HB 1282 Pennsylvania House · 2025-2026 Regular Session

An Act imposing a duty on municipal corporations to provide notification to property owners of changes to special flood hazard area maps of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

HB 1282 requires cities and towns to notify property owners when the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) updates special flood hazard area maps. This directly affects homeowners and property owners in areas where flood risk maps change. Municipalities must send written notice to affected property owners within 30 days of a FEMA map update. The law aims to ensure residents understand potential changes to flood insurance requirements and property risk levels. It does not alter FEMA's map-making process or flood insurance mandates.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Apr 2025

Committee Review

Jun 2025

House Passage

Jun 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Apr 22, 2025 Last action Jun 24, 2025

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What changed between versions

Printer's No. PN1450 → Printer's No. PN1715 · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was amended to shorten the deadline for municipalities and counties to notify property owners about flood risk changes from 90 days to 45 days. It also added a new requirement to inform owners about specific appeal rights and introduced a standardized notification template to ensure consistency.

Scope change

The bill now applies to a shorter timeframe for compliance and expands the content of required notifications to include specific appeal procedures.

TIMELINE

The deadline for providing written notification to property owners was reduced from 90 days to 45 days after receiving information from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

REQUIREMENT

Municipalities and counties must now explicitly inform property owners about the 90-day appeal and comment periods available under federal regulations regarding proposed flood elevation determinations.

A new provision requires the Insurance Department to create and publish a standardized template for the flood notification letters to ensure clarity and consistency across the state.

The duty of counties was updated to include a mandatory public disclosure warning homeowners that standard policies do not cover flood damage and encouraging them to review their coverage.

Floor votes · House Jun 23, 2025

How they voted

132–71

Passed

Total votes 203

Jun 23, 2025

D Democratic102

102 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican101

30 Yea 71 Nay

70% Nay

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Jun 24, 2025

Committee

Referred to Local Government

upper

Jun 23, 2025

Lower · Passed

Third consideration and final passage

lower

Jun 17, 2025

Lower · Passed

Re-reported as committed

lower

Jun 16, 2025

Committee

Re-committed to Appropriations

lower

May 14, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported as amended

lower

Apr 22, 2025

Committee

Referred to Local Government

lower

1 primary · 24 co-sponsors