---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act making an appropriation from a restricted revenue account within the General Fund to the Office of Consumer Advocate in the Office of Attorney General."
description: "An Act making an appropriation from a restricted revenue account within the General Fund to the Office of Consumer Advocate in the Office of Attorney General."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2081"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 2081 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Markosek"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-03-13T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-06-22T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e7a09b3-acf9-4196-85e5-21872a4a0f11"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=2081"
source_hash: "f92888fb4de71b1296c8fa90cd322749e56b107b21bef85ea7f683fc90c82920"
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 2081 (2017-2018) — An Act making an appropriation from a restricted revenue account within the General Fund to the Office of Consumer Advocate in the Office of Attorney General.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Printer's No. 3144** (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=2081&pn=3144)

## Votes

- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Reported as Committed — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **195–2** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Markosek — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** PN 3144 Referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2018-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2018-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2018-04-17T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2018-04-17T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2018-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2018-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2018-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2018-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-22T04:00:00+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/5e7a09b3-acf9-4196-85e5-21872a4a0f11`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).