PENNSYLVANIA, April 13 - PRINTER'S NO. 1577

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

No.

1275

Session of

2026

INTRODUCED BY KEARNEY, HUTCHINSON, DUSH, KEEFER, KIM, FONTANA,

KANE, SANTARSIERO, PENNYCUICK, COSTA AND VOGEL,

APRIL 13, 2026

REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT, APRIL 13, 2026

AN ACT

Amending Titles 8 (Boroughs and Incorporated Towns) and 11

(Cities) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in

elections of officers, further providing for officers

elected; and, in elected officers and elections, providing

for newly elected officer training.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Section 806 of Title 8 of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:

§ 806. Officers elected.

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(c) Newly elected officers training.--Notwithstanding

subsection (b), a borough may pay the necessary expenses for a

newly elected borough officer to attend educational training

provided prior to the beginning of the newly elected officer's

term.

Section 2. Title 11 is amended by adding a section to read:

§ 10705. Newly elected officer training.

A city may pay the necessary expenses for a newly elected

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