---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in municipal authorities, further providing for money of authority."
description: "An Act amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in municipal authorities, further providing for money of authority."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1203"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 1203 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ryan"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 26
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-04-15T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-11-27T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a8ee420-b640-449b-bb73-5f3070d79097"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=1203"
source_hash: "35966524de6cace7459e65ab5883897f54e2495e6d53b77954125aefdf031c9f"
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 1203 (2019-2020) — An Act amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in municipal authorities, further providing for money of authority.

## Version chain

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

1. **House Amendment A00876** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=H&type=B&bn=1203&pn=1415&aYear=2019&an=00876)
2. **Printer's No. 1415** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=1203&pn=1415)
3. **Printer's No. 1738** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=1203&pn=1738)
4. **Printer's No. 2814** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=1203&pn=2814)
5. **Printer's No. 2937** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=1203&pn=2937)
6. **Senate Amendment A03520** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=H&type=B&bn=1203&pn=1738&aYear=2019&an=03520)
7. **Senate Amendment A03538** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=H&type=B&bn=1203&pn=1738&aYear=2019&an=03538)
8. **Senate Amendment A04033** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=H&type=B&bn=1203&pn=2814&aYear=2019&an=04033)

## Votes

- Committee vote (LOCAL GOVERNMENT): Reported as Amended — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 1203 PN 2937, CONCUR — **185–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **200–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ryan — primary (person)
- Bernstine — cosponsor (person)
- Gillen — cosponsor (person)
- Gleim — cosponsor (person)
- Grove — cosponsor (person)
- James — cosponsor (person)
- Kinsey — cosponsor (person)
- Millard — cosponsor (person)
- T. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Webster — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1415 Referred to LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1738 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2019-06-18T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2019-06-18T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2019-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-07-08T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2019-10-29T04:00:00+00:00** PN 2814 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2019-10-29T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-11-18T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2019-11-18T05:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-11-18T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-11-20T05:00:00+00:00** PN 2937 Amended on third consideration
- **2019-11-21T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-11-21T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-11-21T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-11-21T05:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **2019-11-21T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2019-11-21T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2019-11-22T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-11-27T05:00:00+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/9a8ee420-b640-449b-bb73-5f3070d79097`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).