# Pennsylvania SB 1036: An Act amending Title 73 (Townships) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, consolidating the First Class Township Code; and making a repeal. Pennsylvania SB 1036, An Act amending Title 73 (Townships) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, consolidating the First Class Township Code; and making a repeal., is a 2025-2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Dawn W. Keefer (Republican); status signed, last action 2026-02-11 (Act No. 7 of 2026); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/PA-SB1036-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Pennsylvania SB 1036 - State: Pennsylvania - Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session - Title: An Act amending Title 73 (Townships) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, consolidating the First Class Township Code; and making a repeal. - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-10-03 - Last action: 2026-02-11, Act No. 7 of 2026 - Sponsor: Dawn W. Keefer (Republican) - Cosponsors: 8 - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 4 (106 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 169 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Retirement annuities for eligible township workers: benefit, high. Townships may offer retirement annuities to employees with at least 10 years of satisfactory service. Employees must be at least 60 when active employment ends. Payments cannot exceed 50% of the employee’s last pay. The township must meet its minimum pension funding obligation. This benefit is opti… - Township Workers Keep Retirement Payment Protections: benefit, medium. Since December 28, 2020, townships cannot substitute an annuity for employees joining a pension or retirement system. Payment rights under annuities entered before that date remain protected. A two-thirds membership vote can transfer a private police pension group's entire fund, assets, and liabili… - Townships Can Provide Worker Insurance Benefits: benefit, medium. Townships may obtain workers' compensation for employees and recognized volunteer firefighters injured or killed during authorized duties, including fire travel. They may insure township property and liability, and offer group insurance, annuities, or pensions to workers, commissioners, and depende… - Local help for veterans and burials: benefit, low. Townships may give a veterans’ home association up to $300 yearly for a local home or meeting facility for war veterans. The association cannot receive support from the federal government or another government agency besides the township. Townships may also buy burial plots for servicepersons eligi… - Property owners can petition for streetwork: benefit, low. Owners holding more than half of the township’s assessed property value can petition for improvements and upkeep of a principal street. The request must call for shared county and township costs. The township board must send an application to the county commissioners. If the board refuses or unduly… - Township auditors get pay and legal support: benefit, low. Township auditors receive $20 for each necessary workday totaling at least five hours. Annual paid-day limits are 20 below 3,000 residents, 30 for 3,000–9,999, and 40 for 10,000 or more. Auditors can hire counsel for disputes with audited officials or boards after reasonable settlement efforts and… - Voters decide township hydroelectric debt increases: benefit, low. Before building or buying a hydroelectric generating facility, a township must put the proposed debt increase to qualified township voters. The vote follows the rules for increasing municipal debt. The law sets no borrowing amount and does not require voters to approve it. - Older commissioner insurance benefits stay protected: benefit, low. The law protects qualifying township insurance contracts made from January 1, 1959, through December 31, 1984. Including commissioners without lawful authority alone does not void those life, health, hospitalization, medical-service, or accident policies. Participation alone on that basis cannot tr… - Property Owners Get Assessment Appeal Rights: benefit, low. Townships must notify assessed owners, include any required assessment certificate, and explain the 30-day appeal deadline after receipt. Assessments take effect 30 days after notice; posting is allowed only after reasonable personal-service and certified-mail attempts fail. A separate court petiti… - Protected grounds need consent for streets: benefit, low. Townships need the owner’s prior consent before laying out and opening streets through cemeteries, burial grounds, or listed institutional grounds. Protection also covers grounds occupied by buildings used for worship, school, education, charity, or seminary. - Township takings protect sites and neighbors: benefit, low. Townships cannot take land occupied by specified Colonial or Revolutionary assembly buildings, forts, redoubts, blockhouses, or Continental Army headquarters. Protection also covers qualifying historic building or military sites preserved for historic associations, not private profit. The law treat… - Injury coverage for township contract workers: benefit, low. Township contracts for construction or other labor must require contractors to accept workers’ compensation law and insure their liability. Contractors must file required insurance-exemption certificates and accepted employee religious-exemption applications with the township. A contract signed in… - Job protections for township safety workers: benefit, low. Police and fire personnel appointed before their civil service commission was created can keep their jobs without most chapter exams. This includes chiefs, but excludes temporary emergency workers; promotion exams still apply. Civil service applications and exams cannot seek information barred by f… - Covered businesses avoid township license fees: benefit, low. Townships cannot charge sample-based merchandise order takers a license fee or mercantile tax when their principal pays it at its main business location. This protection does not waive required fees for retail sales to buyers other than dealers or merchants. State-authorized insurance companies, ag… - Emergency companies can join township fuel contracts: benefit, low. First-class townships can let paid or volunteer fire, rescue, and ambulance companies join township fuel-buying contracts. A company must request participation through the township secretary and accept the township's terms. It must pay the vendor directly. The township must require prices that incl… - Local controls on fire and smoke: benefit, low. Townships may regulate or ban making fireworks and dangerous or flammable articles, consistent with state and federal law. They may permit and regulate fireworks displays, control storage of flammable articles, and adopt public-safety safeguards. Townships may regulate smoke emissions except from l… - Local support for National Guard units: benefit, low. Townships may give a National Guard unit up to $1,500 each year for support, maintenance, discipline, and training. The Adjutant General must certify that the unit passed its annual inspection. The commanding officer must document spending with vouchers each year. No later-year grant is allowed unt… - Municipalities can share water system management: benefit, low. Townships may join other municipalities to build or acquire and maintain a shared water system. Participants may create an advisory and administrative commission by ordinance. Each municipality receives equal representation, and commission members serve six-year terms. Municipalities may authorize… - Residents get required township newspaper notices: benefit, low. Required township notices must appear in a general-circulation newspaper printed locally, or circulating locally if none is printed there. Some court, debt-election, and bond notices in second- through fifth-class counties also require publication in the county legal newspaper. A court can waive th… - Rules for township lawyers and engineers: benefit, low. Boards may appoint a Pennsylvania-licensed township lawyer, set pay, and hire special counsel; these lawyers serve at the board’s pleasure. Departments and officers generally need board consent or later approval to hire additional lawyers, unless state law