l9n/ Pennsylvania

2025–2026 Regular Session

House Bill 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 hearing, judgment, writ of possession and payment of rent by tenant.

In the Senate's Urban Affairs & Housing Committee since October 26, 2026.

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

11 co-sponsors

Carol Hill-Evans, Benjamin V. Sanchez, Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz, Elizabeth Fiedler, La'Tasha D. Mayes, Dan K. Williams, Maureen E. Madden, MARK M. GILLEN, Ben Waxman, Ana Tiburcio, Carol Kazeem

Its course

November 12, 2025 to October 26, 2026, 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 action13 actions on 6 days

In the House of RepresentativesNov 12 to Oct 19341 days

Housing & Community DevelopmentNov 12 to Feb 282 days

AppropriationsOct 7 to Oct 1912 days

In the SenateFrom Oct 19

Urban Affairs & HousingFrom Oct 26

Votes

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

  • House of Representatives, third reading122–81

    Passed · Oct 19, 2026

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Oct 7, 2026

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 Nov 12 – Oct 19, 2026

  1. Nov 12Sent to HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
  2. Feb 2, 2026HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT recommended it
  3. Oct 7, 2026Amended and read a second time
  4. Sent to APPROPRIATIONS
  5. Oct 19, 2026APPROPRIATIONS recommended it
  6. Passed the House of Representatives, 122 to 81

In the Senate Oct 26, 2026

  1. Oct 26, 2026Arrived in the Senate
  2. Sent to URBAN AFFAIRS AND HOUSING
All 13 actions, as published
  1. Nov 12Referred to HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, Nov. 12, 2025House of Representatives
  2. Feb 2, 2026Reported as committed, Feb. 2, 2026House of Representatives
  3. Feb 2, 2026First consideration, Feb. 2, 2026House of Representatives
  4. Feb 2, 2026Laid on the table, Feb. 2, 2026House of Representatives
  5. Oct 6, 2026Removed from table, Oct. 6, 2026House of Representatives
  6. Oct 7, 2026Second consideration, with amendments, Oct. 7, 2026House of Representatives
  7. Oct 7, 2026Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS, Oct. 7, 2026House of Representatives
  8. Oct 7, 2026(Remarks see House Journal Page ), Oct. 7, 2026House of Representatives
  9. Oct 19, 2026Re-reported as committed, Oct. 19, 2026House of Representatives
  10. Oct 19, 2026Third consideration and final passage, Oct. 19, 2026 (122-81)House of Representatives
  11. Oct 19, 2026(Remarks see House Journal Page ), Oct. 19, 2026House of Representatives
  12. Oct 26, 2026In the SenateSenate
  13. Oct 26, 2026Referred to URBAN AFFAIRS AND HOUSING, Oct. 26, 2026Senate