---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act providing for funding of high-speed broadband service infrastructure deployment in unserved areas of this Commonwealth and for powers and duties of the Commonwealth Financing Authority; establishing the Unserved High-speed Broadband Funding Program Account; making an appropriation; and making a related repeal."
description: "An Act providing for funding of high-speed broadband service infrastructure deployment in unserved areas of this Commonwealth and for powers and duties of the Commonwealth Financing Authority; establishing the Unserved High-speed Broadband Funding Program Account; making an appropriation; and making a related repeal."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 835"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 835 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Langerholc"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-08-26T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-11-25T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d7a899fe-f2fe-4296-bb6e-02592041e53d"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=835"
source_hash: "f30f4afd38c8997e2e897f85941aeb1ec665dd87de1d21bec818b5c83f25ad89"
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 835 (2019-2020) — An Act providing for funding of high-speed broadband service infrastructure deployment in unserved areas of this Commonwealth and for powers and duties of the Commonwealth Financing Authority; establishing the Unserved High-speed Broadband Funding Program Account; making an appropriation; and making a related repeal.

## Version chain

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

1. **House Amendment A07732** (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=0835&pn=1800&aYear=2019&an=07732)
2. **Printer's No. 1144** (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=0835&pn=1144)
3. **Printer's No. 1800** (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=0835&pn=1800)
4. **Printer's No. 2112** (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=0835&pn=2112)
5. **Senate Amendment A06275** (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=0835&pn=1144&aYear=2019&an=06275)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (COMMUNICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY): Reported as Amended — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **202–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **17–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 835 PN 1800, 2019 A7732, CAUSER — **200–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Langerholc — primary (person)
- Argall — cosponsor (person)
- Brewster — cosponsor (person)
- Brooks — cosponsor (person)
- J. Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Mensch — cosponsor (person)
- Pittman — cosponsor (person)
- Stefano — cosponsor (person)
- Street — cosponsor (person)
- Yudichak — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-08-26T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1144 Referred to COMMUNICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1800 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2020-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2020-06-23T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2020-06-23T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-08T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-08T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-09-14T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to CONSUMER AFFAIRS `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-29T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-29T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2020-09-29T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2020-10-19T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2020-10-21T04:00:00+00:00** PN 2112 Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2020-10-21T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2020-11-18T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2020-11-18T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-11-18T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2020-11-20T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2020-11-20T05:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments
- **2020-11-20T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2020-11-20T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2020-11-20T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-11-25T05:00:00+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/d7a899fe-f2fe-4296-bb6e-02592041e53d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).