allows otherwise. Township lawyers handle… - Safeguards for township money and property: benefit, low. Township controllers must separately track property, trusts, debts owed to the township, department income and spending, and approved spending limits and withdrawals. Managers and staff directly serving under manager agreements fall under Pennsylvania’s public-official ethics restrictions. Boards m… - Safety rules govern township railroad crossings: benefit, low. New township streets crossing railroads must pass above or below the tracks unless the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission allows a track-level crossing. Building or closing a railroad street crossing must follow the commission’s rules and oversight. Damages to neighboring property owners follow… - Street closures require safeguards for travel: benefit, low. Street closures generally require a board order; authorized officials may close streets immediately for public safety, only as long as necessary. Officials must immediately set a detour, and the township must notify the state when state-highway or state-designated detours begin or end. Closing a st… - Township agreements survive the code replacement: benefit, low. Ongoing township activities continue and may be completed under the replacement code. Existing orders, rules, regulations, and decisions stay in effect until changed or ended under the new law. Repealing the old code does not impair contracts, obligations, or collective bargaining agreements, excep… - Township officers get clear tenure protections: benefit, low. Elected officers' terms begin the first Monday in January after election, subject to vacancy rules. Outgoing officers cannot stay beyond that day after a successor is elected. Elected officers and appointees filling elected vacancies can be removed only through impeachment, qualifying conviction, o… - Townships appoint treasurers and backup officers: benefit, low. Commissioners must appoint a treasurer, set the pay, and can remove the treasurer at their pleasure. The treasurer can be the elected tax collector or a township employee, but not a commissioner. A tax collector serving as treasurer can receive pay for that work. Within 60 days of appointment, the… - Townships can add facilities and trees: benefit, low. Townships may acquire property to provide, maintain, and operate public facilities, such as waiting stations and drinking fountains. They may accept, buy, or plant shade trees and shrubs along streets, highways, and sidewalks, or contribute toward planting. Township care and control of shade trees… - Townships can fund fire and rescue: benefit, low. Townships may fund fire equipment and stations or contract with and give grants to nearby municipalities or volunteer fire companies. Those contracts and grants must provide fire protection in the township; boards may regulate the companies and officers providing it. Board presidents may confirm no… - Townships can fund local community programs: benefit, low. First-class townships can fund celebrations, anniversaries, civic projects, civic programs, and neighborhood crime watches. They can support nonprofits that acquire and maintain historic properties, but money must go toward buying, restoring, or maintaining them. Annual grants to nonprofit art corp… - Townships can fund local conservation groups: benefit, low. First-class townships can give money to their conservation district and nonprofit groups serving a watershed that serves the township. Watershed groups cannot use this money to sue a municipality or seek legal relief against an individual landowner. Neither type of funding is required, and the law… - Townships can organize local police services: benefit, low. Townships may create, equip, and maintain police forces, set duties, and choose staffing, ranks, and pay under applicable civil service rules. Boards must issue organization rules, subject to the code’s stated exception, and officers must follow board orders or formally designated supervisors. On-d… - Townships can run shared recreation programs: benefit, low. Townships may operate parks, recreation facilities, and programs, hire staff, or assign these powers to an agency or board by ordinance. A local recreation board has five or seven unpaid members who live in or own property in the township. After initial terms, members serve five-year terms and may… - Townships can share services and purchasing: benefit, low. Townships may make agreements for joint purchasing, shared government work, public-safety assistance, and related spending. Police, fire, and other public-safety agreements do not require advertised bids or contract bonds. Personnel supplied under those agreements receive the legal powers of corres… - Townships can support transit and biking: benefit, low. First-class townships can use current revenue to support urban public transportation. Annual payments to county transportation departments or urban transit authorities can cover operations, upkeep, improvements, and debt payments. Townships can make long-term payment agreements. They can also build… - Townships gain police service options: benefit, low. Townships can contract for police officers, buy police services, or join regional forces under state intergovernmental cooperation rules. Boards can send officers to federal, state, or county training and pay their expenses. Boards can designate police leaders and other officers, who remain until q… - Townships gain water options and safeguards: benefit, low. Townships may buy water from an adjoining municipality with a water system, a municipal authority, or a private company. They may instead build and run their own systems and develop independent supplies without buying outside water. Certified plans, surveys, and proposed water sources must be filed… - Townships manage public trees and forests: benefit, low. The board appoints three or five township residents as unpaid shade tree commissioners, with staggered initial terms and later five-year terms. Vacancies are filled for the remaining term. The commission controls public shade trees, subject to the road-right-of-way exception; hiring workers require… - Townships must ensure emergency services: benefit, low. First-class townships must ensure that fire and emergency medical services are provided within their borders. Each township chooses how to provide services and how much financial or administrative support to give. Townships must consult service providers about local needs. Groups receiving township… - Townships must meet and open records: benefit, low. First-class township commissioners must meet at least once each month. An ordinance sets the meeting time and place. Township minutes, records, and documents must be open for inspection under Pennsylvania's Right-to-Know Law. - Townships must open and maintain streets: benefit, low. First-class townships must open laid-out public streets as soon as practical and pay for repairs and reasonable year-round clearance. Streets covered by opening proceedings must physically open within five years after those proceedings end. If a street stays unopened and no case to compel opening b… - Voters can petition for township ward changes: benefit, low. At least 5% of registered township voters can petition commissioners to start ward proceedings. For a proposal affecting only part of the township, 5% of registered voters in the affected ward can petition. Commissioners must decide by majority-approved motion within 90 days. Without an approved mo… - Townships can fund community health care: benefit, low. First-class townships with at least 2,000 residents can fund incorporated charitable hospitals that treat township residents. Township boards can also make annual grants to nonprofit groups providing listed community health services. These include nursing for elderly and needy people, disease contr… - Townships can fund substance abuse programs: benefit, low. First-class townships can use general funds each year for drug and alcohol education and program development. Commissioners decide whether to provide money and how to divide it. They can also support existing programs in nearby communities or the county that serve township residents. The law sets n… - Townships can help fund food distribution: benefit, low. First-class townships can pay to handle, store, and