---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act providing for advanced manufacturing facilities and infrastructures through business partnerships with State-related institutions; establishing the Max Manufacturing Initiative Fund and Max Manufacturing Endeavor Loan Fund; providing for prevailing wage; and imposing powers and duties on the Department of Community and Economic Development."
description: "An Act providing for advanced manufacturing facilities and infrastructures through business partnerships with State-related institutions; establishing the Max Manufacturing Initiative Fund and Max Manufacturing Endeavor Loan Fund; providing for prevailing wage; and imposing powers and duties on the Department of Community and Economic Development."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 497"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 497 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Devlin Robinson"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 30
vote_count: 17
first_action: "2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-06-13T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8415a58b-11d9-473f-85ef-30e086d96e1f"
source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=62&rollcallid=1231&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0"
source_hash: "08086067259f165fafc577b2b229ead20b9c06bb2b6baecc645cd90d42f05df9"
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 497 (2023-2024) — An Act providing for advanced manufacturing facilities and infrastructures through business partnerships with State-related institutions; establishing the Max Manufacturing Initiative Fund and Max Manufacturing Endeavor Loan Fund; providing for prevailing wage; and imposing powers and duties on the Department of Community and Economic Development.

## Version chain

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

1. **House Amendment A01546** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A01546)
2. **Printer's No. PN0465** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0497/PN0465)
3. **Printer's No. PN0691** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0497/PN0691)
4. **Printer's No. PN0932** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0497/PN0932)
5. **Printer's No. PN0979** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0497/PN0979)
6. **Printer's No. PN1270** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0497/PN1270)
7. **Printer's No. PN1517** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/SB0497/PN1517)
8. **Senate Amendment A00397** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A00397)
9. **Senate Amendment A01136** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A01136)
10. **Senate Amendment A01204** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A01204)
11. **Senate Amendment A03947** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A03947)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE - RECONSIDERTATION — **47–3** (pass) · upper
- CONCURRENCE — **159–43** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **155–48** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **48–2** (pass) · upper
- CONCURRENCE IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS AS AMENDED — **46–4** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Community, Economic & Recreational Development): Adopt Amendment — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Consumer Protection, Technology & Utilities): Report Bill As Amended — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Rules): Re-report Bill As Committed — **33–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — **22–15** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Community, Economic & Recreational Development): Reported as Amended — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- A1546 — **116–87** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Consumer Protection, Technology & Utilities): Adopt Amendment — **20–1** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Rules & Executive Nominations): Adopt Amendment — **11–6** (pass) · upper
- MOTION TO TABLE MUTH AMENDMENT NO. A-1204 — **28–22** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Rules & Executive Nominations): Re-Reported as Amended — **11–6** (pass) · upper
- ROBINSON AMENDMENT NO. A-1136 — **49–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Devlin Robinson — primary (person)
- Camera Bartolotta — cosponsor (person)
- Cris Dush — cosponsor (person)
- David Argall — cosponsor (person)
- Gene Yaw — cosponsor (person)
- Judy Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Regan — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick Stefano — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan Aument — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Martin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Community, Economic & Recreational Development `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2023-05-02T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2023-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2023-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-05T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Amended on third consideration `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Vote on final passage reconsidered
- **2023-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Final passage `passage`
- **2023-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Consumer Protection, Technology & Utilities `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2023-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2023-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2023-11-15T05:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2023-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2023-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2023-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-12-13T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules & Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2024-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments, as amended by the Senate `amendment-passage`
- **2024-06-03T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-04T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-06-04T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments to House amendments
- **2024-06-04T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2024-06-05T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2024-06-05T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 24 of 2024

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8415a58b-11d9-473f-85ef-30e086d96e1f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).