republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2019-2020/hb-2536.md

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Bill	An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), known as The Fiscal Code, in emergency COVID-19 response, further providing for money in account and providing for municipalities; in financially distressed municipalities, providing for local services tax; in special funds, further providing for disposition of Budget Stabilization Reserve Fund; in additional special funds and restricted accounts, further providing for return of COVID-19 response transfers and providing for Workers' Compensation Security Fund transfer; in general budget implementation, further providing for Department of Community and Economic Development, for Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, for Department of Environmental Protection, for Department of General Services, for Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, for Department of Health, for Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, for Department of Human Services and for Department of Revenue and providing for legislative department and for Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission; further providing for 2020-2021 budget implementation and for 2020-2021 restrictions on appropriations for funds and accounts; making related repeals; and making editorial changes.	An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), known as The Fiscal Code, in emergency COVID-19 response, further providing for money in account and providing for municipalities; in financially distressed municipalities, providing for local services tax; in special funds, further providing for disposition of Budget Stabilization Reserve Fund; in additional special funds and restricted accounts, further providing for return of COVID-19 response transfers and providing for Workers' Compensation Security Fund transfer; in general budget implementation, further providing for Department of Community and Economic Development, for Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, for Department of Environmental Protection, for Department of General Services, for Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, for Department of Health, for Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, for Department of Human Services and for Department of Revenue and providing for legislative department and for Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission; further providing for 2020-2021 budget implementation and for 2020-2021 restrictions on appropriations for funds and accounts; making related repeals; and making editorial changes.	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2019-2020	HB 2536	Pennsylvania HB 2536 (2019-2020)	bill		enacted	James	6	23	6	2020-05-21T04:00:00+00:00	2020-11-23T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/9263b573-24c9-4919-ac93-58b8a8d6321f	http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=2536	08e1125336ab12ead02b85135984b91b99fe7a2c6490f3aef82353e50e5b4e4b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-pa

Pennsylvania HB 2536 (2019-2020) — An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), known as The Fiscal Code, in emergency COVID-19 response, further providing for money in account and providing for municipalities; in financially distressed municipalities, providing for local services tax; in special funds, further providing for disposition of Budget Stabilization Reserve Fund; in additional special funds and restricted accounts, further providing for return of COVID-19 response transfers and providing for Workers' Compensation Security Fund transfer; in general budget implementation, further providing for Department of Community and Economic Development, for Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, for Department of Environmental Protection, for Department of General Services, for Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, for Department of Health, for Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, for Department of Human Services and for Department of Revenue and providing for legislative department and for Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission; further providing for 2020-2021 budget implementation and for 2020-2021 restrictions on appropriations for funds and accounts; making related repeals; and making editorial changes.

Version chain

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

1. Printer's No. 3813 (committee substitute) — source
2. Printer's No. 4341 (committee substitute) — source
3. Printer's No. 4626 (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate Amendment A07078 (committee substitute) — source
5. Senate Amendment A07944 (committee substitute) — source
6. Senate Amendment A07945 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FINAL PASSAGE — 33–16 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE — 201–0 (pass) · lower
• HB 2536 PN 4626, CONCUR — 108–92 (pass) · lower
• Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Amended — 18–5 (pass) · upper
• Committee vote (LOCAL GOVERNMENT): Reported as Amended — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• HB 2536 PN 4626, A7945, MUTH AMENDMENT NO. A-7945 — 19–30 (fail) · upper

Sponsors

• James — primary (person)
• Everett — cosponsor (person)
• Freeman — cosponsor (person)
• Kortz — cosponsor (person)
• Moul — cosponsor (person)
• Sappey — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-05-21T04:00:00+00:00 PN 3813 Referred to LOCAL GOVERNMENT referral-committee
• 2020-05-27T04:00:00+00:00 Reported as committed committee-passage
• 2020-05-27T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2020-05-27T04:00:00+00:00 Laid on the table
• 2020-06-09T04:00:00+00:00 Removed from table
• 2020-06-10T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2020-06-10T04:00:00+00:00 Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2020-06-23T04:00:00+00:00 Re-reported as committed committee-passage
• 2020-06-23T04:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2020-06-29T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to LOCAL GOVERNMENT referral-committee
• 2020-09-08T04:00:00+00:00 PN 4341 Reported as amended committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2020-09-08T04:00:00+00:00 First consideration reading-1
• 2020-09-09T04:00:00+00:00 Second consideration reading-2
• 2020-09-09T04:00:00+00:00 Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS referral-committee
• 2020-11-20T05:00:00+00:00 PN 4626 Re-reported as amended committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2020-11-20T05:00:00+00:00 Third consideration and final passage passage, reading-3
• 2020-11-20T05:00:00+00:00 Referred to RULES referral-committee
• 2020-11-20T05:00:00+00:00 Re-reported on concurrence, as committed committee-passage
• 2020-11-20T05:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Senate amendments
• 2020-11-20T05:00:00+00:00 Signed in House
• 2020-11-20T05:00:00+00:00 Signed in Senate
• 2020-11-20T05:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2020-11-23T05:00:00+00:00 Approved by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9263b573-24c9-4919-ac93-58b8a8d6321f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).