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type: "Bill"
title: "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."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 479"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 479 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hutchinson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-03-31T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-19T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/057569ff-2226-4a50-a78a-7da81fbbc5d1"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2021&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=479"
source_hash: "89846d5fe91d3c93fb6f032a78000bdc29ea01c4532f7eb0f726fc3f022a261d"
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 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](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2021&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0479&pn=0504)
## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/057569ff-2226-4a50-a78a-7da81fbbc5d1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).