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2023–2024 Regular Session

House Bill 1716

An Act amending Title 15 (Corporations and Unincorporated Associations) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in entities generally, further providing for requirements for names generally and providing for registration of name of domestic nonfiling association; in entity transactions, further providing for nature of transactions and for approval by limited liability company; in foreign associations, further providing for foreign registration statement; in general provisions, further providing for definitions; in corporate powers, duties and safeguards, further providing for certain specifically authorized debt terms; in officers, directors and shareholders, further providing for derivative action; in foreign business corporations, further providing for application of article; in general provisions, further providing for definitions; in corporate powers, duties and safeguards, further providing for certain specifically authorized debt terms; in officers, directors and members, further providing for derivative action; in general partnerships, further providing for contents of partnership agreement; in limited partnerships, further providing for contents of partnership agreement and for derivative action; and, in limited liability companies, further providing for contents of operating agreement and for derivative action.

Became law as Act 59 of 2024, signed July 15, 2024, 293 days after it was filed.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

4 co-sponsors

Maureen E. Madden, Benjamin V. Sanchez, Mike Jones, David M. Delloso

Its course

September 26, 2023 to July 15, 2024, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action23 actions on 12 days

In the House of RepresentativesSep 26 to Nov 1348 days

CommerceSep 26 to Oct 1822 days

AppropriationsOct 31 to Nov 1313 days

In the SenateNov 13 to Jul 3233 days

JudiciaryNov 28 to Jul 1216 days

AppropriationsJul 2 to Jul 20 days

Waiting to be sentJul 3 to Jul 96 days

With the GovernorJul 9 to Jul 156 days

Votes

Yeas to nays, as the General Assembly recorded them. Committee votes are set in.

  • House of Representatives, third reading203–0

    Passed · Nov 13

  • Senate, third reading50–0

    Passed · Jul 3, 2024

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives committee amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Oct 18

  • House of Representatives floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Oct 31

Text

Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

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What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Sep 26 – Nov 13

  1. Sent to COMMERCE
  2. COMMERCE recommended it as amended
  3. Amended and read a second time
  4. Sent to APPROPRIATIONS
  5. APPROPRIATIONS recommended it
  6. Passed the House of Representatives, 203 to 0

In the Senate Nov 28 – Jul 3, 2024

  1. Arrived in the Senate
  2. Sent to JUDICIARY
  3. JUDICIARY recommended it
  4. Read a second time
  5. Sent to APPROPRIATIONS
  6. APPROPRIATIONS recommended it
  7. Passed the Senate, 50 to 0

To the Governor Jul 8, 2024 – Jul 15, 2024

  1. Signed in the House of Representatives
  2. Signed in the Senate
  3. Sent to the Governor
  4. Signed by the Governor
  5. Became Act 59 of 2024
All 23 actions, as published