distribute surplus food obtained through federal, state, or local agencies. The law does not require spending or set a funding amount. It does not establish recipient eligibility or guarantee food assistance. - Townships can support nonprofit medical facilities: benefit, low. First-class townships can help buy, build, maintain, or support medical centers and hospital buildings. Purchases or construction costing more than $100,000 need approval from the appropriate health planning agency. Townships can also sell land to nonprofit medical service corporations for exclusiv… - Townships set up local health oversight: benefit, low. First-class townships can create a health board or health officer by ordinance, or dissolve either and use county-level health services. Officers need public-health training or experience and state certification within six months after taking their oath; townships pay their expenses. Boards have th… - Townships Can Support Housing And Neighborhoods: benefit, low. First-class townships may undertake public housing, urban renewal, model cities, and neighborhood development programs. They may sell township land to nonprofit housing corporations exclusively for housing older people. They may also sell personal property for those corporations to use. The law doe… - Spending limits protect township public funds: benefit, low. Township appropriations cannot exceed estimated available revenue, and spending cannot exceed the amount approved for its purpose. Treasury payments require a lawful appropriation; supplemental appropriations may use uncommitted money on hand or expected, including authorized borrowing. Transfers r… - Township audits require public financial reports: benefit, low. Auditors must review and settle township officers’ accounts for the previous fiscal year, generally where the records are kept. They must examine available district judge records of township fines and costs and may charge judges for unlawfully undercharged fines. The board may also direct an audit… - Township money gets handling and record safeguards: benefit, low. Treasurers must promptly deposit township money, keep accounts open to inspection, submit annual accounts for audit, and transfer records and balances to successors. Payments require available funds and an authorized board order, signed and attested by designated officers, identifying the appropria… - Townships can build and fund airports: benefit, low. Townships can acquire land, build and run airports, and lease land for aviation inside or outside township borders. They can also operate airports jointly with other municipalities under intergovernmental cooperation rules. Taking land outside township borders must follow the applicable eminent-dom… - Townships can fund industry and tourism: benefit, low. Townships can give money to industrial development agencies. They can also fund promotional work each year by agencies that qualify under the Tourism Promotion Act. Neither authority requires funding or sets an amount. - Townships can save within reserve limits: benefit, low. Townships can save for named capital assets and eligible operating needs. Repurposing capital reserves needs a four-fifths vote finding the original purpose impractical, inadvisable, impossible, or another capital need more urgent. Money restricted to a particular purpose cannot become unrestricted… - Safeguards protect township money in banks: benefit, low. Township boards must choose Pennsylvania banks or trust companies by resolution, lasting one year or until replaced. Treasurers must place township funds there in the township's name, with federal deposit insurance to applicable limits. Depositories must secure public deposits under Pennsylvania la… - Township violations carry fines and detention: cost, medium. Township ordinances must set penalties, capped at $600 per civil violation or $1,000 per criminal violation, plus permitted court costs and reasonable lawyer fees. Each day and ordinance section may count separately; unpaid civil penalties generally require a civil collection case. Listed subjects,… - Owners face court orders for property nuisances: cost, medium. Courts can declare property a public nuisance when it violates a township ordinance covered by this chapter. Owners may have to correct or remove the nuisance. Uniform Construction Code violations still follow the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act and state labor department enforcement rules. - Owners face sewer hookups and liens: cost, medium. A township can require sewer service for property beside a street containing a sewer. It can also require service when the main building is within 150 feet of the sewer. Owners have 60 days after personal service or registered-mail notice to connect and use it. After that, the township can enter, m… - Owners pay for township-installed water hookups: cost, medium. Owners have 90 days after personal or registered-mail notice to make a required water connection. After that, the township can enter the property, install the connection, and bill the owner. The itemized bill is due immediately unless the board allows equal monthly payments with interest capped at… - Property cleanup bills include 10% penalties: cost, medium. Townships can require owners or occupants to remove nuisances and dangerous structures. If they fail, the township can remove them and collect its costs plus 10%. For health nuisances, officials must first give the owner, agent, or occupant a written order with a reasonable deadline. If that order… - Townships set water rates and fees: cost, medium. Townships can charge water rates plus connection, customer-facility, tapping, and similar fees for hookups or increased use. The first rate requires an ordinance; later changes can use a resolution at a public meeting if that ordinance allows. Fees require an ordinance and must follow state calcula… - Township general taxes have set limits: cost, medium. First-class townships can levy an annual general-purpose tax of up to 30 mills on taxable property or occupations. A court can allow up to five additional mills after public notice and a hearing. The board must request the increase by resolution and show due cause. The law authorizes these taxes bu… - Ignoring street closures brings penalties: cost, low. Willfully damaging or disregarding lawful closure warnings, or driving on a properly closed street, is a summary offense. A person left without another outlet can use the street under reasonable township conditions without those penalties. The township, its agents, or contractors can also recover d… - Loose animals face seizure and owner charges: cost, low. Townships can restrict dogs and other animals from running loose and can seize and hold them. They can impose reasonable related charges and allow animals to be sold for the township's benefit. They can also authorize euthanasia of dogs running loose. The law sets no charge amount. - Townships can charge facility users: cost, low. First-class townships can set and regulate charges for using township facilities. The law does not set a price or require a charge. Users' costs depend on local decisions. - Boundary homeowners can face street assessments: cost, low. Townships may assess properties on either side of a boundary street located entirely within the township. This includes properties outside the township. A charged property must abut the street, benefit from the improvement, and lie within 150 feet of its center line. The law sets no assessment amou… - Boundary street work can cost homeowners: cost, low. A township can improve a boundary street when more than half its width lies within the township. It can assess benefited properties beside the street, including properties outside the township. The assessment area reaches 150 feet plus half the street's width, measured from its center line. The law… - Property owners face sidewalk repair bills: cost, low. First-class townships can require abutting owners to build or replace sidewalks, with at least 60 days after notice. Owners must also keep sidewalks safe and clear, including along State highways and county roads. Routine repair or obstruction notices allow 30 days to comply. After either deadline,… - Property owners pay shade-tree work costs: cost, low. Abutting property owners must pay for shade-tree planting, moving, or removal, including tree protection and disturbed pavement or sidewalk repairs. Township work is assessed under state rules, and a benefit-based assessment cannot exceed actual cost. A shade tree commission can order removal of di… - Sewer customers pay fees and recurring charges: cost, low. Connected properties must pay recurring township sewer charges, and unpaid charges become property liens. Townships can also charge connection, customer facilities, and tapping fees when owners connect or increase system use. Initial rates require an ordinance; later changes by resolution need that… - Street approval does not guarantee maintenance: cost, low. People proposing public streets or connected drainage must submit plans showing street profiles, drainage capacity, and drainage for nearby land. Construction, opening, or dedication requires compliance with approved, recorded plans; municipal planning law also applies to covered development plans.