republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2021-2022/sb-479.md

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Bill	An Act amending the act of July 10, 1987 (P.L.246, No.47), known as the Municipalities Financial Recovery Act, in municipal financial distress, further providing for designation and for performance of coordinator; and, in receivership in municipalities, further providing for receiver.	An Act amending the act of July 10, 1987 (P.L.246, No.47), known as the Municipalities Financial Recovery Act, in municipal financial distress, further providing for designation and for performance of coordinator; and, in receivership in municipalities, further providing for receiver.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2021-2022	SB 479	Pennsylvania SB 479 (2021-2022)	bill		enacted	Hutchinson	1	23	4	2021-03-31T04:00:00+00:00	2022-04-19T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/057569ff-2226-4a50-a78a-7da81fbbc5d1	http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2021&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=479	89846d5fe91d3c93fb6f032a78000bdc29ea01c4532f7eb0f726fc3f022a261d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania SB 479 (2021-2022) — An Act amending the act of July 10, 1987 (P.L.246, No.47), known as the Municipalities Financial Recovery Act, in municipal financial distress, further providing for designation and for performance of coordinator; and, in receivership in municipalities, further providing for receiver.

Version chain

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

1. Printer's No. 0504 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Committee vote (LOCAL GOVERNMENT): Reported as Committed — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 479 PN 504, Final Passage — 47–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — 23–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 198–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Hutchinson — primary (person)
• Dush — cosponsor (person)
• J. Ward — cosponsor (person)
• Kearney — cosponsor (person)
• Schwank — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 PN 0504 Referred to LOCAL GOVERNMENT referral-committee
• 2021-04-28T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2021-04-28T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2021-05-11T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2021-05-11T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2021-05-25T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2021-06-07T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2021-06-08T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to LOCAL GOVERNMENT referral-committee
• 2021-09-29T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2021-09-29T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2021-09-29T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2021-12-15T05:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2021-12-15T05:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2022-01-25T05:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2022-01-26T05:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2022-01-26T05:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2022-04-13T04:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2022-04-19T04:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor executive-signature
• 2022-04-19T04:00:00+00:00 Act No. 19 of 2022

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/057569ff-2226-4a50-a78a-7da81fbbc5d1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).