---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 3 (Agriculture) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in general provisions, providing for Agriculture-Linked Investment Program; and making related repeals."
description: "An Act amending Title 3 (Agriculture) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in general provisions, providing for Agriculture-Linked Investment Program; and making related repeals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1526"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 1526 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Irvin"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-07-01T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/22dd4e2f-c23c-467d-9bd4-e747b74b8d5d"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=1526"
source_hash: "425ece15cbe3478a39d11fb1f21bf1bb08da00c75bb55a0f35e43165a74c2b4f"
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 1526 (2019-2020) — An Act amending Title 3 (Agriculture) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in general provisions, providing for Agriculture-Linked Investment Program; and making related repeals.

## Version chain

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

1. **House Amendment A01777** (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=1526&pn=1921&aYear=2019&an=01777)
2. **Printer's No. 1921** (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=1526&pn=1921)
3. **Printer's No. 2126** (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=1526&pn=2126)

## Votes

- Committee vote (AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS): Reported as Committed — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **198–0** (pass) · lower
- HB 1526 PN 1921, 2019 A1777, IRVIN — **196–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Irvin — primary (person)
- A. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Bernstine — cosponsor (person)
- Burgos — cosponsor (person)
- Causer — cosponsor (person)
- Delissio — cosponsor (person)
- Fee — cosponsor (person)
- Freeman — cosponsor (person)
- Greiner — cosponsor (person)
- Hanbidge — cosponsor (person)
- Hershey — cosponsor (person)
- Hickernell — cosponsor (person)
- Kinsey — cosponsor (person)
- Longietti — cosponsor (person)
- M. K. Keller — cosponsor (person)
- Malagari — cosponsor (person)
- Millard — cosponsor (person)
- Moul — cosponsor (person)
- Owlett — cosponsor (person)
- Pashinski — cosponsor (person)
- Rabb — cosponsor (person)
- Rader — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan — cosponsor (person)
- Sainato — cosponsor (person)
- Sappey — cosponsor (person)
- Saylor — cosponsor (person)
- Snyder — cosponsor (person)
- Struzzi — cosponsor (person)
- T. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Webster — cosponsor (person)
- Zimmerman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1921 Referred to AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-05T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-05T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-06-05T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** PN 2126 Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2019-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-17T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-17T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2019-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2019-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-01T04:00:00+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/22dd4e2f-c23c-467d-9bd4-e747b74b8d5d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).