---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, establishing the Public Higher Education Funding Commission; providing for construction and renovation of buildings by school entities; and establishing a grant program for maintenance projects."
description: "An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, establishing the Public Higher Education Funding Commission; providing for construction and renovation of buildings by school entities; and establishing a grant program for maintenance projects."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 700"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 700 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Browne"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-06-03T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-07-02T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/95c81f05-49b7-494e-b494-476337a7233b"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=700"
source_hash: "66e285bb92dc8abc5735abb69de58f029970ba32d3838b732d72db2dc9419fa3"
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 700 (2019-2020) — An Act amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, establishing the Public Higher Education Funding Commission; providing for construction and renovation of buildings by school entities; and establishing a grant program for maintenance projects.

## Version chain

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

1. **House Amendment A02536** (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=0700&pn=0846&aYear=2019&an=02536)
2. **Printer's No. 0846** (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=0700&pn=0846)
3. **Printer's No. 1074** (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=0700&pn=1074)

## Votes

- CONCUR IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–1** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (EDUCATION): Reported as Committed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **17–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **201–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Browne — primary (person)
- A. Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Argall — cosponsor (person)
- Aument — cosponsor (person)
- Baker — cosponsor (person)
- Bartolotta — cosponsor (person)
- Blake — cosponsor (person)
- Boscola — cosponsor (person)
- Brewster — cosponsor (person)
- Brooks — cosponsor (person)
- Collett — cosponsor (person)
- Corman — cosponsor (person)
- Costa — cosponsor (person)
- Dinniman — cosponsor (person)
- Disanto — cosponsor (person)
- Farnese — cosponsor (person)
- Folmer — cosponsor (person)
- Fontana — cosponsor (person)
- Gordner — cosponsor (person)
- Haywood — cosponsor (person)
- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Iovino — cosponsor (person)
- J. Ward — cosponsor (person)
- K. Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Kearney — cosponsor (person)
- Killion — cosponsor (person)
- L. Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Langerholc — cosponsor (person)
- Laughlin — cosponsor (person)
- Leach — cosponsor (person)
- Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Mastriano — cosponsor (person)
- Mensch — cosponsor (person)
- Muth — cosponsor (person)
- Phillips-Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Pittman — cosponsor (person)
- Regan — cosponsor (person)
- Sabatina — cosponsor (person)
- Santarsiero — cosponsor (person)
- Scarnati — cosponsor (person)
- Scavello — cosponsor (person)
- Schwank — cosponsor (person)
- Stefano — cosponsor (person)
- Street — cosponsor (person)
- Tartaglione — cosponsor (person)
- Tomlinson — cosponsor (person)
- Vogel — cosponsor (person)
- Yaw — cosponsor (person)
- Yudichak — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-03T04:00:00+00:00** PN 0846 Referred to EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-04T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-04T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-06-05T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2019-06-05T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-14T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-18T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-18T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-06-18T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2019-06-18T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2019-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2019-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1074 Re-reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments
- **2019-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2019-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2019-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-02T04:00:00+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/95c81f05-49b7-494e-b494-476337a7233b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).