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HB 1048PENNSYLVANIASession 2025-2026State Billpassed chamber

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Pennsylvania House Bill 1048 authorizes municipalities to repair private water and sewer lines using public funds and employees

Original title: An Act amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for water and sewer projects.

Last action · June 24, 2025: Referred to LOCAL GOVERNMENT, June 24, 2025Sponsors: Missy Cerrato and 13 others

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What This Bill Would Do

Pennsylvania municipalities are newly authorized to use public funds, equipment, and municipal employees to repair or replace private water and sewer lines connecting residential buildings to public systems, provided the work benefits public health or infrastructure. The measure requires municipalities and contractors to use U.S.-made supplies when available and preserves existing competitive bidding and ethics laws.

Why it matters

Property owners may receive municipal assistance for private plumbing repairs connecting to public mains, while local governments must weigh competing public budget demands before allocating labor and materials to private lines.

Background

House Bill 1048 amends Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes by adding a new chapter governing water and sewer projects. context

Who It Would Affect

Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.

Directly affected

Pennsylvania municipalities

Municipalities gain discretionary authority to use public funds, equipment, and employees to remediate private water and sewer laterals.

Directly affected

Property owners

Property owners may potentially receive municipal assistance for repairing private sewer and water connection lines.

Directly affected

Municipal employees

Municipal staff may be assigned to work on private water and sewer lateral replacement and remediation projects.

Key Facts

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Frequently Asked Questions

Does a municipality become responsible for my private pipe after repairing it?

No. The bill explicitly states that a municipality performing replacement or remediation of a private lateral is not deemed to be the owner of the line and is not required to perform any further duties unless determined necessary by the municipality.

Can municipalities use public employees and tax dollars to fix private sewer lines?

Yes, provided the municipality determines that the work will benefit public health, the public water supply system, or the public sewer system, and after it considers competing budget and equipment demands.

Are contractors required to use American-made materials?

Yes. Municipalities and contractors must use best efforts to utilize supplies made or assembled in the United States, subject to waiver resolutions or attestation if domestic supplies are unavailable.

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Where This Stands

Currently passed chamber. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Law.

Procedural history

11 actions

Jun 24, 2025SenateCommittee
Referred to LOCAL GOVERNMENT, June 24, 2025
Jun 24, 2025Senate
In the Senate
Jun 23, 2025HouseFloor
Third consideration and final passage, June 23, 2025 (113-90)
Jun 17, 2025HouseCommittee
Re-reported as committed, June 17, 2025
Jun 16, 2025House
Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS, June 16, 2025
Jun 16, 2025HouseFloor
Second consideration, June 16, 2025

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Jun 11, 2025House
Removed from table, June 11, 2025
May 7, 2025House
Laid on the table, May 7, 2025
May 7, 2025HouseIntroduced
First consideration, May 7, 2025
May 7, 2025House
Reported as amended, May 7, 2025
Mar 25, 2025HouseCommittee
Referred to LOCAL GOVERNMENT, March 25, 2025

Version history & redline

2 versions on file

Comparing Printer's No. 1138 → Printer's No. 1651

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PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1138 PRINTER'S NO. 1651 THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA HOUSE BILL No. 1048 Session of 2025 INTRODUCED BY CERRATO, GIRAL, MAYES, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, HILL-EVANS, KHAN, INGLIS, KENYATTA, STEELE, SANCHEZ AND DONAHUE, MARCH 25, 2025 REFERRED TO AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, MARCH 25, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, MAY 7, 2025 AN ACT Amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for water and sewer projects. The General Assembly of the […] chapter shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: "Municipality." A city, borough, incorporated town or township in this Commonwealth.

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Lobbying Activity

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Discoveries

1 pattern noticed across the record

Patterns POLISCOPE noticed across the record. These are observations to investigate, not conclusions.

policy shift95% confidence

Expansion of Municipal Public Works Authority to Private Property

The legislation creates a new statutory chapter in Title 53 allowing local governments to cross property lines to maintain and remediate private water and sewer laterals using public resources.

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Connected Entities

House of Representatives, Pennsylvania

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Sources

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www.palegis.us

Analysis Score

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Significance65
How much this matters to a regular citizen
Controversy25
Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
Entertainment5
Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
Buzz15
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What This Bill Would Do

Who It Would Affect

Key Facts

Frequently Asked Questions

News Coverage

Where This Stands

Procedural history

Version history & redline

Lobbying Activity

Full breakdown

Sponsors

Related Legislation

General Assembly of Georgia Modernizes Trust Administration, Estate Rules, and Probate Court Procedures

Maryland Senate Bill 866 requires chain restaurants to display sodium and added sugars warning icons on menus

Pennsylvania House Bill 181 requires political subdivision and municipal authorities to maintain public websites detailing board member information

Discoveries

Expansion of Municipal Public Works Authority to Private Property

Connected Entities

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