… - Townships Can Regulate Homes And Fences: cost, low. First-class townships may adopt and enforce building and housing ordinances under the township code. They may also regulate foundations, shared walls, and dividing fences, subject to state construction law and other applicable laws. Townships may charge reasonable fees for wall, fence, and similar… - Townships can require property ownership information: cost, low. First-class townships can create property-owner registries by ordinance, consistent with the state deed-registration law. They must name someone to maintain the registry, with free access to public records. Townships can require owners to provide information relevant to enforcing township ordinance… - Unpaid Property Bills Face Collection Actions: cost, low. Assessments unpaid 60 days after personal notice can face municipal claims or lawsuits unless an installment agreement exists. Interest runs from project completion, capped at 6% yearly unless bond financing triggers the Municipal Claim and Tax Lien Law limit. Townships may also personally sue the… - Limits on township safety job applicants: cost, low. Township civil service commissions can refuse to test or certify applicants for police or paid firefighter jobs. Grounds include unmet minimum qualifications, physical unfitness, illegal controlled-substance use, and specified criminal or disgraceful conduct. Other grounds include dismissal from pu… - Improved property can face midyear taxes: cost, low. At the township board's request, the county must reassess qualifying taxable property built or substantially improved after January 1. This applies to property not already on the township tax list and not exempt under the section. Tax applies at the reassessed value for the remaining share of the f… - Township taxes cover buildings and debt: cost, low. First-class townships can levy annual taxes to acquire a lot, build a municipal building, or pay related debt. Building taxes can continue only as long as needed. Townships can also levy enough to pay principal and interest on legally incurred township debt. When debts exceed what a township can co… - Unlawful street construction brings criminal liability: cost, low. People who violate requirements for public streets or connected drainage construction commit a third-degree misdemeanor. They also owe costs and damages incurred by townships or property owners to correct substantive violations from the unlawful work. Recovered money goes to the township treasurer. - Townships can license businesses and sellers: cost, low. First-class townships can prohibit, license, or regulate businesses unless another law bars it, including harmful businesses and salvage yards. They can charge for approved temporary market use of public spaces and issue licenses under the state closing-out-sale law. Township ordinances can require… - Some municipalities can tax business receipts: cost, low. Qualifying first-class townships and home rule municipalities formerly in that class can collect mercantile and business privilege taxes on gross receipts. The municipality must have more than 70,000 residents. It must also have levied, assessed, collected, or provided for a mercantile gross-receip… - Mine operators must provide township maps: cost, low. Mine and quarry owners, operators, or superintendents must provide maps, plans, and drawings required by their first-class township. This applies when the operation lies wholly or partly in the township. Records must be updated at least every three months, but can leave out extensions made in the p… - Townships fund association dues and delegates: cost, low. Townships joining the State association of township commissioners must pay its dues and can cover meeting and conference costs. For each annual meeting and educational conference, commissioners must name at least one officer delegate. They can name up to two additional officers and authorize employ… - Civil service commissioners face service limits: cost, low. Civil service commissions write and enforce their rules, but township boards must approve rules before they take effect. Boards cannot write those rules themselves, though commission rules must reflect board-adopted minimum qualifications for police and paid firefighters. Civil service commissioner… - Street utility work requires cost-limited permits: cost, low. Entities placing listed facilities in township streets must get permits and follow township rules. Covered facilities include pipes, conduits, poles, and railways. Permit fees cannot exceed the reasonable cost of issuing the permit and inspecting the work. Fees go into the township treasury. - Townships must pay eligible state health costs: cost, low. Townships must pay state health department expenses incurred locally for which the township is legally responsible. After more than three months unpaid following a statement and demand, the Health Secretary must sue with the Governor's approval. A jury decides whether the expenses were reasonable.… - Townships pay ordinance-related prisoner confinement costs: cost, low. Townships must pay confinement expenses for people held pending hearing or trial under the township ordinance commitment provision. Counties are not responsible for those expenses. This rule does not charge the confined person. - Pension rules for small police forces: mixed, high. Townships with fewer than three full-time police members must establish a pension fund unless a private group already manages one. An ordinance may instead provide investment or insurance arrangements. Officers contribute the same percentage of pay, generally capped at 4% annually, subject to a sta… - Assessment Installments Offer Time With Risks: mixed, medium. A township ordinance may allow public-improvement assessments to be paid in installments under a written agreement. The ordinance sets payment timing, frequency, and duration; the term cannot exceed 10 years or the funding bonds' maturity, whichever is shorter. Interest is capped at 6% yearly unles… - Required water hookups with private-well exceptions: mixed, medium. A township ordinance can require water service when the nearest property line is within 150 feet or the property lacks safe drinking water. An owner newly required to connect after December 28, 2020, has a safe-private-supply exception. The nearby system must have existed on that date, and the owne… - Townships can acquire land for public projects: mixed, medium. Townships can take property for authorized public projects through Pennsylvania's eminent-domain process. For agreed street changes, affected owners must receive agreed damages before work proceeds, and agreements and maps must be recorded. When owners dedicate needed land, townships can pay for re… - Townships can take land for buildings: mixed, medium. Townships can take private property and previously dedicated land no longer used for its original purpose to build public buildings. Exclusions cover cemeteries, burying grounds, public or parochial schools, educational or charitable institutions, seminaries, and places of worship. Boards must act… - Water Projects Can Affect Private Property: mixed, medium. Townships may use roads and take, damage, or destroy private property to provide, protect, regulate, or extend water systems. They need a Pennsylvania transportation permit before occupying a state-controlled highway. This