republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2023-2024/sb-645.md

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Bill	An Act amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in general provisions, providing for ten-year limitation for acquiring title to vacant land for gardens in cities of the first class.	An Act amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in general provisions, providing for ten-year limitation for acquiring title to vacant land for gardens in cities of the first class.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2023-2024	SB 645	Pennsylvania SB 645 (2023-2024)	bill		enacted	Vincent Hughes	5	25	8	2023-04-20T04:00:00+00:00	2024-07-08T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/88c5cb80-877d-46b4-a89d-786586cb2a7c	https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=62&rollcallid=2225&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0	00cfe76cad18c1857b81756f401357ceebe200ba5745b4951b27edf3c278e6d5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania SB 645 (2023-2024) — An Act amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in general provisions, providing for ten-year limitation for acquiring title to vacant land for gardens in cities of the first class.

Version chain

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

1. Printer's No. PN0618 (committee substitute) — source
2. Printer's No. PN0686 (committee substitute) — source
3. Printer's No. PN1789 (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate Amendment A00355 (committee substitute) — source
5. Senate Amendment A05135 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Committee vote (Judiciary): Reported as Committed — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 42–7 (pass) · upper
• HUGHES AMENDMENT NO. A-355 — 47–3 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — 22–2 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (Housing & Community Development): Report Bill As Committed — 14–9 (pass) · lower
• LAUGHLIN AMENDMENT NO. A-5135 — 50–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 102–100 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — 37–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Vincent Hughes — primary (person)
• Nikil Saval — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-04-20T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2023-04-25T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2023-04-25T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2023-05-01T04:00:00+00:00 Amended on second consideration amendment-passage
• 2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-04-29T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2024-05-08T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2024-06-10T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2024-06-10T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2024-06-26T04:00:00+00:00 Amended on third consideration amendment-passage
• 2024-06-27T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2024-06-27T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to Housing & Community Development referral-committee
• 2024-06-27T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2024-06-27T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2024-06-27T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2024-06-27T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-07-01T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2024-07-01T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2024-07-01T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2024-07-02T04:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2024-07-02T04:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-07-08T04:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor executive-signature
• 2024-07-08T04:00:00+00:00 Act No. 50 of 2024

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/88c5cb80-877d-46b4-a89d-786586cb2a7c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).