HB 1086 — An Act amending Title 16 (Counties) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in eminent domain and injury to property, further providing for restrictions as to certain property.
Congress · introduced 2025-04-01
Latest action: — Referred to LOCAL GOVERNMENT, April 1, 2025
Sponsors
- Andrea Verobish (R, PA-79) — sponsor · 2025-04-01
- Tarah Probst (D, PA-189) — cosponsor · 2025-04-01
- Tina Pickett (R, PA-110) — cosponsor · 2025-04-01
- Milou Mackenzie (R, PA-131) — cosponsor · 2025-04-01
- Brian Smith (R, PA-66) — cosponsor · 2025-04-01
- David H. Zimmerman (R, PA-99) — cosponsor · 2025-04-01
- Craig T. Staats (R, PA-145) — cosponsor · 2025-04-01
- Michael Stender (R, PA-108) — cosponsor · 2025-04-01
Action timeline
- · house — Referred to LOCAL GOVERNMENT, April 1, 2025
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Bill text
Printer's No. 1203 · 1,460 characters · source document
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PRINTER'S NO. 1203
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1086
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY SCHMITT, PROBST, PICKETT, M. MACKENZIE, SMITH,
ZIMMERMAN, STAATS AND STENDER, APRIL 1, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, APRIL 1, 2025
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 16 (Counties) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, in eminent domain and injury to property, further
3 providing for restrictions as to certain property.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 16302(a) of Title 16 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes, added May 8, 2024 (P.L.50, No.14), is
8 amended to read:
9 § 16302. Restrictions as to certain property.
10 (a) Prohibition.--Except as provided in subsection (b), land
11 or property used for a cemetery, burying ground or place of
12 public worship, including land not used for a cemetery, burying
13 ground or place of public worship but owned by a cemetery or
14 religious institution, may not be taken or appropriated by
15 virtue of a power contained in this chapter.
16 * * *
17 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.Connected on the graph
Outbound (1)
| date | type | to | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania House Local Government Committee | — | pa-leg |
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Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andrea Verobish (R, state_lower PA-79) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Brian Smith (R, state_lower PA-66) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Craig T. Staats (R, state_lower PA-145) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | David H. Zimmerman (R, state_lower PA-99) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Michael Stender (R, state_lower PA-108) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Milou Mackenzie (R, state_lower PA-131) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Tarah Probst (D, state_lower PA-189) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Tina Pickett (R, state_lower PA-110) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
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0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
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- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania House Local Government Committee · pa-leg