authority excludes cemetery, worship, school, educational, charitable, and s… - Civil Service Protections Have Coverage Limits: mixed, medium. In covered first-class townships, directly paid police and fire jobs require exams for hiring and promotion. Covered workers receive civil service protections against suspension, removal, and demotion. The rules exclude township police forces with fewer than three members and townships with fewer t… - Discipline Hearings Protect Back Pay Rights: mixed, medium. Discipline hearings must occur within 10 days after written charges are filed, unless continued for cause at a party's request. Workers may submit written answers by the hearing, but may be suspended without pay while the case is pending. Charges not upheld require reinstatement with full back pay… - Township Pay Rules Set Salaries And Timing: mixed, medium. First-class townships must pay police officers a fixed salary, but the law sets no salary amount or payment schedule. Township ordinances set elected officers' pay, with tax collector pay governed by the Local Tax Collection Law. An elected tax collector serving as treasurer may receive separate pa… - Local parking charges and access rules: mixed, low. Townships may regulate parking and lots, set meter charges, acquire land, and operate parking facilities. They may reserve spaces for people with disabilities; existing disability-rights protections remain in effect. Parking fines and fees must follow Pennsylvania’s vehicle law. Boards may annually… - Township commissioner pay has population-based caps: mixed, low. Annual commissioner pay caps, based on the latest federal census, are $3,145 below 5,000 residents and $4,190 for 5,000–9,999. Caps are $5,450 for 10,000–14,999; $6,915 for 15,000–24,999; $7,335 for 25,000–34,999; and $8,385 for 35,000–44,999. At 45,000 or more, the cap is $210 for every 1,000 resi… - Townships can charge for waste services: mixed, low. Townships may regulate and provide waste and recycling services and set service charges under Pennsylvania’s waste and recycling laws. They may operate or fund waste, recycling, and composting facilities, including services through other municipalities or municipal authorities. Hauler contracts may… - Acquired Community Sewers Carry Capped Charges: mixed, low. Townships must operate acquired community sewers for existing users and accessible properties, up to system capacity. Connected properties pay board-set charges limited to estimated operation, maintenance, and a future replacement reserve. These charges become liens on the property. Receipts stay i… - Improvement Bills Must Reflect Property Benefits: mixed, low. Townships must set assessment methods by ordinance and fairly divide improvement costs in proportion to property benefits. Front-foot bills equal the allocated cost divided by total frontage, multiplied by each property's frontage, with fair special-case adjustments. Generally, one method applies p… - Property Owners Can Face Improvement Assessments: mixed, low. Townships may charge benefited properties some or all costs of roads, water, sewers, drainage, docks, lighting, and shade trees. They may instead use general or dedicated public funds; assessment receipts must repay related borrowing when borrowing funded the work. Owners bordering improved streets… - Roadside owners face clearing and fences: mixed, low. Townships can clear trees, brush, refuse, and other obstructions within a public road's legal width. Abutting owners own the resulting wood only if they remove it within 10 days after notice. Townships can also enter nearby private land to place snow fences within 100 feet of the road's right-of-wa… - Rules govern township property takings: mixed, low. Before taking or using private property for an authorized purpose, a township must declare its intent by ordinance or resolution. This does not authorize new reasons to take property. Unless another law says otherwise, property acquired outside street, highway, or easement purposes generally passes… - Sewer Construction Charges Have Property Limits: mixed, low. Townships may build sewers and drains in public roads or across private property. Construction costs, damages, and expenses may come from general taxes, assessments on benefited properties, or both. Property assessments cannot exceed the benefit received, and costs not legally chargeable to propert… - Sewer expansion can bring property charges: mixed, low. Townships may acquire community sewage systems by ordinance through purchase, gift, or eminent domain, and may enlarge them. For eminent-domain acquisitions, benefited properties pay costs based on benefits received; the township pays any shortfall. Sewer lines may cross private land when the board… - Shared sewer projects can bring property assessments: mixed, low. Townships can approve privately financed sewer systems, with board-set fees and a reserved right to take possession later. They can build beneath State or county highways within township borders with the highway agency's consent. They can connect to neighboring sewers by agreement; disputes can go… - Street changes bring notice and fees: mixed, low. Petitions for listed street changes or grades need a majority of abutting owners by both number and ownership interest, a sworn statement, and reasonable township-set fees. Fees can cover advertising, engineering, hearings, and legal work; co-owners of one property count as one person. Before liste… - Township street work can affect landowners: mixed, low. Townships may buy or take land or easements to widen streets, remove dangerous curves, or clear drivers’ views. Eminent-domain rules govern damages, and owners may keep using land acquired for visibility only without blocking the view. Street changes inside or beside a qualifying public park requir… - Townships can enforce building and property rules: mixed, low. Townships may adopt construction rules meeting or exceeding the state code; stricter rules must meet state-law standards. They may also adopt recognized property maintenance codes, with changes, and set reasonable fines and penalties. Inspectors must respect constitutional limits, and townships may… - Alternate Hiring Paths For Public Safety: mixed, low. An urgent police vacancy with no eligibility-list candidates can be filled provisionally after a noncompetitive exam confirms qualifications. Within 90 days, the competitive exam, eligibility list, and regular appointment process must be completed. Former qualified police officers or paid firefight… - Hiring safeguards for police and firefighters: mixed, low. Covered townships must appoint three local electors to a civil service commission, with initial terms of two, four, and six years. Later terms last six years; chief nominees can take a noncompetitive exam but need commission certification before appointment. Original police and paid firefighter app… - Older township pensions retain special protections: mixed, low. The law protects qualifying pension contracts made January 1, 1959, through December 31, 1984, despite unauthorized inclusion of officials. Participation alone does not trigger the specified penalties or discipline. Township-funded benefits and remaining interests must return to the township as spe… - Police And Fire Applicants Face Screening: mixed, low. Applicants for covered police and paid firefighter jobs must be at least 18 when applying. They must meet minimum qualifications, pass required exams, and undergo job-related fitness testing and background checks. Physical and psychological medical exams occur only after a conditional offer; promot… - Police And Fire Discipline Has Limits: mixed, low. Covered police and fire workers face unpaid suspension, removal, or demotion only for legally listed grounds. These include specified disability, misconduct, criminal violations, on-duty intoxication, and campaign activity; removal cannot rest on religion, race, or politics. Workers must receive wr… - Ranked Hiring Lists Guide Public Safety Jobs: mixed, low. Qualified candidates are ranked by exam scores, including veterans' preference points. Lists last one year; a majority commission vote before expiration can extend them up to 12 more months. For each original vacancy other than chief, the board chooses on merit and fitness from the top three availa… - School crossing guards