---
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: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 2656"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 2656 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Saylor"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-06-08T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-07-07T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ccfac8bd-9539-4ca2-8e56-4f12771ddaf5"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2021&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=2656"
source_hash: "6380e7c6e0e3b8965828ba2c1836722833bb340caa8356fea7ded2be6d3adb54"
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 2656 (2021-2022) — 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. 3213** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2021&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=2656&pn=3213)

## Votes

- HB 2656 PN 3213, Final Passage — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **200–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Saylor — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-06-08T04:00:00+00:00** PN 3213 Referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2022-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-14T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-06-14T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2022-06-14T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2022-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2022-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2022-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2022-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-07-07T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-07-07T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 7A of 2022

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ccfac8bd-9539-4ca2-8e56-4f12771ddaf5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).