---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act providing for performance-based budgeting and tax credit efficiency review; establishing the Performance-Based Budget Board and providing for its powers and duties; and conferring powers and imposing duties on the Independent Fiscal Office."
description: "An Act providing for performance-based budgeting and tax credit efficiency review; establishing the Performance-Based Budget Board and providing for its powers and duties; and conferring powers and imposing duties on the Independent Fiscal Office."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 181"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 181 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mensch"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-01-25T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-10-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b6adfa76-09bf-46d3-9c3e-b421e3fa5a36"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=181"
source_hash: "d3104426d1be20ab67ae1fde1da39ad2bb53003b9105201264eda8ff553df4aa"
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 181 (2017-2018) — An Act providing for performance-based budgeting and tax credit efficiency review; establishing the Performance-Based Budget Board and providing for its powers and duties; and conferring powers and imposing duties on the Independent Fiscal Office.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 0161** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0181&pn=0161)
2. **Printer's No. 0276** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0181&pn=0276)
3. **Printer's No. 0999** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0181&pn=0999)
4. **Printer's No. 1086** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0181&pn=1086)

## Votes

- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Reported as Amended — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **180–4** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **18–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mensch — primary (person)
- Alloway — cosponsor (person)
- Argall — cosponsor (person)
- Aument — cosponsor (person)
- Bartolotta — cosponsor (person)
- Brooks — cosponsor (person)
- Disanto — cosponsor (person)
- Eichelberger — cosponsor (person)
- Folmer — cosponsor (person)
- Greenleaf — cosponsor (person)
- Hutchinson — cosponsor (person)
- Laughlin — cosponsor (person)
- Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Rafferty — cosponsor (person)
- Regan — cosponsor (person)
- Reschenthaler — cosponsor (person)
- Scarnati — cosponsor (person)
- Stefano — cosponsor (person)
- Vogel — cosponsor (person)
- Vulakovich — cosponsor (person)
- Wagner — cosponsor (person)
- Ward — cosponsor (person)
- White — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0161 Referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-31T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0276 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2017-01-31T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2017-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2017-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** PN 0999 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2017-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2017-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2017-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2017-07-10T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1086 Re-reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2017-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2017-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2017-10-25T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-10-25T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2017-10-25T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-10-25T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments
- **2017-10-25T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2017-10-25T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2017-10-26T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-10-30T04:00:00+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/b6adfa76-09bf-46d3-9c3e-b421e3fa5a36`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).