have benefit limits: mixed, low. Township boards may appoint school crossing guards by resolution and set their pay. Uniformed guards may direct traffic and pedestrians only at or near schools. Guards serve at the board’s pleasure, lack the code’s civil service protections, and cannot join township pension funds. The township and… - School districts can oversee crossing guards: mixed, low. School districts can hire and oversee crossing guards after both school and township boards approve the arrangement by resolution. The township resolution must explain how police will provide needed training and assistance. The school district sets and pays any compensation. Guards do not receive c… - Seniority Controls Police And Fire Furloughs: mixed, low. When a township reduces its paid police or fire workforce, the most recently appointed workers are furloughed first. If the force grows again, furloughed workers return by seniority. These rules include probationary workers but exclude police and fire chiefs. - Township managers face contract limits: mixed, low. Manager contracts cannot extend beyond the board's organizational meeting after the next municipal election. Contracts signed after that election but before the first January organizational meeting are void. Contracts may provide severance or termination pay, but cannot guarantee continued employme… - Township pay and training reimbursements regulated: mixed, low. Officers can claim eligible county association conference or training expenses with an attendance certificate and an itemized account. Boards may approve regular employee pay and reimburse commissioners for documented lost wages or salary. Boards must set controller salaries by ordinance at least 3… - Township police get protections and restrictions: mixed, low. Police removal, suspension, or demotion must follow applicable procedures, including the specified 1951 law for covered forces below three members. Otherwise, the applicable police and firefighter civil service rules govern. Officers cannot hold most other public offices, except constable, health o… - Local tax funds upfront improvement costs: mixed, low. First-class townships can levy up to five mills yearly for a revolving public-improvement fund. It pays upfront for permanent street, sidewalk, water-supply, and sewer work before related costs are collected from property owners. The fund can also receive township general-obligation bond proceeds.… - Local tax supports township worker pensions: mixed, low. First-class townships can levy up to one-half mill yearly for employee pensions, retirement benefits, or annuity contracts. The money must stay in a separate fund and serve only those purposes. The law allows this tax but does not require a levy. - Local taxes fund fire and rescue: mixed, low. First-class townships can levy up to three mills yearly for fire equipment, companies, protection, training, and facilities; higher rates need voter approval. Fire-suppression pay can use no more than half the revenue, capped at one mill. A separate tax supports ambulance, rescue, and other emergen… - Township taxes support parks and trees: mixed, low. First-class townships can levy up to one-tenth mill yearly for supervised shade-tree care and notices about tree meetings. They can fund tree maintenance from the general fund instead. Townships can also levy taxes to build, maintain, and run parks, recreation facilities, and programs. Recreation t… - Auditors can demand records and testimony: mixed, low. Township auditors can subpoena testimony and records relevant to township accounts and administer oaths. If someone refuses to appear, provide records, or testify, auditors must ask the county court for a subpoena. The court must issue it if the requested material is relevant, and false sworn state… - Controllers oversee township accounts and contracts: mixed, low. Controllers oversee township money, property, and accounts, file annual audit reports and financial statements, and promptly report discovered problems. They can require account statements and examine officers' bank accounts; banks must provide the needed information. They must audit an officer's a… - Drain and sign damage brings liability: mixed, low. Damaging or diverting a township drain or ditch without board permission is a summary offense and requires paying restoration costs. Deliberately damaging, removing, or defacing legally erected township signs or temporary traffic-control devices is also a summary offense. Sign-related penalties may… - Police service fees face clear limits: mixed, low. Township police exercise powers granted by state law, court rules, and township ordinances, and can face penalties for breaking laws. Officers may serve criminal court papers for township ordinance violations. They must charge the same legal fees and costs as constables performing similar work, wit… - Township financial misconduct brings repayment risks: mixed, low. Auditors can order responsible people, including those approving unauthorized spending, to repay resulting township losses. Repayment generally cannot exceed actual loss, including extra costs caused by skipping lawful procedures. That limit does not apply to officer fraud or collusion, or penaltie… - Township meetings allow limited remote participation: mixed, low. Boards must organize the first Monday in January of even-numbered years, or the next day when that Monday is a legal holiday. After 10 days without organization, 10 registered voters can petition with one petitioner's affidavit; courts can replace responsible members. Commissioners can join remotel… - Township money gets spending safeguards: mixed, low. Required officer and employee bonds need an authorized surety; townships pay premiums, except taxing districts pay tax collector premiums. Equivalent insurance can replace bonds for officers and employees other than tax collectors. Controllers cannot approve payments without enough uncommitted budg… - Township offices require residency and replacements: mixed, low. Elected township officers must be registered township voters; elected officers and most vacancy appointees must file a signed residency statement. It generally must show one continuous year in the township or, for a ward office, the ward. For wards less than one year old, the rule requires one year… - Township street plans get streamlined rules: mixed, low. Townships without an accurate code-based street plan maintained before this section took effect must adopt plans under Pennsylvania’s municipal planning law. Townships can still lay out streets through the code’s procedures without maintaining a street plan or official map. For qualifying existing… - Township surplus sales can move online: mixed, low. Township personal-property lots worth $2,000 or more require advertising and sale to the highest bidder. Surplus lots below $2,000 follow a board-approved sale process; trade-ins and exchanges for acquired property need a resolution instead. Online auctions are allowed, with ads explaining access,… - Townships can build and regulate sewers: mixed, low. Townships may build sanitary sewers and drainage systems serving properties on either or both sides of a street. Ordinances may control system use, waste treatment before discharge, waste size, and the amount discharged over time. For joint projects, land that cannot be bought or received as a gift… - Townships can build flood protection: mixed, low. Pennsylvania first-class townships can widen or deepen watercourses and build barriers against flooding after getting all required permits. They can enter or condemn needed property and obtain materials from nearby land. Damages for property taken, harmed, or destroyed follow state eminent-domain l… - Townships can choose independent public audits: mixed, low. Commissioners can replace three elected auditors with an independent certified public accountant or accounting firm by ordinance. They must appoint the auditor annually by resolution at least 30 days before the fiscal year ends. The annual audit follows generally accepted auditing standards and cov… - Townships can elect a financial controller: mixed, low. An ordinance can replace three elected auditors with a controller who is a competent accountant, elected every four years. The auditor offices end when a controller is appointed or elected. Before