---
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: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 686"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 686 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Browne"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-05-05T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-07-21T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d50b42b1-c6da-48fd-9b9b-33596bc06d7e"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=686"
source_hash: "6b72271f226af161215bde313b872ab7715253ac6965af1d8a308cce84178143"
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 686 (2017-2018) — 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. 0807** (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=0686&pn=0807)
2. **Printer's No. 1031** (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=0686&pn=1031)

## Votes

- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Amended — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **186–2** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Reported as Committed — **25–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Browne — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-05-05T04:00:00+00:00** PN 0807 Referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2017-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2017-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1031 Re-reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2017-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2017-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2017-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2017-07-09T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-07-09T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2017-07-10T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2017-07-10T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-07-21T04:00:00+00:00** Became Law without Governor's signature `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d50b42b1-c6da-48fd-9b9b-33596bc06d7e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).