---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), known as The Fiscal Code, providing for emergency finance and tax provisions; in additional special funds, providing for COVID-19 response transfers and for the Enhanced Revenue Collection Account; in 2018-2019 budget implementation, further providing for Department of Revenue; and making an editorial change."
description: "An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), known as The Fiscal Code, providing for emergency finance and tax provisions; in additional special funds, providing for COVID-19 response transfers and for the Enhanced Revenue Collection Account; in 2018-2019 budget implementation, further providing for Department of Revenue; and making an editorial change."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1232"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 1232 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dunbar"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-03-27T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/89794fcd-2f64-4621-b025-73635b0c10b4"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=1232"
source_hash: "a32e127d2142e40faa8a0a2964ce604a5b8ebbde4b781fdb45b54ab6d7aa176e"
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 1232 (2019-2020) — An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), known as The Fiscal Code, providing for emergency finance and tax provisions; in additional special funds, providing for COVID-19 response transfers and for the Enhanced Revenue Collection Account; in 2018-2019 budget implementation, further providing for Department of Revenue; and making an editorial change.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 1444** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=1232&pn=1444)
2. **Printer's No. 3500** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=1232&pn=3500)
3. **Senate Amendment A04877** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=H&type=B&bn=1232&pn=1444&aYear=2019&an=04877)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **196–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Amended — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 1232 PN 3500, CONCUR — **198–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (FINANCE): Reported as Committed — **9–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dunbar — primary (person)
- Gaydos — cosponsor (person)
- Grove — cosponsor (person)
- Lawrence — cosponsor (person)
- Mentzer — cosponsor (person)
- Millard — cosponsor (person)
- Pickett — cosponsor (person)
- Struzzi — cosponsor (person)
- Wheeland — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1444 Referred to FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2019-06-03T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2019-06-04T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2019-06-04T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-12T04:00:00+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 FINANCE `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`
- **2019-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2019-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** PN 3500 Re-reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2020-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **2020-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2020-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2020-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-27T04:00:00+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/89794fcd-2f64-4621-b025-73635b0c10b4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).