HB 235 — An Act amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in municipal authorities, further providing for purposes and powers.
Congress · introduced 2025-01-22
Latest action: — Referred to ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL RESOURCE PROTECTION, Jan. 22, 2025
Sponsors
- Barbara Gleim (R, PA-199) — sponsor · 2025-01-22
- Joe Hamm (R, PA-84) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- Keith J. Greiner (R, PA-43) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- Kathy L. Rapp (R, PA-65) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- Bud Cook (R, PA-50) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- Tina Pickett (R, PA-110) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- Steven C. Mentzer (R, PA-97) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- Perry A. Stambaugh (R, PA-86) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- Robert Leadbeter (R, PA-109) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- David H. Rowe (R, PA-85) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- Brian Smith (R, PA-66) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- David H. Zimmerman (R, PA-99) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- John A. Lawrence (R, PA-13) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- Mark M. Gillen (R, PA-128) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
- Brenda M. Pugh (R, PA-120) — cosponsor · 2025-01-22
Action timeline
- · house — Referred to ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL RESOURCE PROTECTION, Jan. 22, 2025
Text versions
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Bill text
Printer's No. 0188 · 2,050 characters · source document
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PRINTER'S NO. 188
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 235
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY GLEIM, HAMM, GREINER, RAPP, COOK, PICKETT,
MENTZER, STAMBAUGH, LEADBETER, GROVE, ROWE, SMITH AND
ZIMMERMAN, JANUARY 22, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL RESOURCE
PROTECTION, JANUARY 22, 2025
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, in municipal authorities, further
3 providing for purposes and powers.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 5607(d)(34) of Title 53 of the
7 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 5607. Purposes and powers.
9 * * *
10 (d) Powers.--Every authority may exercise all powers
11 necessary or convenient for the carrying out of the purposes set
12 forth in this section, including, but without limiting the
13 generality of the foregoing, the following rights and powers:
14 * * *
15 (34) In the case of an authority that performs storm
16 water planning, management and implementation, reasonable and
17 uniform rates [may] shall be based in whole or in part on
1 property characteristics, which [may] shall include
2 installation and maintenance of best management practices
3 approved and inspected by the authority[.] and, in the case
4 of a normal agricultural operation, best management practices
5 approved by the United States Department of Agriculture
6 Natural Resources Conservation Service or the State
7 Conservation Commission.
8 * * *
9 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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Outbound (1)
| date | type | to | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania House Environmental And Natural Resource Protection Committee | — | pa-leg |
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Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barbara Gleim (R, state_lower PA-199) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Brenda M. Pugh (R, state_lower PA-120) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Brian Smith (R, state_lower PA-66) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Bud Cook (R, state_lower PA-50) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | David H. Rowe (R, state_lower PA-85) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | David H. Zimmerman (R, state_lower PA-99) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Joe Hamm (R, state_lower PA-84) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | John A. Lawrence (R, state_lower PA-13) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Kathy L. Rapp (R, state_lower PA-65) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Keith J. Greiner (R, state_lower PA-43) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Mark M. Gillen (R, state_lower PA-128) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Perry A. Stambaugh (R, state_lower PA-86) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Robert Leadbeter (R, state_lower PA-109) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 14 | Steven C. Mentzer (R, state_lower PA-97) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 15 | Tina Pickett (R, state_lower PA-110) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
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0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
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