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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act amending Title 12 (Commerce and Trade) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Small Business First, further providing for definitions; in machinery and equipment loans, further providing for definitions and for reporting and inspection; in Pennsylvania Industrial Development Program, further providing for definitions; providing for economic entertainment enhancement program; and making a related repeal."
+description: "An Act amending Title 12 (Commerce and Trade) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Small Business First, further providing for definitions; in machinery and equipment loans, further providing for definitions and for reporting and inspection; in Pennsylvania Industrial Development Program, further providing for definitions; providing for economic entertainment enhancement program; and making a related repeal."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
+legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
+session: "2017-2018"
+identifier: "HB 151"
+citation: "Pennsylvania HB 151 (2017-2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Cutler"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 23
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2017-01-23T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d91dea23-3c37-43ce-9953-536f8bf1b8a1"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=151"
+source_hash: "4e696b947dba9455ba1c5667821922bfa937b19fd6ec9b01e8fe0893aa24b001"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-pa"]
+---
+
+# Pennsylvania HB 151 (2017-2018) — An Act amending Title 12 (Commerce and Trade) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Small Business First, further providing for definitions; in machinery and equipment loans, further providing for definitions and for reporting and inspection; in Pennsylvania Industrial Development Program, further providing for definitions; providing for economic entertainment enhancement program; and making a related repeal.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Printer's No. 0115** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0151&pn=0115)
+2. **Printer's No. 1571** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/BI/FN/2017/0/HB0151P1571.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- HB 151 PN 1571, CONCUR — **114–80** (pass) · lower
+- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **26–0** (pass) · upper
+- FINAL PASSAGE — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+- HB 151 PN 1571, MOT CONST, WHEATLEY — **116–78** (pass) · lower
+- Committee vote (COMMUNITY, ECONOMIC AND RECREATIONAL DEVELOPMENT): Reported as Amended — **15–0** (pass) · upper
+- HB 151 PN 1571, MOT CONST, WHEATLEY — **119–75** (pass) · lower
+- FINAL PASSAGE — **196–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Cutler — primary (person)
+- A. Harris — cosponsor (person)
+- Baker — cosponsor (person)
+- D. Costa — cosponsor (person)
+- Dowling — cosponsor (person)
+- Jozwiak — cosponsor (person)
+- Longietti — cosponsor (person)
+- Mentzer — cosponsor (person)
+- Millard — cosponsor (person)
+- Milne — cosponsor (person)
+- Wheeland — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0115 Referred to FINANCE `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2017-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
+- **2017-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
+- **2017-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
+- **2017-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
+- **2017-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2017-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2017-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to COMMUNITY, ECONOMIC AND RECREATIONAL DEVELOPMENT `referral-committee`
+- **2017-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1571 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
+- **2017-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
+- **2017-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
+- **2017-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2017-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2017-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2017-06-07T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2017-06-07T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments
+- **2017-06-07T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
+- **2017-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
+- **2017-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d91dea23-3c37-43ce-9953-536f8bf1b8a1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).
+