SB 637 — An Act amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in types of optional plans of government, further providing for qualifications of municipal manager.
Congress · introduced 2025-04-14
Latest action: — Referred to LOCAL GOVERNMENT, April 14, 2025
Sponsors
- David G. Argall (R, PA-29) — sponsor · 2025-04-14
- Wayne D. Fontana (D, PA-42) — cosponsor · 2025-04-14
- Patrick J. Stefano (R, PA-32) — cosponsor · 2025-04-14
Action timeline
- · senate — Referred to LOCAL GOVERNMENT, April 14, 2025
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Bill text
Printer's No. 0642 · 1,379 characters · source document
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PRINTER'S NO. 642
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 637
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY ARGALL, FONTANA AND STEFANO, APRIL 14, 2025
REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT, APRIL 14, 2025
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, in types of optional plans of
3 government, further providing for qualifications of municipal
4 manager.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Section 3059 of Title 53 of the Pennsylvania
8 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
9 § 3059. Qualifications of municipal manager.
10 The municipal manager shall be chosen by the council on the
11 basis of [his] executive and administrative qualifications. At
12 the time of [his appointment, he] the appointment and during the
13 tenure of the municipal manager, the municipal manager need not
14 be a resident of the municipality or this Commonwealth. The
15 municipal manager shall not hold any elective governmental
16 office.
17 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.Connected on the graph
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| date | type | to | amount | role | source |
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| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania Senate Local Government 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 | David G. Argall (R, state_upper PA-29) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Patrick J. Stefano (R, state_upper PA-32) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Wayne D. Fontana (D, state_upper PA-42) | 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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- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania Senate Local Government Committee · pa-leg