---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act making an appropriation from a restricted revenue account within the General Fund to the Office of Consumer Advocate in the Office of Attorney General."
description: "An Act making an appropriation from a restricted revenue account within the General Fund to the Office of Consumer Advocate in the Office of Attorney General."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 238"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 238 (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/79b4928e-6ca2-4e52-904e-60d33ba63363"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=238"
source_hash: "b793d8114062397675e450c41cf11efcc25a3a1f50e360021b061f5788c4890d"
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 238 (2019-2020) — An Act making an appropriation from a restricted revenue account within the General Fund to the Office of Consumer Advocate in the Office of Attorney General.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 0202** (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=0238&pn=0202)
2. **Printer's No. 0989** (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=0238&pn=0989)
3. **Senate Amendment A01664** (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=0238&pn=0202&aYear=2019&an=01664)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Browne — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** PN 0202 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 0989 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/79b4928e-6ca2-4e52-904e-60d33ba63363`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).