starting work, the controller must take an oath and provide a bond in an amount set by ordinance. The… - Townships can fund and manage forests: mixed, low. Townships may buy forest land with current revenue or general obligation bond proceeds, using normal township appropriation procedures. They may regulate forest care, protection, and development, including forest-product sales; forest expenses require appropriations, and earnings go into the townsh… - Townships can fund parks with taxes: mixed, low. Townships may acquire property and build or equip public parks and recreation facilities, alone or with another local government. They may use public funds and levy general or authorized special taxes for this work. Acquiring private property in another municipality requires that municipality’s con… - Townships can limit outdoor burning: mixed, low. First-class townships can regulate open burning, including banning the open burning of combustible materials. This gives townships a way to address smoke and fire risks, while allowing limits on residents' burning activities. The law itself does not impose a township-wide ban; each township decides… - Townships can set local conduct rules: mixed, low. Township boards may make rules for local operations, finances, welfare, commerce, health, safety, and cleanliness. Local measures cannot conflict with state or federal constitutions or laws. Townships may require building and lot numbers. They may ban disorderly conduct using a definition substanti… - Townships can support National Guard armories: mixed, low. Townships may buy, accept donated land, or use eminent domain to obtain land for National Guard armories. They may give that land to the state to help build armories. Eminent domain cannot target places of worship, cemeteries, or an owner’s occupied home and its surrounding grounds. Townships may a… - Townships can tax and borrow for parks: mixed, low. Townships may pay park and recreation operating costs from township funds and raise money through general or special taxes. Other participating local governments may pay costs under a cooperation agreement. Townships may also borrow and issue general obligation bonds to buy park land, buildings, an… - Townships fund tree care with safeguards: mixed, low. Townships may create shade tree commissions by ordinance; otherwise, township commissioners carry out those duties. Townships must pay for care after planting and for required tree notices. Instead of levying an authorized tax, commissioners may appropriate the amount the shade tree commission cert… - Townships gain tax collector appointment options: mixed, low. Townships elect a qualified tax collector every four years. When nobody is elected or a vacancy occurs, commissioners can appoint an individual or an organization to collect taxes. An appointed organization must post the required bond, but its workers and officers avoid the specified collector qual… - Townships manage streets and utility access: mixed, low. First-class townships can manage streets, sidewalks, sewers, and utility installations, subject to state and federal law and state utility oversight. They can open, improve, or vacate streets without an owner petition; vacating a state-laid highway unopened for 30 years needs state transportation a… - Townships must manage closures and detours: mixed, low. Townships can temporarily close unsafe streets when unusual conditions make immediate repair impractical, marking closures and preserving customary passage when possible. They must sign detours and keep them safe and passable, subject to state and county highway exceptions. After reopening, they mu… - Townships share street and bridge responsibilities: mixed, low. Townships may build or acquire bridges wholly or partly within their borders for use and upkeep as streets. Local governments must maintain, repair, and rebuild county-built or partly county-funded bridges not recorded as county bridges. They may contract with parties other than the county for main… - Treasurers need bonds and must repay losses: mixed, low. Treasurers and deputy treasurers must provide fidelity bonds before performing their duties. The township sets the amount at no less than 50% of estimated township funds available to the treasurer that year. A treasurer cannot be required to provide total bonds exceeding the taxes the tax collector… - Voters can change their township's class: mixed, low. Second-class townships need at least 300 people per square mile under the latest Census Bureau data and majority voter approval. Boards can start conversion, or must submit the question within 15 days after a petition signed by 5% of electors. Voting occurs at the next eligible election at least 90… - Ward rules shape township voter representation: mixed, low. Commissioners may create, change, combine, or abolish wards by ordinance, with no more than 15 wards and at least 300 registered electors per ward. Wards must be numbered, compact, connected, and as equal in population as practicable using the latest federal census. Townships must have at least fiv… - Health officials gain inspection and enforcement powers: mixed, low. First-class township health boards enforce health laws, can recommend rules and appoint officers, and can remove nuisances and mark infected premises. Health officers conduct sanitary inspections, carry out board orders, and can issue citations. Health authorities can order authorized staff to ente… - Long-used streets can become public: mixed, low. A street counts as public after at least 21 continuous years of public travel and township maintenance authorized by commissioners. This applies even without a recorded street layout or dedication, and establishes a right-of-way of at least 24 feet. It secures public access but can affect private l… - State building standards govern township construction: mixed, low. Pennsylvania’s construction law and Uniform Construction Code govern building, alterations, repairs, and occupancy in townships. Township rules under this code cannot replace or override those state requirements. - Township land sales require public safeguards: mixed, low. Township real estate sales above $6,000 require advertising and sale to the highest bidder, with at least 10 days' notice. Sales at $6,000 or less can skip bidding after a qualified appraisal and the board's value estimate. The board must announce those sales at a public meeting at least 30 days be… - Townships can acquire land for facilities: mixed, low. Townships may acquire land within their borders by purchase, gift, exchange, or eminent domain for township buildings. They may build or use facilities for township purposes. They may also buy or lease land inside or outside the township for garages, warehouses, and equipment or supply storage. - Townships can discount land for nonprofits: mixed, low. Townships can sell property to buyers listed in the law without advertising bids or holding a highest-bidder auction. They can accept a nominal price for real estate sold to qualifying library, medical-service, or housing nonprofits. Property sold to volunteer fire, ambulance, or rescue groups must… - Townships can establish sidewalks and drains: mixed, low. Townships may establish sidewalks, curbs, gutters, and surface-water drains along streets. They may set sidewalk grades and widths. Work along state highways needs the state transportation secretary’s consent; work along county roads needs county commissioners’ consent. Townships may acquire needed… - Civil service violations bring legal penalties: mixed, low. Civil service commissions can investigate, administer oaths, and subpoena witnesses and records; required public officers and employees must testify. A conviction for refusing or neglecting a subpoena brings a $250 to $500 fine. Failure to pay can bring up to 30 days in jail, and commissions can se… - Townships support civil service recordkeeping: mixed, low. Townships must provide requested civil service clerical help, a suitable room, and needed supplies. If the commission appoints a solicitor, the township pays, but can set a reasonable annual compensation limit. Commissions must keep minutes, exam records, and records of official actions, plus appli… - Residents get budget review before township decisions: mixed, low. Townships use a January–December budget year