republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2023-2024/hb-1716.md

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Bill	An Act amending Title 15 (Corporations and Unincorporated Associations) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in entities generally, further providing for requirements for names generally and providing for registration of name of domestic nonfiling association; in entity transactions, further providing for nature of transactions and for approval by limited liability company; in foreign associations, further providing for foreign registration statement; in general provisions, further providing for definitions; in corporate powers, duties and safeguards, further providing for certain specifically authorized debt terms; in officers, directors and shareholders, further providing for derivative action; in foreign business corporations, further providing for application of article; in general provisions, further providing for definitions; in corporate powers, duties and safeguards, further providing for certain specifically authorized debt terms; in officers, directors and members, further providing for derivative action; in general partnerships, further providing for contents of partnership agreement; in limited partnerships, further providing for contents of partnership agreement and for derivative action; and, in limited liability companies, further providing for contents of operating agreement and for derivative action.	An Act amending Title 15 (Corporations and Unincorporated Associations) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in entities generally, further providing for requirements for names generally and providing for registration of name of domestic nonfiling association; in entity transactions, further providing for nature of transactions and for approval by limited liability company; in foreign associations, further providing for foreign registration statement; in general provisions, further providing for definitions; in corporate powers, duties and safeguards, further providing for certain specifically authorized debt terms; in officers, directors and shareholders, further providing for derivative action; in foreign business corporations, further providing for application of article; in general provisions, further providing for definitions; in corporate powers, duties and safeguards, further providing for certain specifically authorized debt terms; in officers, directors and members, further providing for derivative action; in general partnerships, further providing for contents of partnership agreement; in limited partnerships, further providing for contents of partnership agreement and for derivative action; and, in limited liability companies, further providing for contents of operating agreement and for derivative action.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2023-2024	HB 1716	Pennsylvania HB 1716 (2023-2024)	bill		enacted	Perry Warren	6	21	10	2023-09-26T04:00:00+00:00	2024-07-15T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/1a773f13-2444-4482-9781-c8bfa73b8e45	https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=6&rollcallid=990&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0	2e835dbe0efb50de530231c43b5112add5dce8808d02af1d3f10dfeea83c810d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania HB 1716 (2023-2024) — An Act amending Title 15 (Corporations and Unincorporated Associations) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in entities generally, further providing for requirements for names generally and providing for registration of name of domestic nonfiling association; in entity transactions, further providing for nature of transactions and for approval by limited liability company; in foreign associations, further providing for foreign registration statement; in general provisions, further providing for definitions; in corporate powers, duties and safeguards, further providing for certain specifically authorized debt terms; in officers, directors and shareholders, further providing for derivative action; in foreign business corporations, further providing for application of article; in general provisions, further providing for definitions; in corporate powers, duties and safeguards, further providing for certain specifically authorized debt terms; in officers, directors and members, further providing for derivative action; in general partnerships, further providing for contents of partnership agreement; in limited partnerships, further providing for contents of partnership agreement and for derivative action; and, in limited liability companies, further providing for contents of operating agreement and for derivative action.

Version chain

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

1. House Amendment A02485 (committee substitute) — source
2. House Amendment A02632 (committee substitute) — source
3. House Amendment A02784 (committee substitute) — source
4. Printer's No. PN2039 (committee substitute) — source
5. Printer's No. PN2169 (committee substitute) — source
6. Printer's No. PN2230 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — 37–0 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE — 50–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 203–0 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (Commerce): Adopt Amendment — 25–0 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (Commerce): Bring Up The Bill For Consideration — 25–0 (pass) · lower
• A2632 — 100–102 (fail) · lower
• Committee vote (Commerce): Report Bill As Amended — 25–0 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (Judiciary): Reported as Committed — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — 24–0 (pass) · upper
• A2784 — 102–100 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Perry Warren — primary (person)
• Benjamin Sanchez — cosponsor (person)
• David Delloso — cosponsor (person)
• Maureen Madden — cosponsor (person)
• Mike Jones — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-09-26T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to Commerce referral-committee
• 2023-10-18T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as amended amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2023-10-18T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2023-10-18T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2023-10-30T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2023-10-31T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration, with amendments reading-2
• 2023-10-31T04:00:00+00:00 Re-committed to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2023-11-13T05:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2023-11-13T05:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2023-11-28T05:00:00+00:00 Referred to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2024-07-01T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2024-07-01T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2024-07-02T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2024-07-02T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-07-02T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2024-07-03T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2024-07-08T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2024-07-08T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2024-07-09T04:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-07-15T04:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor executive-signature
• 2024-07-15T04:00:00+00:00 Act No. 59 of 2024

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1a773f13-2444-4482-9781-c8bfa73b8e45. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).