---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 12 (Commerce and Trade) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, authorizing assessments for energy improvements in districts designated by municipalities."
description: "An Act amending Title 12 (Commerce and Trade) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, authorizing assessments for energy improvements in districts designated by municipalities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 234"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 234 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blake"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-31T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-06-12T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a9664bf4-56ad-4731-b944-521e27ace414"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=234"
source_hash: "1645339e12cfba74b2b3fa8adc4e230e3b230e44b955862bddca92cea2358a8d"
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 234 (2017-2018) — An Act amending Title 12 (Commerce and Trade) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, authorizing assessments for energy improvements in districts designated by municipalities.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 0255** (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=0234&pn=0255)
2. **Printer's No. 1286** (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=0234&pn=1286)
3. **Printer's No. 1376** (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=0234&pn=1376)
4. **Printer's No. 1443** (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=0234&pn=1443)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **163–28** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **42–8** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (COMMUNITY, ECONOMIC AND RECREATIONAL DEVELOPMENT): Reported as Amended — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Amended — **25–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Blake — primary (person)
- Argall — cosponsor (person)
- Bartolotta — cosponsor (person)
- Boscola — cosponsor (person)
- Brewster — cosponsor (person)
- Browne — cosponsor (person)
- Costa — cosponsor (person)
- Dinniman — cosponsor (person)
- Farnese — cosponsor (person)
- Fontana — cosponsor (person)
- Greenleaf — cosponsor (person)
- Haywood — cosponsor (person)
- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Killion — cosponsor (person)
- Laughlin — cosponsor (person)
- Leach — cosponsor (person)
- Mcgarrigle — cosponsor (person)
- Mcilhinney — cosponsor (person)
- Mensch — cosponsor (person)
- Rafferty — cosponsor (person)
- Reschenthaler — cosponsor (person)
- Sabatina — cosponsor (person)
- Scavello — cosponsor (person)
- Schwank — cosponsor (person)
- Street — cosponsor (person)
- Tartaglione — cosponsor (person)
- Tomlinson — cosponsor (person)
- Vogel — cosponsor (person)
- Yudichak — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-31T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0255 Referred to COMMUNITY, ECONOMIC AND RECREATIONAL DEVELOPMENT `referral-committee`
- **2017-10-24T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1286 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2017-10-24T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2017-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** PN 1376 Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2017-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** PN 1443 Re-reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2018-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to COMMERCE `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2018-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2018-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2018-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2018-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-06-04T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2018-06-04T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2018-06-05T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-12T04:00:00+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/a9664bf4-56ad-4731-b944-521e27ace414`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).