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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act making an appropriation from a restricted revenue account within the General Fund to the Office of Small Business Advocate in the Department of Community and Economic Development."
+description: "An Act making an appropriation from a restricted revenue account within the General Fund to the Office of Small Business Advocate in the Department of Community and Economic Development."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
+legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
+session: "2019-2020"
+identifier: "SB 237"
+citation: "Pennsylvania SB 237 (2019-2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Browne"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2019-02-07T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2019-06-28T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ce2bbe60-56f8-4b8f-b4ba-ab0d5ac2f165"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=237"
+source_hash: "555038c6e854a49407d0b740a12d159c9cc3411d001fcfc04d56ce106002f530"
+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 SB 237 (2019-2020) — An Act making an appropriation from a restricted revenue account within the General Fund to the Office of Small Business Advocate in the Department of Community and Economic Development.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Printer's No. 0201** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0237&pn=0201)
+2. **Printer's No. 0988** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0237&pn=0988)
+3. **Senate Amendment A01663** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=S&type=B&bn=0237&pn=0201&aYear=2019&an=01663)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Amended — **24–0** (pass) · upper
+- FINAL PASSAGE — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Reported as Committed — **21–0** (pass) · upper
+- FINAL PASSAGE — **201–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Browne — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0201 Referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2019-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
+- **2019-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
+- **2019-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-17T04:00:00+00:00** PN 0988 Re-reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
+- **2019-06-18T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
+- **2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
+- **2019-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
+- **2019-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
+- **2019-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
+- **2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
+- **2019-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-06-28T04:00:00+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/ce2bbe60-56f8-4b8f-b4ba-ab0d5ac2f165`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).
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