republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2023-2024/sb-753.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 8 (Boroughs and Incorporated Towns) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in associations and organizations, further providing for associations and organizations for mayors; in elections of officers, further providing for eligibility, for officers elected and for decrease in number of members of council; in powers, duties and rights of appointed officers and employees, further providing for appointments and incompatible offices and for police serving under cooperative agreement or contract; in corporate powers, further providing for specific powers; in taxation and finance, further providing for investment of funds; providing for solid waste collection and disposition; in ordinances, further providing for ordinances and resolutions and for publication; and making an editorial change."
description: "An Act amending Title 8 (Boroughs and Incorporated Towns) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in associations and organizations, further providing for associations and organizations for mayors; in elections of officers, further providing for eligibility, for officers elected and for decrease in number of members of council; in powers, duties and rights of appointed officers and employees, further providing for appointments and incompatible offices and for police serving under cooperative agreement or contract; in corporate powers, further providing for specific powers; in taxation and finance, further providing for investment of funds; providing for solid waste collection and disposition; in ordinances, further providing for ordinances and resolutions and for publication; and making an editorial change."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 753"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 753 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Timothy Kearney"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/09a20824-eea1-4cab-af0b-4567002eca12"
source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=30&rollcallid=1021&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0"
source_hash: "43b4bb9c27e8287345d050b45ce398b9b5152a6aeb7807715a1eaddcfcad8f49"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-pa"]
---

# Pennsylvania SB 753 (2023-2024) — An Act amending Title 8 (Boroughs and Incorporated Towns) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in associations and organizations, further providing for associations and organizations for mayors; in elections of officers, further providing for eligibility, for officers elected and for decrease in number of members of council; in powers, duties and rights of appointed officers and employees, further providing for appointments and incompatible offices and for police serving under cooperative agreement or contract; in corporate powers, further providing for specific powers; in taxation and finance, further providing for investment of funds; providing for solid waste collection and disposition; in ordinances, further providing for ordinances and resolutions and for publication; and making an editorial change.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. PN0800** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0753/PN0800)

## Votes

- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — **37–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **135–66** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Local Government): Reported as Committed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Local Government): Report Bill As Committed — **25–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Timothy Kearney — primary (person)
- Carolyn Comitta — cosponsor (person)
- Cris Dush — cosponsor (person)
- Rosemary Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Hutchinson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2023-06-07T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2023-06-07T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-23T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2023-10-18T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-10-18T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2023-10-18T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2023-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2023-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2023-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2024-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2024-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 2 of 2024

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/09a20824-eea1-4cab-af0b-4567002eca12`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).