republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2025-2026/hb-1651.md

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Bill	An Act amending the act of May 1, 1933 (P.L.103, No.69), known as The Second Class Township Code, in election of officers and vacancies in office, further providing for vacancies in general.	An Act amending the act of May 1, 1933 (P.L.103, No.69), known as The Second Class Township Code, in election of officers and vacancies in office, further providing for vacancies in general.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2025-2026	HB 1651	Pennsylvania HB 1651 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Robert Freeman	1	23	6	2025-06-24T04:00:00+00:00	2025-12-22T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/1735be51-be0b-4a5b-8fff-2b78c7461d94	https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=30&rollcallid=921&sessYr=2025&sessInd=0	105e0b410b369feec614124c140a5da47b928ded853da06b7a8df7a775532639	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania HB 1651 (2025-2026) — An Act amending the act of May 1, 1933 (P.L.103, No.69), known as The Second Class Township Code, in election of officers and vacancies in office, further providing for vacancies in general.

Version chain

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

1. Printer's No. PN2004 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — 36–0 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — 22–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 45–2 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (Local Government): Report Bill As Committed — 26–0 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (Local Government): Reported as Committed — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 189–14 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Robert Freeman — primary (person)
• Brett Miller — cosponsor (person)
• Christina Sappey — cosponsor (person)
• G. Roni Green — cosponsor (person)
• Ismail Smith-Wade-El — cosponsor (person)
• Joe Webster — cosponsor (person)
• Keith Harris — cosponsor (person)
• R. Lee James — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-06-24T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to Local Government referral-committee
• 2025-06-25T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2025-06-25T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2025-06-25T04:00:00+00:00 Re-committed to Rules referral-committee
• 2025-09-10T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2025-09-10T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2025-09-10T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2025-09-29T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2025-09-29T04:00:00+00:00 Re-committed to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2025-09-30T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2025-09-30T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2025-10-03T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to Local Government referral-committee
• 2025-10-07T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2025-10-07T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2025-10-08T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2025-10-08T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2025-10-28T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2025-12-09T05:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2025-12-16T05:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2025-12-09T05:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2025-12-16T05:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2025-12-22T05:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor executive-signature
• 2025-12-22T05:00:00+00:00 Act No. 59 of 2025

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1735be51-be0b-4a5b-8fff-2b78c7461d94. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).