Pennsylvania HB 123: An Act amending the act of July 31, 1968 (P.L.805, No.247), known as the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, in subdivision and land development, providing for signage on subdivision or land development.

Bill Text

PRINTER'S NO. 2557
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 123
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY RABB, INGLIS, WAXMAN, FREEMAN, RIVERA AND
D. WILLIAMS, NOVEMBER 5, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, NOVEMBER 6, 2025
AN ACT
Amending the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), entitled
"An act concerning elections, including general, municipal,
special and primary elections, the nomination of candidates,
primary and election expenses and election contests; creating
and defining membership of county boards of elections;
imposing duties upon the Secretary of the Commonwealth,
courts, county boards of elections, county commissioners;
imposing penalties for violation of the act, and codifying,
revising and consolidating the laws relating thereto; and
repealing certain acts and parts of acts relating to
elections," in county boards of elections, further providing
for powers and duties of county boards; in dates of elections
and primaries and special elections, providing for
authorization of ranked choice voting in municipal elections;
in nomination of candidates, further providing for which
candidates nominated; in ballots, further providing for form
of official primary ballot; in electronic voting systems,
further providing for election day procedures and the process
of voting; in preparation for and conduct of primaries and
elections, further providing for method of marking ballots
and depositing same in districts in which ballots are used
and for count and return of votes in districts in which
ballots are used; and, in returns of primaries and elections,
further providing for persons receiving highest number of
votes to be declared elected.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 302(k) of the act of June 3, 1937
(P.L.1333, No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code, is
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amended to read:
Section 302. Powers and Duties of County Boards.--The county
boards of elections, within their respective counties, shall
exercise, in the manner provided by this act, all powers granted
to them by this act, and shall perform all the duties imposed
upon them by this act, which shall include the following:
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(k) To receive from district election officers the returns
of all primaries and elections, to canvass and compute the same
using ranked choice voting as provided under section 604.1 in a
county, city, borough, township, school district or other
municipality or incorporated district contained in any county
that has chosen to use the ranked choice voting method of
computation, and to certify, no later than the third Monday
following the primary or election, the results thereof to the
Secretary of the Commonwealth, as may be provided by law, and to
such other authorities as may be provided by law. The
certification shall include the number of votes received in each
election district by each candidate for the General Assembly.
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Section 2. The act is amended by adding a section to read:
Section 604.1. Authorization of Ranked Choice Voting in
Municipal Elections.--(a) (1) The governing body of a county,
city, borough, township, school district or other municipality
or incorporated district contained in any county may, by
ordinance or resolution or ballot initiative, authorize the use
of the ranked choice voting method in elections conducted during
the municipal primary and in the ensuing municipal election for
any of its offices in accordance with the provisions of this
section.
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(2) The authorization described in paragraph (1) must occur
not later than one hundred eighty (180) days prior to the
election for which the ranked choice voting method will be
utilized.
(b) (1) For offices subject to the ranked choice voting
method, the ballot shall be simple and easy to understand and
allow a voter to rank candidates for an office in order of
choice. A voter may include no more than one write-in candidate
among the voter's ranked choices for each office.
(2) With respect to the ballot used in a ranked choice
voting election:
(i) In a contest conducted by ranked choice voting, the
ballot shall allow voters to rank candidates in order of choice.
(ii) The ballot shall allow voters to rank as many choices
as there are qualified candidates, including qualified write-in
candidates, except as provided in this section. If the voting
equipment cannot accommodate a number of rankings on the ballot
equal to the number of qualified candidates, the Secretary of
the Commonwealth may limit the number of choices a voter may
rank on a ballot to the maximum number allowed by the equipment.
If multiple types of voting equipment are used in an election
for the same office, the Secretary of the Commonwealth shall
ensure that every ballot allows voters to rank the same number
of can