---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending the act of September 2, 1965 (P.L.490, No.249), referred to as the Money Transmission Business Licensing Law, further providing for title of act and for definitions; providing for short title; and further providing for license required, for exemptions, for qualifications for a license, for fee, financial statement and security, for liability of licensees, for licensee requirements and for agents."
description: "An Act amending the act of September 2, 1965 (P.L.490, No.249), referred to as the Money Transmission Business Licensing Law, further providing for title of act and for definitions; providing for short title; and further providing for license required, for exemptions, for qualifications for a license, for fee, financial statement and security, for liability of licensees, for licensee requirements and for agents."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 202"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 202 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Gebhard"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2025-01-29T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-06-27T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d4a5bcb-3a83-4832-b16d-0440a730727e"
source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=6&rollcallid=265&sessYr=2025&sessInd=0"
source_hash: "a572b0131607c2c18b52147ebe5c18b4cb1a612711fbcde571ca10b7d9f82272"
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 202 (2025-2026) — An Act amending the act of September 2, 1965 (P.L.490, No.249), referred to as the Money Transmission Business Licensing Law, further providing for title of act and for definitions; providing for short title; and further providing for license required, for exemptions, for qualifications for a license, for fee, financial statement and security, for liability of licensees, for licensee requirements and for agents.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. PN0134** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2025/0/SB0202/PN0134)
2. **Printer's No. PN0474** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2025/0/SB0202/PN0474)

## Votes

- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — **22–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Commerce): Report Bill As Committed — **16–10** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **201–2** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Banking & Insurance): Reported as Committed — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — **37–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- GEBHARD AMENDMENT NO. A-0222 — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chris Gebhard — primary (person)
- Cris Dush — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel Laughlin — cosponsor (person)
- Kristin Phillips-Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Baker — cosponsor (person)
- Lynda Schlegel Culver — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick Stefano — cosponsor (person)
- Sharif Street — cosponsor (person)
- Tracy Pennycuick — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Banking & Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2025-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2025-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Amended on third consideration `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2025-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2025-06-23T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2025-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2025-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2025-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2025-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2025-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 7 of 2025

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0d4a5bcb-3a83-4832-b16d-0440a730727e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).