Pennsylvania HB 2704: An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, in terms and courses of study, further providing for minimum number of school days.

Bill Text

PRINTER'S NO. 3780
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 2704
Session of
2026
INTRODUCED BY SCOTT, PROKOPIAK, KHAN, PROBST, RIVERA, HILL-
EVANS, BOROWSKI, FREEMAN, HOWARD, INGLIS, HOHENSTEIN,
SHUSTERMAN, PASHINSKI, NEILSON AND PARKER, JULY 15, 2026
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT,
JULY 16, 2026
AN ACT
Amending Titles 15 (Corporations and Unincorporated
Associations) and 68 (Real and Personal Property) of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in general provisions
relating to corporations and unincorporated associations,
further providing for annual report; in entity transactions,
further providing for grounds for administrative dissolution
or cancellation and for procedure and effect; in foreign
associations, further providing for termination of
registration; providing for investor ownership of single-
family residential property; imposing duties on the
Department of State and the Office of Attorney General; and
imposing penalties.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 146(a)(5) and (6) of Title 15 of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended and the
subsection is amended by adding a paragraph to read:
§ 146. Annual report.
(a) Required contents.--A domestic filing entity, domestic
limited liability partnership, domestic electing partnership
that is not a limited partnership or registered foreign
association must deliver to the department for filing an annual
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report signed by the entity or association that states:
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(5) the address of its principal office, including
street and number, if any, wherever located; [and]
(6) its entity number or similar identifier issued by
the department[.]; and
(7) the number of properties or parcels of land located
in this Commonwealth that are owned by the filer and the
filer's affiliate and that are zoned for single-family
residential use or low-density residential use. As used in
this paragraph, the terms "affiliate," "low-density
residential use" and "single-family residential use" shall
have the meanings given to them in 68 Pa.C.S. § 7601
(relating to definitions).
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Section 2. Section 381 of Title 15 is amended by adding a
subsection to read:
§ 381. Grounds for administrative dissolution or cancellation.
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(c) Repeated violations of property ownership
prohibitions.--The department may commence a proceeding under
section 382 to administratively dissolve a domestic filing
entity or cancel the statement of registration of a domestic
limited liability partnership or the statement of election of an
electing partnership that is not a limited partnership if the
entity violates 68 Pa.C.S. Ch. 76 (relating to investor
ownership of single-family residential property) at least 10
times within a period of at least three years. The three-year
period shall commence from the date of the first violation.
Section 3. Section 382(b) heading of Title 15 is amended and
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the section is amended by adding a subsection to read:
§ 382. Procedure and effect.
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(b) Dissolution or cancellation based on failure to file
annual report.--* * *
(b.1) Dissolution or cancellation based on repeated
violation of property ownership prohibitions.--If an entity does
not deliver to the department a notice to contest dissolution or
cancellation, the department shall proceed under subsection (b)
(1) or (2), as applicable.
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Section 4. Section 419(a)(2) and (3) and (d) of Title 15 are
amended and subsection (a) is amended by adding a paragraph to
read:
§ 419. Termination of registration.
(a) General rule.--The department may terminate the
registration of a registered foreign association in the manner
provided in subsections (b) and (c) if the department finds that
the association:
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(2) has been administratively, voluntarily or
involuntarily dissolved under the laws of its jurisdiction of
formation; [or]
(3) has failed to deliver to the department for filing
an annual report under section 146 (relating to annual
report) within six months after it is due[.]; or
(4) violates 68 Pa.C.S. Ch. 76 (relating to investor
ownership of single-family residential property) at least 10
times within a period of at least three years.
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(d) Effectiveness or cure.--The registration of a registered
foreign association to do business in this Commonwealth shall
cease on the effective date of the notice of termination or
notation under subsection (b), unless before that date the
association cures each ground for termination stated in the
notice or notation. If the association cures each ground, the
department shall file a record stating as such. If the ground
for termination is under subsection (a)(4), the department may
not offer