Pennsylvania HB 1764: An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in inchoate crimes, providing for the offense of possession of firearm or other dangerous weapon in public recreation area.

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PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 2170 PRINTER'S NO. 2717
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1764
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY MADDEN, FREEMAN, PROBST, T. DAVIS, WEBSTER, HILL-
EVANS, HOWARD, D. WILLIAMS, CIRESI, OTTEN, BRENNAN,
SCHLOSSBERG, CURRY, BOROWSKI AND GREEN, JULY 24, 2025
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, DECEMBER 17, 2025
AN ACT
Amending the act of July 31, 1968 (P.L.805, No.247), entitled
"An act to empower cities of the second class A, and third
class, boroughs, incorporated towns, townships of the first
and second classes including those within a county of the
second class and counties of the second through eighth
classes, individually or jointly, to plan their development
and to govern the same by zoning, subdivision and land
development ordinances, planned residential development and
other ordinances, by official maps, by the reservation of
certain land for future public purpose and by the acquisition
of such land; to promote the conservation of energy through
the use of planning practices and to promote the effective
utilization of renewable energy sources; providing for the
establishment of planning commissions, planning departments,
planning committees and zoning hearing boards, authorizing
them to charge fees, make inspections and hold public
hearings; providing for mediation; providing for transferable
development rights; providing for appropriations, appeals to
courts and penalties for violations; and repealing acts and
parts of acts," in subdivision and land development,
providing for potentially impacted municipalities and further
providing for approval of plats and for completion of
improvements or guarantee thereof prerequisite to final plat
approval; providing for developments of regional significance
and impact; and, in zoning hearing board and other
administrative proceedings, further providing for
jurisdiction.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
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Section 1. The act of July 31, 1968 (P.L.805, No.247), known
as the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, is amended by
adding a section to read:
Section 502.2. Potentially Impacted Municipalities.--(a) A
person who proposes a subdivision or development of land shall,
within 10 days of submitting an application for preliminary plat
approval, inform the county or regional planning commission and
the governing body of each contiguous municipality in writing
that the person's application may constitute a development of
regional significance and impact if the application proposes a
development listed under section 506-B(b).
(b) Within 30 days of receiving a notification under
subsection (a), a potentially impacted municipality or the
county or regional planning commission may request an impact
analysis under section 507-B.
Section 2. Section 508 of the act is amended by adding a
paragraph to read:
Section 508. Approval of Plats.--All applications for
approval of a plat (other than those governed by Article VII),
whether preliminary or final, shall be acted upon by the
governing body or the planning agency within such time limits as
may be fixed in the subdivision and land development ordinance
but the governing body or the planning agency shall render its
decision and communicate it to the applicant not later than 90
days following the date of the regular meeting of the governing
body or the planning agency (whichever first reviews the
application) next following the date the application is filed or
after a final order of court remanding an application, provided
that should the said next regular meeting occur more than 30
days following the filing of the application or the final order
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of the court, the said 90-day period shall be measured from the
30th day following the day the application has been filed.
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(8) If the governing body, or planning agency designated
to review applications under this article, requires an
applicant to prepare and remit an impact analysis under
Article V-B within 45 days of receipt of a preliminary
application for approval of a plat, the period for review
under this section shall not begin until the municipality
determines that the proposed development is not a development
of regional significance and impact or the applicant submits
a written mitigation plan under section 509-B. If a
municipality determines that the proposed development is not
a development of regional significance and impact, the period
of review shall be 90 days and begin on the date that the
decision is communicated to the applicant. If a mitigation
plan is required, the period of review shall be 120 days and
shall begin on the date that the applicant submits the
mitigation plan.
Section 3. Section 509(a) of the act is amended to read:
Section 509. Co