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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act providing for funding of high-speed broadband service infrastructure deployment in unserved areas of this Commonwealth and for powers and duties of the Commonwealth Financing Authority; establishing the Unserved High-speed Broadband Funding Program Account; making an appropriation; and making a related repeal."
+description: "An Act providing for funding of high-speed broadband service infrastructure deployment in unserved areas of this Commonwealth and for powers and duties of the Commonwealth Financing Authority; establishing the Unserved High-speed Broadband Funding Program Account; making an appropriation; and making a related repeal."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
+legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
+session: "2019-2020"
+identifier: "SB 835"
+citation: "Pennsylvania SB 835 (2019-2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Langerholc"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 23
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2019-08-26T04:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2020-11-25T05:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d7a899fe-f2fe-4296-bb6e-02592041e53d"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=835"
+source_hash: "f30f4afd38c8997e2e897f85941aeb1ec665dd87de1d21bec818b5c83f25ad89"
+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 835 (2019-2020) — An Act providing for funding of high-speed broadband service infrastructure deployment in unserved areas of this Commonwealth and for powers and duties of the Commonwealth Financing Authority; establishing the Unserved High-speed Broadband Funding Program Account; making an appropriation; and making a related repeal.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **House Amendment A07732** (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=0835&pn=1800&aYear=2019&an=07732)
+2. **Printer's No. 1144** (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=0835&pn=1144)
+3. **Printer's No. 1800** (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=0835&pn=1800)
+4. **Printer's No. 2112** (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=0835&pn=2112)
+5. **Senate Amendment A06275** (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=0835&pn=1144&aYear=2019&an=06275)
+
+## Votes
+
+- FINAL PASSAGE — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+- Committee vote (COMMUNICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY): Reported as Amended — **11–0** (pass) · upper
+- CONCUR IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+- FINAL PASSAGE — **202–0** (pass) · lower
+- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
+- Committee vote (RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **17–0** (pass) · upper
+- SB 835 PN 1800, 2019 A7732, CAUSER — **200–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Langerholc — primary (person)
+- Argall — cosponsor (person)
+- Brewster — cosponsor (person)
+- Brooks — cosponsor (person)
+- J. Ward — cosponsor (person)
+- Mensch — cosponsor (person)
+- Pittman — cosponsor (person)
+- Stefano — cosponsor (person)
+- Street — cosponsor (person)
+- Yudichak — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-08-26T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1144 Referred to COMMUNICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY `referral-committee`
+- **2020-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1800 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
+- **2020-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
+- **2020-06-23T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
+- **2020-06-23T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2020-09-08T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2020-09-08T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
+- **2020-09-14T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to CONSUMER AFFAIRS `referral-committee`
+- **2020-09-29T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2020-09-29T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
+- **2020-09-29T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
+- **2020-10-19T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
+- **2020-10-21T04:00:00+00:00** PN 2112 Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
+- **2020-10-21T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2020-11-18T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2020-11-18T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
+- **2020-11-18T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2020-11-20T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
+- **2020-11-20T05:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments
+- **2020-11-20T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
+- **2020-11-20T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
+- **2020-11-20T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-11-25T05:00:00+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/d7a899fe-f2fe-4296-bb6e-02592041e53d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).
+