HB 2180 — An Act imposing requirements when lands containing certain State correctional institutions are offered for sale; and further providing for duties of the Department of Corrections.

PRINTER'S NO.   2834

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                         HOUSE BILL
                         No. 2180
                                                Session of
                                                  2026

     INTRODUCED BY CONKLIN, SHUSTERMAN, WAXMAN, SANCHEZ, HILL-EVANS,
        D. WILLIAMS, CERRATO, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, MERSKI, KHAN, FRIEL AND
        WEBSTER, JANUARY 30, 2026

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, JANUARY 30, 2026


                                     AN ACT
 1   Imposing requirements when lands containing certain State
 2      correctional institutions are offered for sale; and further
 3      providing for duties of the Department of Corrections.
 4      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 5   hereby enacts as follows:
 6   Section 1.   Short title.
 7      This act shall be known and may be cited as the Affordable
 8   Housing Land Acquisition Act.
 9   Section 2.   Definitions.
10      The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
11   have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
12   context clearly indicates otherwise:
13      "County."    The county where a State correctional institution
14   is located or where a majority of a State correctional
15   institution is located.
16      "Department."    The Department of Corrections of the
17   Commonwealth.
18      "State correctional institution."     A State correctional
 1   institution as defined in 61 Pa.C.S. § 102 (relating to
 2   definitions) that is permanently closing at the direction of the
 3   department according to the act of October 24, 2018 (P.L.813,
 4   No.133), known as the Public Safety Facilities Act.
 5   Section 3.   Land transfer to county.
 6      (a)   Duty of department.--The department shall provide
 7   written notice to the county if real estate of a State
 8   correctional institution is offered for sale. Notice shall
 9   include the county's option to be conveyed acreage, as provided
10   under subsection (b), for no consideration.
11      (b)   Land reserve.--If the real estate of a State
12   correctional institution is offered for sale, 2% of the total
13   acreage, including public road frontage or access to a public
14   road, shall be reserved for transfer to the county for the sole
15   purpose of constructing and leasing affordable housing.
16      (c)   Duty of county.--A county may accept the conveyance of
17   the acreage described under subsection (b) if, not later than 60
18   days after receiving notice under subsection (a), the county
19   submits to the department a resolution passed by a majority of
20   the county commissioners stating the county's acceptance of the
21   real estate and a detailed plan for the development of the land,
22   including the number of affordable housing units to be
23   constructed and leased.
24      (d)   Transfer.--After all right, title and ownership has been
25   conveyed from the department to the county in accordance with
26   this section, the county shall, not later than five years after
27   the date of the recording of the deed, begin permitting for the
28   construction of affordable housing units and must have units
29   available for lease not later than 10 years after the date of
30   the recording of the deed. Affordable housing must be made

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 1   available for lease within the 10-year time frame or the real
 2   estate parcel shall revert to the Commonwealth.
 3      (e)   Rejection by county.--If the county does not accept the
 4   real estate described under subsection (b), the real estate
 5   parcel reverts to the Commonwealth.
 6   Section 4.   Application.
 7      This act shall apply to the sale of real estate on which a
 8   State correctional institution is located on or after the
 9   effective date of this section.
10   Section 5.   Effective date.
11      This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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