---
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: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 237"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 237 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Browne"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-02-07T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-06-28T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ce2bbe60-56f8-4b8f-b4ba-ab0d5ac2f165"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=237"
source_hash: "555038c6e854a49407d0b740a12d159c9cc3411d001fcfc04d56ce106002f530"
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 237 (2019-2020) — 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. 0201** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0237&pn=0201)
2. **Printer's No. 0988** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0237&pn=0988)
3. **Senate Amendment A01663** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=S&type=B&bn=0237&pn=0201&aYear=2019&an=01663)

## Votes

- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Amended — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Reported as Committed — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **201–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Browne — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0201 Referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2019-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-17T04:00:00+00:00** PN 0988 Re-reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-18T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2019-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2019-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2019-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-26T04:00:00+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 Senate
- **2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2019-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-28T04:00:00+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/ce2bbe60-56f8-4b8f-b4ba-ab0d5ac2f165`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).