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2021-09-22T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2021-09-22T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2021-09-27T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2021-09-28T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2021-09-29T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to RULES referral-committee
• 2021-09-29T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported on concurrence, as committed committee-passage
• 2021-09-29T04:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Senate amendments
• 2021-09-29T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2021-09-29T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2021-09-29T04:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-10-01T04:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor executive-signature
• 2021-10-01T04:00:00+00:00 Act No. 74 of 2021

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/05b92ef4-ab21-43c8-88fd-1696fb09811f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).