Pennsylvania 2025_0 Regular Session Status: In Committee Bipartisan · 3 D · 2 R cosponsors

HB 1777 — An Act amending Titles 35 (Health and Safety) and 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in local organizations and services, further providing for general authority of political subdivisions; and, in general provisions relating to government and administration, further providing for scope of subchapter, providing for definitions, further providing for establishment and designation, providing for emergency meetings by authorized telecommunications device, repealing provisions relating to exercise of powers and functions, further providing for declaration of policy and for definitions, repealing provisions relating to enabling authority for emergency interim successors for local offices, further providing for emergency interim successors for local officers and for succession period and repealing provisions relating to term and removal of designees.

Last action — Laid on the table, Nov. 19, 2025

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed House
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill is in committee in the House. Introduced August 04, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

Next likely step: a committee vote, then a floor vote in the House.

Odds of enactment

Low chance

Based on the sponsor, cosponsors, and committee posture, this bill has a low chance of becoming law.

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Prognosis

Advancing 40% · moderate confidence
  • In Committee

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 5 sponsors

    1 primary, 4 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (3 D · 2 R) — cross-party backing.

Based on stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes, and cross-state momentum — a description of the observable signals, not a prediction.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Laid on the table, Nov. 19, 2025

  2. First consideration, Nov. 19, 2025

  3. Reported as committed, Nov. 19, 2025

  4. Re-referred to LOCAL GOVERNMENT, Sept. 29, 2025

  5. Reported with request to re-refer to LOCAL GOVERNMENT, Sept. 29, 2025

  6. Referred to VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, Aug. 4, 2025

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 4 co-sponsors · 248 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (4)

Not signed on (248)

248 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 1777?
HB 1777 is sponsored by Robert Freeman (Democratic), Christina D. Sappey (Democratic), Ismail Smith-Wade-El (Democratic), R. Lee James (Republican), and Brett R. Miller (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 1777?
This bill is in committee in the House. Introduced August 04, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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