PennsylvaniaBill would let more Pennsylvania municipalities form land banks
Municipalities of any population could form a land bank alone, while two or more could form and maintain one through a cooperation agreement.
What it does
Municipalities could qualify to establish a land bank alone regardless of population, or work together under a cooperation agreement. Home rule, optional plan, and optional charter municipalities would also qualify.
Argument forSmaller municipalities could gain more control by forming their own land bank instead of having to partner with another local government.
Argument againstRemoving population limits could encourage more municipalities to act alone, which may reduce the use of joint land banks.
More detail
Any municipality could qualify to establish a land bank alone, regardless of its population. Home rule, optional plan, and optional charter municipalities would be added to the covered forms of local government. Two or more municipalities could establish and maintain a land bank together only through a formal agreement between the local governments; their populations would not matter. These definition changes would take effect 60 days after enactment.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Oct 22Act No. 65 of 2026Latest
- Oct 22Approved by the Governor Josh ShapiroBecame Law
- Oct 22Presented to the GovernorTo Governor
- Oct 22Signed in Senate
- Oct 21Signed in House
- Vote recorded CONCURRENCE. Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE. Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded Committee vote (Rules): Re-report Bill As Committed. Result: pass.Lower
- Oct 21House concurred in Senate amendments
- Oct 21Re-reported on concurrence, as committedMinor
- Oct 21Referred to RulesMinor
- Oct 21Third consideration and final passagePassed Senate
- Oct 19Re-reported as committedMinor
- Vote recorded Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed. Result: pass.Upper
- Oct 19Re-referred to AppropriationsMinor
- Oct 19Second considerationMinor
- Oct 7First considerationMinor
- Vote recorded Committee vote (Urban Affairs & Housing): Reported as Amended. Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded Committee vote (Urban Affairs & Housing): Adopt Amendment A04584. Result: pass.Upper
- Oct 7Reported as amendedMajor
- 2025
- Mar 26Referred to Urban Affairs & HousingMinor
- Mar 25Third consideration and final passagePassed House
- Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE. Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 25Re-reported as committedMinor
- Mar 24Re-committed to AppropriationsMinor
- Mar 24Second considerationMinor
- Mar 19Removed from table
- Feb 5Laid on the table
- Vote recorded Committee vote (Local Government): Report Bill As Committed. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 5First considerationMinor
- Feb 5Reported as committedMinor
- Jan 27Referred to Local GovernmentIntroduced
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