and must adopt budgets by December 31 after notice and 20 days' public inspection. They cannot knowingly advertise inaccurate budgets. Increases above 10% overall or 25% for one item require new advertising and inspection at least 10 days before adoption… - Township contractors must provide financial security: mixed, low. Winning bidders on advertised township contracts must provide a bond, irrevocable letter of credit, or other suitable security. Boards set security at 10%–100% of contract liability, due within 20 days unless shortened to at least 10 days. Missing the deadline voids the award. Before covered public… - Township facility bonds rely on user charges: mixed, low. Townships can issue nondebt revenue bonds for listed municipal, water, sewer, waste, airport, park, recreation, and parking facilities. The bonds must follow Pennsylvania municipal borrowing rules. Repayment is secured only by pledged facility rents, tolls, or service charges. The law sets no borro… - Township purchases face bidding and quote rules: mixed, low. Township purchases above a base $18,500 generally require written contracts and advertised bidding, with statutory exceptions. Purchases above a base $10,000 but below the bidding threshold generally need quotes from at least three qualified, responsible contractors. These thresholds adjust annuall… - Township purchasing balances competition and exceptions: mixed, low. Townships generally choose the lowest responsible bidder, considering price and reasonable quality or performance factors listed in the bid notice. The $18,500 advertising and $10,000 quotation base thresholds rise with positive consumer-price changes, with preliminary annual increases capped at 3%… - Township investments carry limits and safeguards: mixed, low. Townships can invest public funds in specified government obligations, secured deposits, investment-company shares, and certificates of deposit. Boards must follow sound business practices, and uninsured deposits need legally approved collateral. Investment-company shares must hold only authorized… - Township power options face borrowing limits: mixed, low. First-class townships can make and sell electricity and set rates and use rules where they provide service. They can build or buy hydroelectric facilities, generate power for residents, and sell power to electricity producers or sellers. Purchase prices require agreement with the owner or, for a co… - Township tax collection follows state methods: mixed, low. Township tax collectors must collect county, institution district, township, school, and other taxes levied within the township. They may also collect Local Tax Enabling Act taxes when designated by ordinance or resolution, or hired by the taxing authority. Township ordinances and resolutions canno… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Dawn W. Keefer (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Cris Dush (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Jack Rader Jr. (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Patty Kim (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Robert Freeman (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Rosemary M. Brown (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Scott Hutchinson (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Timothy P. Kearney (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Wayne D. Fontana (Democratic), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-12-17 | committee | 26 0 | pass | 26 | 0 | | | 2025-12-09 | Senate | Senate Bill 1036 PN1349, Final Passage | pass | 47 | 0 | | | 2025-10-28 | committee | 22 0 | pass | 22 | 0 | | | 2025-10-07 | committee | 11 0 | pass | 11 | 0 | | ## Actions (22) - 2026-02-11: Act No. 7 of 2026 (Governor) - 2026-02-11: Approved by the Governor (Governor) - 2026-02-03: Presented to the Governor (House) - 2026-02-03: Signed in House (House) - 2026-02-02: Signed in Senate (House) - 2026-02-02: Third consideration and final passage (198-0) (House) - 2026-02-02: Re-reported as committed (House) - 2026-01-28: Re-referred to Appropriations (House) - 2026-01-28: Second consideration (House) - 2025-12-17: Removed from table (House) - 2025-12-17: Laid on the table (House) - 2025-12-17: First consideration (House) - 2025-12-17: Reported as committed (House) - 2025-12-10: Referred to Local Government (House) - 2025-12-09: Third consideration and final passage (47-0) (Senate) - 2025-12-08: Amended on third consideration (Senate) - 2025-10-28: Re-reported as committed (Senate) - 2025-10-08: Re-referred to Appropriations (Senate) - 2025-10-08: Second consideration (Senate) - 2025-10-07: First consideration (Senate) - 2025-10-07: Reported as committed (Senate) - 2025-10-03: Referred to Local Government (Senate) ## Bill text - PN 1349, 2025-12-08: [HTML](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/HTM/2025/0/SB1036/PN1349), [PDF](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/DOC/2025/0/SB1036/PN1349), [PDF](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2025/0/SB1036/PN1349) - PN 1205, 2025-10-03: [HTML](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/HTM/2025/0/SB1036/PN1205), [PDF](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/DOC/2025/0/SB1036/PN1205), [PDF](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2025/0/SB1036/PN1205) ## Related bills - HB 2545: An Act providing for insurance coverage for vaginal estrogen for the treatment of menopausal symptoms and urinary tract infections. (passed house) - HB 1827: An Act providing for medical assistance coverage and insurance coverage of screening, prevention and treatment measures for osteoporosis as a result of menopau… (passed house) - HB 2826: An Act amending Title 40 (Insurance) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for firefighter cancer screening and for firefighter cancer screening… (passed house) - HB 2023: An Act amending the act of April 6, 1951 (P.L.69, No.20), known as The Landlord and Tenant Act of 1951, in recovery of possession, further providing for hearin… (passed house) - HB 1345: An Act amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known as the Human Services Code, in public assistance, providing for medical assistance coverage for… (passed house) - HB 1346: An Act amending the act of May 17, 1921 (P.L.682, No.284), known as The Insurance Company Law of 1921, in casualty insurance, providing for menopause treatment… (passed house) ## Sources - [PN 1349 (HTML)](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/HTM/2025/0/SB1036/PN1349) - [PN 1349 (PDF)](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/DOC/2025/0/SB1036/PN1349) - [PN 1349 (PDF)](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2025/0/SB1036/PN1349) - [PN 1205 (HTML)](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/HTM/2025/0/SB1036/PN1205) - [PN 1205 (PDF)](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/DOC/2025/0/SB1036/PN1205) - [PN 1205 (PDF)](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2025/0/SB1036/PN1205) ## Related - [HB 2545: An Act providing for insurance coverage for vaginal estrogen for the treatment…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/PA-HB2545-2025-2026) - [HB 1827: An Act providing for medical assistance coverage and insurance coverage of scre…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/PA-HB1827-2025-2026) - [HB 2826: An Act amending Title 40 (Insurance) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes,…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/PA-HB2826-2025-2026) - [HB 2023: An Act amending the act of April 6, 1951 (P.L.69, No.20), known as The Landlord…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/PA-HB2023-2025-2026) - [HB 1345: An Act amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known as the Human Se…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/PA-HB1345-2025-2026) - [HB 1346: An Act amending the act of May 17, 1921 (P.L.682, No.284), known as The Insuran…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/PA-HB1346-2025-2026) - [Pennsylvania bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/pennsylvania/bills) - [Pennsylvania state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/pennsylvania) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/PA-SB1036-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-17).