HB 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.

PRINTER'S NO.   2582

                      THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                          HOUSE BILL
                          No. 2023
                                                Session of
                                                  2025

     INTRODUCED BY SCOTT, HILL-EVANS, SANCHEZ, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ,
        FIEDLER, MAYES, D. WILLIAMS, MADDEN, GILLEN AND WAXMAN,
        NOVEMBER 10, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT,
        NOVEMBER 12, 2025


                                     AN ACT
 1   Amending the act of April 6, 1951 (P.L.69, No.20), entitled "An
 2      act relating to the rights, obligations and liabilities of
 3      landlord and tenant and of parties dealing with them and
 4      amending, revising, changing and consolidating the law
 5      relating thereto," in recovery of possession, further
 6      providing for hearing, judgment, writ of possession and
 7      payment of rent by tenant.
 8      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 9   hereby enacts as follows:
10      Section 1.     Section 503 of the act of April 6, 1951 (P.L.69,
11   No.20), known as The Landlord and Tenant Act of 1951, is amended
12   by adding a subsection to read:
13      Section 503.     Hearing; Judgment; Writ of Possession; Payment
14   of Rent by Tenant.--* * *
15      (b.1)   (1)    The justice of the peace shall stay the execution
16   of a writ of possession of the real property, from day to day,
17   in the event of extreme weather conditions affecting the real
18   property, including:
19      (i)   a temperature or next-day forecasted temperature of
 1   thirty-two degrees Fahrenheit or lower;
 2      (ii)    a winter storm warning or blizzard warning issued by
 3   the National Weather Service;
 4      (iii)    a hurricane warning or tropical storm warning issued
 5   by the National Weather Service; and
 6      (iv)    an excessive heat warning issued by the National
 7   Weather Service.
 8      (2)    When a stay has been granted under this subsection, the
 9   execution of the writ of possession for which the stay has been
10   granted shall be given priority and completed within five days
11   after the extreme weather conditions cease.
12      (3)    This subsection shall apply to a tenant enrolled in any
13   of the following programs at the time of the service of the writ
14   of possession:
15      (i)    Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
16      (ii)    Medicaid.
17      (iii)    Medicare.
18      (iv)    Social Security Disability Insurance.
19      (v)    Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women,
20   Infants and Children.
21      (vi)    Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
22      (vii)    Supplemental Security Income.
23      * * *
24      Section 2.    This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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